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The Case for Giving Cash to Poor Kids

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08/25/2014

... reduce the much more expensive back-end costs, such as for incarceration and health care. The more complex question ... they aren’t doing enough, and do not help enough people. For example, tax credits do not...

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The Century Foundation

05 Nov 2014

Should Nonprofits Be Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and What is Philanthropy’s Role?

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... workers a self-sufficiency wage (aka “Living Wage”). At a Philanthropy New York funders briefing on September 24, ... with the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) to advocate for City and State governments to revise...

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Women on the Front Lines of ACA Implementation

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03/28/2014

by Ellen Liu , Director, Women’s Health, Ms. Foundation for Women Women have a lot to celebrate this month. March ... of color, immigrant women and young women are uninsured at substantially higher rates than the...

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

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11/08/2013

... especially among youth and in communities of color, are at record-high levels. Data from the NYC Department of Health ... Duke Charitable Foundation . Urban agriculture projects, for example, hire teens to...

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Philanthropy New York’s Adventure Series: Version Red Hook

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07/28/2011

By Daniel Lilienthal, Associate for Social and Emotional Learning, NoVo Foundation On June ... from New York’s philanthropic community. Beginning at the Brooklyn Community Foundation (BCF), in Dumbo, ... serves as...

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Program Recap: Philanthropy New York Hosts its First Next Generation Retreat

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10/30/2009

... 9th, an intimate group ranging in age from 22-30 gathered for a next generation retreat, a half-day of conversation and ... 21/64 ) and Ashley Blanchard (a senior consultant at TCC Group ), who are themselves...

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CSR, the Arts, and the Double Bottom Line

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04/14/2015

... Vice President of Private Sector Initiatives, Americans for the Arts “Our Board often asks why we aren’t ... by the Animating Democracy program of Americans for the Arts for the report...

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Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education

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05/19/2015

... This piece was originally published as a commentary for The Chronicle of Higher Education . It's required." ... education positions future engineers to be successful at anticipating, defining, and...

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Scaling Effectively: Create a Plan, Support the Vision and Manage the Risks

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06/17/2015

... this month I had the privilege of moderating a panel at Philanthropy New York called “Scaling for Social Impact: Perspectives from Both Sides.” ... greatly over time, depending on many factors. SNLP, ...

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Philanthropy Should Focus on the Assets of Aging

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04/22/2016

... of Programs, Aroha Philanthropies Teresa was a presenter at the recent PNY program “ Artful Aging: How the Arts Are ... This "Insights" flows from that discussion. It’s time for America to put the...

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Do You See Yourself In the First Nations Struggle?

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03/02/2017

... By Patricia Eng, Vice President of Strategic Partnership at the New York Women’s Foundation The views and opinions ... her torch can shine bright. Here are a few other things for philanthropy to consider...

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Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process?

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05/02/2017

... the Process? By Betsy Myers, Ph.D., Program Director for Medical Research at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Funders of biomedical ... of the science and the capacity of the work to change...

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

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11/01/2017

... “El Negro Bembón” it feels as if the song was written for this very moment. It is the story of the targeting and ... or parts of a community, when a certain narrative is at play. This hypervisibility, which...

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Listening for Bits of Truth in DC

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03/22/2018

Listening for Bits of Truth in DC By Michael Hamill Remaley, Senior ... it all. Every year during Foundations on the Hill , I am at once awed by the privilege and reminded that every polite ... going to be...

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Nature and NYC Communities Can Thrive Together Through These 5 Goals

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04/19/2018

... municipal agendas and resource allocations. We take nature for granted. But nature – including the city’s 20,000 ... natural habitats, the Natural Areas Conservancy is helping change the paradigm. That is why...

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Evaluating a Culture

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05/22/2019

... results from CEP, which included a few recommendations for next steps based on grantee feedback. As a team, we found ... how do we share our practices while also staying open to change and critique, not to...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to the Bard-Brooklyn Public Library College Degree Program

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10/30/2019

... Nontraditional Students Earn Free Liberal Arts Degrees at the Library in Partnership with Bard College Brooklyn, ... excluded or deterred from higher education—find a path for economic mobility, meaningful...

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How Foundations Can Make a Difference After Puerto Rico’s Latest Natural Disaster

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02/26/2020

... to the island two years ago, when people waited in vain for government relief. This time, everyday Puerto Ricans ... and strength of the Puerto Ricans who marched to demand change have inspired movements...

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