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Money and Power in Post-Election America: Why This Conference?

February 2013 Philanthropy has become more engaged with government and in ... poverty alleviation, tax policy and immigration reform). As they move more directly into the public sphere, many ... of...

ASPCA Announces President and CEO Ed Sayres' Intention to Step Down

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08/01/2012

... animals. During his tenure, Ed has established the ASPCA as a leader in providing sheltering expertise, enforcing ... Under Sayres’ leadership, the ASPCA has risen to new levels of national...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Bryan Stevenson to Board of Trustees

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02/17/2017

... announced today the election of Bryan Stevenson to serve as a member of its Board of Trustees. A renowned public ... between 1871 and 1950. Stevenson is also the author...

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Wallace Foundation Awards $4.5 Million to Say Yes to Education

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10/29/2013

... 26 years ago, and U.S. Senator KirstenGillibrand of New York , a longtime supporter of the program, which is available ... to all public school students in Buffalo and...

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Medicine’s Top Earners Are Not the M.D.s

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05/17/2014

Cathy Schoe of Commonwealth Fund quoted in New York Times article on ...

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Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.

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04/15/2014

... plans a $50 million challenge to the N.R.A., reports the New York Times. Michael R. Bloomberg, making his first major ... Rifle Association. Mr. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New...

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NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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06/11/2014

... Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods New York City's Green Cart initiative has increased access to ... neighborhoods, influenced customers' consumption of fruits and...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project

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06/23/2014

... $500,0000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project New York Public Library is one of the 19 winners in Knight News Challenge, co-sponsored by ...

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Ford Foundation to Fund City Study of Diversity in Cultural Institutions

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03/04/2015

... the diversity of the boards, staffs and audiences of New York City cultural organizations, such as museums, orchestras and dance troupes. “If you’re ...

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Arts

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McCray, Glen and Citi Launch Initiative to Support Women Entrepreneurs

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03/13/2015

... and Citi will today announce WE NYC (Women Entrepreneurs New York City), an initiative to expand female entrepreneurship ... by the City's Department of Small Business Services (SBS),...

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Citi Foundation

'Investment Club' of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits

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06/05/2015

... Pays Off for Nonprofits The first investment by a group of New York Foundations that decided to pool their resources last ... local residents will get training and, eventually, jobs ...

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Altman Foundation

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SeaChange Capital Partners

Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban

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07/14/2015

Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban An upstate New York energy company has filed an application to drill a ... state’s fracking ban. The Snyder Farm Group, made up of five landowners from...

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Environment and Climate Change

In Memoriam: J.M. Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan

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01/25/2016

... Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan Richard D. Kaplan of New York and Palm Beach died on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, after a ...

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Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification

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03/03/2016

... process. Developers from all over the globe are hunting New York City, looking for deals that will allow them to ... tenants and homeowners, it feels like a violent shove out of the way,...

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Herbert Sturz of Open Society Foundations Named A City & State Lifetime Award Winner

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01/12/2017

Herbert Sturz of Open Society Foundations Named A City & State Lifetime ... some of the most distinguished public servants in New York City over the age of...

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Civic Engagement

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United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative

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04/28/2017

... Fund announced today that it is launching Stage II of its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative to improve antibiotic prescribing for outpatients across New York City, working with...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community

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06/23/2017

... that it will be making grants of $100,000 each to the New York City LGBT Community Center, the Sylvia Rivera Law ... advocacy, and social services to the LGBTQ community as...

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Gender Justice

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The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry

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09/15/2017

The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry ... to protest the firing of 24 undocumented immigrants at New York City’s artisanal Tom Cat Bakery last...

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Immigration

12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms

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10/03/2017

... Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms As sea level rise increases the impact severe storms like Superstorm Sandy have on New York , the city’s architects are designing buildings...

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Community Development

Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’

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10/04/2017

... CEO Eva Moskowitz has more in common with her longtime foe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio than you might think, she told an ... in common with Bill de Blasio. I do think there’s a tale of two...

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