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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Ford's Darren Walker Writes, "Let America Be America Again"

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01/06/2017

... recent weeks, I’ve found myself ruminating on Hughes’ s Let America Be America Again, especially its astonishing ... each of us was on, we all find ourselves living with a public discourse that has become...

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Social Justice

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New Study Supported by Simons Foundation Finds Math and Science are Kids' Favorite Subjects, But Parents Value Reading and Writing Skills More

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04/18/2017

... school-aged children say math or science is their child' s favorite subject, they more readily understand how reading .....

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Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors

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08/15/2017

... NAACP where he planned and directed the organization’ s successful 2012 civic engagement campaign, which secured ... victories on a range of issues including living wage, public sector employment diversity and...

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Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development

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12/06/2017

... community development led by community members. Surdna' s catalytic contribution to the Amplify Fund will seed a ... to make decisions about the policies, developments and public investments that impact...

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Community Development

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Donates $1.5 Million for Disaster Relief

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01/30/2018

... Carnegie Corporation of New York is joining other U. S . foundations in providing relief funding and will donate ... by the disasters. In partnership with the Miami-based John S . and James L. Knight Foundation...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Disaster Relief

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Rachel Pardoe of The New York Community Trust is one of New York Non-Profit Media's 40 Under 40

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04/12/2018

... York Community Trust is one of New York Non-Profit Media' s 40 Under 40 Rachel D. Pardoe Program Officer The New York ... get jobs. Now she oversees The New York Community Trust’ s grants program for...

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The New York Community Trust

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National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow

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04/12/2018

... fellow. Ms. Donnelly will bring extensive experience in U. S . national security affairs to support the Fund’ s work by monitoring and interpreting developments in the ... as a correspondent based in Moscow. In...

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OSF May Exit Hungary as Orban Purges Civil Groups

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04/20/2018

... Civil Groups Billionaire philanthropist George Soros ’ s Open Society Foundations, a group that funds dozens of ... reported on Thursday, without citing anyone. Speaking on public radio on Friday, Orban said...

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Tisch Fund Gives $10 Million to Initiative for Arts and Mental Health

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04/24/2018

... improve the lives of those with dementia and Alzheimer’ s disease, fight stigma around mental illnesses and help ... Arts & Minds , for example, takes people with Alzheimer’ s disease into museums for...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Arts

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New Study, Supported By The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, Finds College Brings Significant Benefits to Single Mothers and Society

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06/06/2018

... to new analysis by the Institute for Women' s Policy Research (IWPR). The analysis finds that investments ... themselves through higher tax contributions and savings on public benefits if single mothers...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report Finding Wide Variation in Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients

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06/22/2018

... antibiotic prescribing patterns among New York State’ s Medicaid population, released today by United Hospital Fund’ s Medicaid Institute, found wide variations in prescribing ... Inappropriate Use of...

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Health

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The New York Women’s Foundation Creates Collaborative Fund To Support Justice Reform for Women and To Help Dismantle Mass Incarceration

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10/19/2018

The New York Women’ s Foundation Creates Collaborative Fund To Support Justice ... To Help Dismantle Mass Incarceration The New York Women’ s Foundation announced today the creation of The Justice ... and overall...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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United Hospital Fund Offers New Tool Kit to Curb Antibiotic Overprescribing

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11/12/2018

... more appropriately prescribe antibiotics amid the growing public health crisis of antibiotic resistance. "Our focus at ... Joan Guzik, director of quality improvement for the UHF' s Quality Institute...

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Health

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Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population

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11/29/2018

... Population The graphic was splashy by the Census Bureau’ s standards and it showed an unmistakable moment in America’ s future: the year 2044, when white Americans were projected ... about this,’” said Dr...

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Census 2020

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Ford Foundation to Open Gallery for Socially Engaged Art in New York

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02/13/2019

... for the real-estate company Two Trees Management. “It’ s a new way to present art, and our goal is to provide a ... new voices for artists.” Darren Walker, the foundation’ s president, said in a statement, “...

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New York Life Foundation Partners with First Book To Bring Grief Books, Resources to Educators

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02/27/2019

... partnership will pair the New York Life Foundation' s longstanding work in the childhood bereavement field with First Book' s extensive network and experience with educators serving ... the power of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Announces Plans to Spend Down

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03/05/2019

... [and the] privatization of education and other public systems — have been brought into the national ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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The Rockefeller Foundation Names Steve VanRoekel, Former White House Chief Information Officer, as Chief Operating Officer

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03/13/2019

... this role, Mr. VanRoekel will oversee the organization’ s Operations, Human Resources, Organizational Performance, ... 2009, Mr. VanRoekel has served in a number of senior-level public sector roles including...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Increases Investment in Funding Prison Education and Re-entry Programs

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06/13/2019

... Mellon Foundation believes in each and every student’ s humanity and sees expanding access to higher education in prison as a public good.” “We know that higher-education-in-prison ...

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Community Development