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

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01/06/2017

Let America Be America Again by Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation . Let America be America again. Let it be the ... Let America Be America Again , 1936 Dear Friends, In...

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Bloomberg Fact Checks NYTimes on Climate Change

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03/20/2017

... under the 2015 Paris Agreement” on climate change. In fact, thanks to the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign (which I have supported through my foundation ), we have already achieved two-thirds of...

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NYSHealth Selects Seven Hospitals to Receive Grant Funds to Implement OpenNotes

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10/12/2017

... Funds to Implement OpenNotes The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has selected seven hospitals across ... information, they become equal partners with providers in managing their own care and are...

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Rockefeller Family Fund Names Julie Fernandes Associate Director for Institutional Accountability and Individual Liberty

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07/02/2018

... comes at a critical moment. She has a compelling set of experiences that are well-suited to RFF’s brand of ... advocacy-based philanthropy, having held key positions in government, including...

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OSF Turns to Strasbourg Court to Get Hungary's NGO Law Repealed

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09/24/2018

... said on Monday it would challenge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg Hungarian laws that make it a crime to help ... in another step toward silencing all dissent,” OSF...

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Tonya Woodland Joins the Commonwealth Fund

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03/06/2019

... Woodland, M.H.R.M., M.S., joined the Commonwealth Fund in 2019 as Assistant Vice President , Administration. In this ... organizations. From 2016-2019, she was the Senior Director of...

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Newman's Own Appoints Joe Tripodi to Newman's Own Board of Directors

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04/16/2019

Newman's Own Appoints Joe Tripodi to Newman's Own Board of Directors WESTPORT, Conn., April 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- ... company founded by actor and philanthropist Paul Newman in 1982, donates 100%...

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Open Society Pledges Support for African Cultural Heritage Restitution

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11/12/2019

... Africa’s heritage to its rightful home. “The legacy of colonial violence has deep implications for the ways that ... very essence of these cultures,” said Patrick Gaspard, president ...

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Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

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03/27/2017

... Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA) DDFIA is an extension of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation . Two weeks ago, ... York University to discuss the role of arts and culture...

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What DAFs are Learning from the Community Development Sector

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08/05/2019

... Sector By Sam Marks, Chief Executive Officer, FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds Donor Advised Funds have caught the ... of their capital. DAF donors are increasingly interested...

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News Stories about Philanthropy and Hurricane Sandy Recovery

... 2012 to 2013, Philanthropy New York tracked news coverage of Hurricane Sandy response and recovery efforts. Seized ... New York and 32 other cities will receive Rockefeller Foundation funds to help cities...

Why Cultural Critics of Color Matter

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05/15/2018

Why Cultural Critics of Color Matter By Elizabeth Mendez Berry, Director, Voice, ... lives is part of showing that they matter,” he writes in the Time magazine cover story. “ Black Panther .....

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“El Negro Bembón”: Puerto Rico’s Invisibility Crisis Before and After Hurricane Maria

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11/01/2017

... 27, 2017. I am yet again drawn to the musical wisdom of Afro-Boriqua singer Ismael Rivera and composer Cortijo ... killed the man because he has big lips—“un bembón” in Spanish. The lyrics also allude to...

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In the Eye of the Storm: How Federal Funding Rescues Arts and Culture in Times of Disaster

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09/07/2017

In the Eye of the Storm: How Federal Funding Rescues Arts and Culture in Times of Disaster Beginning the weekend of August 26–27, ...

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Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One

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10/04/2017

... hurricanes. Whenever we see storm destruction, memories of Sandy re-enter our consciousness; as does the question: Is ... one? My answer is “No.” As a technology professional in disaster management, I’m...

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

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04/24/2018

... to fund arts programs focused on mental health issues in New York City. The new initiative is an open-ended commitment that seeks to improve the lives of those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, fight .....

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

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08/23/2018

... Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam It may be possible in the future to screen patients for Alzheimer's disease ... offices, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in...

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Remembering Janet Kelley

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02/03/2020

... with a heavy heart that we share the incredibly sad news of Janet Kelley’s passing on Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 ... Janet was a skilled and innovative leader who believed in bringing people and...

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PRIs and Effective Intermediaries

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06/30/2015

by John W. Townsend, Vice President & Treasurer, Board of Trustees, Altman Foundation During a recent panel discussion, " Program ... an intermediary (!), promises to add a lot ...

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