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William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy

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07/23/2014

William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy ... singles out demonstration projects in the 1960s that " led to the National Endowments for the Arts...

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Open Society Foundations Seek Clarification on Pakistan NGO Ruling

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12/14/2017

... clarification from the government, after the Ministry of the Interior informed it and a number of other ... accounts of their current and historic project funding. At the...

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25 Feb 2014

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium VIII: Re-Imagining Impact

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 -

7:00am to 12:00pm

Baruch College School of Public Affairs

Join the Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York as they present the "BBB Charity Effectiveness ... collaborations and collective impact...

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20 Apr 2016

Strategy, Struggle and Participation: Three Questions to Improve Your Social-Change Stories

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Storytelling helps social-change groups do better at everything that they do—enlist members, raise funds, take the pulse of their communities, change policy and behavior. So how do ... print copy of...

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Rockefeller Foundation President Wants de Blasio to Make the City More Resilient

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02/12/2014

... another disaster on MetroFocus Thirteen. President of the Rockefeller Foundation, Judith Rodin, has some serious suggestions for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to make the city more resilient ... another...

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State Authority Wants $1.5 Billion for Renewable Energy Boost

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06/04/2015

... Energy Boost In a document released late Monday, the New York State Energy Research Development Authority ... to require a surcharge on New York utility bills to fund it. “It’s the largest...

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Open Society Foundations Contributes $4 Million to Aid in the Fight Against Ebola

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09/16/2014

... effort to battle the Ebola outbreak in Africa is getting a new player: Partners in Health, an international aid organization. Six leaders of the group are scheduled to arrive in Liberia on Tuesday ... longer...

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

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02/27/2015

... content marketing and advertising; test and develop new loan products to meet the diverse capital needs of entrepreneurs; and integrate new technologies to ...

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AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce

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11/03/2015

... In the United States, it's estimated that 75 percent of all jobs will require STEM (Science, Technology, ... women and only 10 percent is made up of minority groups. A new framework is...

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Johnson & Johnson

Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot

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08/31/2017

Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot Elected to lead the ... in his own party. He flew to Germany in July to speak at a rally during a meeting of world leaders, only to be...

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Responding to 3/11: Helping with the Japan Disaster

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05/12/2011

... have become commonplace when speaking about the string of disasters that struck two months ago. Many now just say ... from nonprofits has soared. Now, Japanese civil society is at an important turning point...

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The Wallace Foundation to Support Study of Whether and How Community Institutions Can Work Together on Education Reform

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03/18/2014

The Wallace Foundation to support study of whether and how community institutions can work together on education reform. New York (March 18, 2014) – The Wallace Foundation is ... research team, selected after a...

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Among Funders of Breakthrough Fisheries Management Research

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10/27/2014

Tiffany & Co. Foundation Among Funders of Breakthrough Fisheries Management Research A new study has found that implementing stricter fisheries ... to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The 17-year study...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Large-Scale ‘Invest in Youth’ Initiative Focused on 16-24 Year Olds

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05/06/2015

... Community Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its cornerstone initiative, Invest in Youth, to improve ... the first and only public foundation dedicated to New York City’s largest borough, is...

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide With President Obama ... reflects a strategy to steer clear of a Republican- led Congress that has proved unwilling to...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

... ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies A new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek ... recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care. The national study,...

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Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & Cultures

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07/27/2017

... Farm to Table: Early Modern Foodways and Cultures. The new Mellon initiative will be based in the Folger Institute, led by its Executive Director, Kathleen Lynch, and its ... “Before Farm to Table will use the...

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How to Succeed on a Nonprofit Board

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08/28/2017

... on a Nonprofit Board Late one night, not too long ago, one of us got a phone call from a desperate executive director. The nonprofit he led was on the verge of bankruptcy. Over the years, the...

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NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented

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09/15/2017

... Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented New York State Health Foundation, RAND Corporation and the ... non-elderly veterans fell by 36% after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA...

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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees Trump administration officials, under pressure ... they cost. The draft report, which was obtained by The New York Times, contradicts a...

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