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Viriginia "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit

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11/04/2014

... Spirit As a philanthropist, Virginia Sloane presided over the Heckscher Foundation for Children for nearly 25 ... of millions of dollars to organizations serving youngsters in New York. She was also the soul...

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Ford's Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd

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06/18/2015

Ford's Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd Around the world today, the greatest threat to ... intentional policies and ingrained prejudices -- that have over many decades tilted the scales...

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New York City Takes Steps to Increase the Safety of Employees at Homeless Shelters

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07/07/2015

... Homeless Shelters The huge, turreted castle that looms over Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn is the first stopover for many of New York ... call it Castle Grayskull after the forbidding fortress in...

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Guttman Community College to Move to UWS

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04/05/2016

... will relocate from its Midtown home to much larger digs in a CUNY-owned building on the Upper West Side. The institution, CUNY’s first new community college in more than four decades, will relocate from Allied...

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Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth Inequality

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04/20/2016

... to Overcome Wealth Inequality Given the current debate in the United States over income and wealth inequality, can worker ownership be ... the question the Surdna Foundation set out to answer in...

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Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic

Release Date:

04/21/2016

... Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic The U.S. Education Secretary John King is ... who see the current lack of real integration as a fact over which they have no control. That,...

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How Bloomberg Philanthropies' Big Investment in Mayors May Shape Education Reform, and More

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09/16/2016

How Bloomberg Philanthropies' Big Investment in Mayors May Shape Education Reform, and More Mayoral control remains a controversial issue in education, but some see it as a major boon for reform ... City Hall...

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Coalition Rallies against Cuomo’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Subsidies

Release Date:

10/28/2016

... nuclear plants with $7.7 billion from electric ratepayers over the next 12 years. A small group of leaders from the groups made their case against the so-called Cuomo tax in Mineola, Albany, New York City,...

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Environment and Climate Change

U.S. Trust Surveys 1,435 U.S. High Net Worth Households on Attitudes Toward Giving

Release Date:

11/21/2016

... findings, was evidence of ... Strong ongoing engagement: _ In 2015, 91 percent of high-net-worth households donated to ... of wealthy individuals plan to give as much (or more) over the next three years as...

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New York Women’s Foundation President Says Trans Women Need More Than Victim Remembrance

Release Date:

11/21/2016

... transgender people. The heated national debate, ostensibly over restroom access, reflects the extreme prejudice and hostility that transgender people face every day in America. And now the 2016 presidential...

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Open Society Foundations Hosts Panel on Public Health in a Populist Moment

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04/10/2017

Open Society Foundations Hosts Panel on Public Health in a Populist Moment What does the election of President ... the globe—mean for public health? At a time when debates over access to health care and the...

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Open Society Foundations

NoVo Foundation to Unveil Plan to Help Girls of Color

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04/13/2017

... of Color The New York City-based NoVo Foundation, created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, the youngest son of ... will officially announce how its $90 million commitment over seven years will be carried...

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Why Podcasting Might Be of Interest to Your Nonprofit

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... Nonprofit The podcast medium has been growing steadily over the last few years. There are currently 67 million monthly podcast listeners in the U.S., up 21 percent from last year’s 57 million. ... to an...

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Biggest Flash Points In The Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill

Release Date:

09/25/2017

Biggest Flash Points In The Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill If Senate Republicans ... every American. Here's a recap of four key flash points in the health overhaul debate with links to NPR coverage ...

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Harlem's Black Churches Cash in on Gentrification

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10/10/2017

Harlem's Black Churches Cash in on Gentrification Churches are losing members but gaining ... or been sold to developers for more than $50 million over the last decade, according to a review by DNAinfo New...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Celebrates 60th Anniversary

Release Date:

02/05/2020

... pause to reflect on our many sight-saving accomplishments over the past 60 years: Research to Prevent Blindness ...

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Disabilities

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Research to Prevent Blindness

PNY Core: Impact Investing Series

... Series explore the many new ways funders can have a social impact using all of their financial resources. ... Participants hear from insights of philanthropic leaders in the world of impact investing, as well...

Key Facts on Mission Investing

Publication date:

10/2011

... employing their investment portfolios to achieve a social benefit is on the rise, according to this report. Key Facts on Mission Investing finds that one in seven surveyed foundations are directing their assets to ...

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18 Jul 2012

Black Communities and Philanthropy: A Conversation on Past Trends, Current Challenges and the Future

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York 79 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC

Maya Wiley, Founder and President of the Center for Social Inclusion, will share her views about opportunities for philanthropic investments in Black communities and how the sector could more ... close racial...

The Possible Philanthropic Response to Trayvon Martin

Release Date:

08/19/2013

... and the Schott Foundation for Public Education are cited in a Nonprofit Quarterly article on the possible ... the Zimmerman jury handed our cause a gift,” Ross writes in the California Endowment blog. “...

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Open Society Foundations

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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