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In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

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09/21/2017

... $250 million floating park (cultural island? entertainment center ? performing arts pier?) to be built over a dilapidated ... A lot of people are very upset about its demise, angry at an opposition group that...

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After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’

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09/25/2017

... continue? Bob Ottenhoff is president and CEO of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, a Washington-based nonprofit group ... They want to help. He predicts the amount of money donated for the...

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Disaster Relief

NY State Health: Medicare Snapshot - Stories from the Helpline - Improving New York State Access to Medicare Savings Programs

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09/26/2017

... A new NYSHealth-supported issue brief by Medicare Rights Center examines the difficulties in enrollment and offers recommendations for State and local agencies to increase access to MSPs in ... the screening,...

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The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm.

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09/26/2017

The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm. It was evening in Harlem. At 144 West 125th ... premier showcase for African-American art. And...

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Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks

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09/27/2017

Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks Artists and museums are often in ... of the World.” This, together with the Walker Art Center ’s recent move to dismantle Sam Durant’s sculpture .....

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Cuomo Says Special Session Might Be Necessary to Allocate Public Hospital Funding

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10/04/2017

... expected to be distributed last year and those allocated for the current fiscal year. The governor said that if ... Share Hospital program, which covers hospitals' losses for treating Medicaid and...

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David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall

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10/05/2017

David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall The media mogul David Geffen, one of the ... philanthropists, attacked wealthy New Yorkers on Wednesday for what he called a “shameful” record of...

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Wallace Takes Arts Organizations From What They Think to What They Know

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10/24/2017

... and summer opportunities, it is a wonderful thing for the Wallace Foundation to pick you. For everyone else, it ... by the foundation and made available in its Knowledge Center . Earlier in...

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions

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10/2017

... Decisions New York, NY — October 24, 2017. Foundation Center and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) announce the fourth edition ... compared with $7.7 million (3 percent) in 2014. Looking at the data, CDP President and CEO Robert G. Ottenhoff said, ...

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Disaster Relief

Citi Community Development Is Partner in NYC’s First Citywide Community Land Trust

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10/25/2017

... permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for low-income households. A land trust is a nonprofit that ... of land. The CLT typically caps resale prices or rents for housing on its land in order to...

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Community Development

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

... Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico Three major U.S.-based foundations ... 4 storm destroyed tens of thousands of homes and killed at least 55 people across the U.S...

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... of Internal Medicine. In that research, doctors at UCLA Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that patients could benefit if they are invited ...

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Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term

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12/11/2017

... that just 30.8 percent of Staten Island residents have at least a bachelor's degree -- that's roughly half the rate ... of his second term agenda. Published earlier this week by Center for...

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Education

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

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12/11/2017

... a study from YouthGiving.org, an initiative of Foundation Center , finds. "We believe that investing in youth is not ... Foundation. "Our youth grantmakers direct support for youth-led projects and...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Distinguished Writer, Poet, Scholar, and Arts Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President

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02/07/2018

... highly successful institutions – from the Poetry Center at Smith College, to a major rebuilding of the African American Studies department at Yale University, from the poetry non-profit Cave...

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Listen: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Hosts a Conversation On The Value Of Workplace Diversity

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02/28/2018

... a panel discussion that Celeste Headlee hosted last week at the Carter Center in Atlanta. This conversation about workplace ... Cabrera-Velde (a training and communications specialist at...

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Workforce Development

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Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio Communities

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03/16/2018

... It also argues that further investments in services for immigrants would expand positive outcomes. 'Immigrants ... four decades,' said Richey Piiparinen, director of the Center for...

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Immigration

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge

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03/27/2018

... Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge Scheduled to open at Hudson Yards in New York City in the spring of 2019, the ... month, came word of a new $45 million infusion to the center from a donor who made his...

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With Support from Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation, Boston University Releases “Cities Joining Ranks—Policy Networks on the Rise”

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04/23/2018

Today the Boston University Initiative on Cities, with support from Citi Community Development and The Rockefeller Foundation, launched Cities Joining Ranks—Policy Networks on the Rise, a new report which details the activities, visibility, value,...

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