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Atlantic Philanthropies Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund

Release Date:

10/21/2016

... Million Fund There’s a new, deep-pocketed liberal donor in town. It’s called the Civic Participation Action Fund, and it’s run by a man named Stephen McConnell in Washington. Formed last year with $50 million...

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Civic Engagement

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

A NYS Health-Funded Report in 'Consumer Reports' Offers National and Local Ratings of Health Cost Estimator Tools

Release Date:

12/02/2016

A NYS Health-Funded Report in 'Consumer Reports' Offers National and Local Ratings of ... Health Cost Estimator Tools This NYSHealth-funded report in Consumer Reports offers ratings of health cost...

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Ford, Blaustein, Levy and Overbrook Join Push to Protect Journalists

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... for his contempt for reporters and their bosses. Back in mid-October, CPJ's board labeled then-candidate Trump an ... threat to press freedoms after he swore that once in office, libel laws that shield...

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Communications/Media

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Leon Levy Foundation

Doris Duke Launches Land Trust Climate Initiative

Release Date:

01/24/2017

... beasts themselves, though, so change has come slowly in terms of breaking down the historic divisions between ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

Commonwealth Fund's Kathy Regan Makes City and State's Above & Beyond 2017 List

Release Date:

03/29/2017

... & Beyond 2017 List The day after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, millions of women marched in Washington, D.C., New York City and other cities across ... rhetoric on the campaign trail, they came...

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Gender Justice

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The Commonwealth Fund

Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise

Release Date:

05/09/2017

... largest gay rights group plans to reject $325,000 in Bank of America sponsorships to protest the role bank executives played in brokering a replacement for North Carolina’s House Bill ... also took part...

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LGBTQ

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Bank of America [Corporate]

How Many Calories in That? New York City Delays Enforcing Labeling Rules

Release Date:

08/28/2017

How Many Calories in That? New York City Delays Enforcing Labeling Rules New ... to post calorie counts for prepared food. The move came in response to an industry lawsuit that was supported by the ... into effect...

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Food Systems

Syria’s War Created Millions Of Refugees. Some Might Be Forced To Return Home.

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... during the six-year conflict, with most seeking safety in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. The U.N. High Commissioner for ... (UNHCR) deemed the threat of violence and detention in Syria so grave that it has...

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International/Foreign Affairs

How To Balance Policies And Guidelines To Prompt Different Levels Of Employee Engagement

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... about actions. e.g. “Think customers first and pull in the people you need to answer customer inquiries right the ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

NYC Denies Nearly 9,000 Kids with Disabilities The Services They Need

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... supports for students, and those services are spelled out in the kids’ medical treatment plans. But in thousands of cases, schools don’t have the facilities or ...

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Education

Opinion: Nonprofits Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate

Release Date:

09/05/2017

Opinion: Nonprofits Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate Whenever a major policy debate about protecting employees comes up in Washington, business groups do all they can to show how ... in...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Regents Approve Plan to Evaluate and Improve New York Schools

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... federal education law signed by President Barack Obama in 2015 known as the Every Student Succeeds Act. The ... what the law refers to as either comprehensive or targeted support and improvement. Under the...

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Education

Reed: Dreamer Bill Could Be Part Of Broader Border Security Legislation

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... Southern Tier Republican Rep. Tom Reed said he’s in favor of a permanent solution for former Deferred Action ... (DACA) recipients. He believes there is far-reaching support for legislation to help...

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Fund the People Toolkit

Publication date:

09/2017

... funders, nonprofits, and others to maximize investments in the nonprofit workforce. Nonprofit people are nonprofit ... areas to help funders and nonprofit organizations invest in the nonprofit workforce as a strategy for improving the ... Case Making: making cogent arguments for investing in nonprofit talent How-To Guides: baking talent-investment ...

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

HR & Operations

Whitney Museum Wants To Bring A Permanent Art Installation To The Hudson River

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... billionaire Barry Diller announced that he was pulling his support for a “floating park” at Pier 55 designed by ... on 12 pilings, half of them on land and the other half in the water. . . Whitney Museum Wants...

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Arts

With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City Hundreds of schools are missing teachers and support staff two weeks into the school year, with many of the openings in...

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Education

As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... members called for clarity on recent interactions ending in lethal force and stressed their support for the proposed mayoral working group to assess the city’s overall response to individuals in...

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Justice Reform

Yahoo Co-Founder Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum In a rare example of high-level cultural philanthropy from ... Asian Art Museum here. It marks the largest financial gift in the history of the museum,...