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What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

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07/01/2010

... when, as they say, “Isn’t BP supposed to be paying for this mess?” Yes. BP should and will pay. There is no ... and the oil. BP needs to minimize the financial impact for its shareholders. For...

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What Does It Mean to Do Policy Work in a Foundation?

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03/27/2014

... Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Wallace Foundation For years, The Wallace Foundation has worked for beneficial change in our areas of interest: school ... leaders with having helped put leadership on the...

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Insights from “Bridging Practice to Lead Forward - An Invitation from the Leadership Transitions Funders Group”

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08/07/2023

... to participate in joint learning and access resources for equitable leadership transitions. Leading Forward’s ... approach supporting our grantee partners.” Create space for difficult conversations Transition...

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Making Lunch Free Was Just the Beginning

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12/10/2019

... by Medium on November 20, 2019 . It was a proud moment for New York City when its public school system began ... students in every school and in every grade could eat for free, regardless of family income, and...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Commits Funding for Ukrainian Emergency Relief

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05/17/2022

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Commits Funding for Ukrainian Emergency Relief The Andy Warhol Foundation for ... and abroad. Artists at Risk , Perpetuum Mobile Since 2013...

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Nathan Cummings, Ford, Heron & Others Are Leaders in the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

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07/27/2017

... investing in the U.S., fostering deployment of and demand for impact capital across asset classes globally, and by ... today with a broadened mandate that includes advocating for a favorable policy environment...

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Beyond Equity as a Trend, Toward Real Change

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04/24/2018

... Toward Real Change By Maurine Knighton, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Kerry McCarthy, Program Director for Thriving Communities at New York Community Trust “This...

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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... change everything. The transition to adulthood, tumultuous for many, can be even more challenging for people on the ... on skills assessment rather than traditional interview questions , which...

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Public Policy Committee

... on public policy engagement and develops recommendations for organizational statements and action on specific ... of Collaboration & Public Policy, at  mwilliams@ philanthropynewyork . org...

This Month’s Upgrade: Comprehensive Local Affinity Group Pages

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05/19/2015

... This piece was originally published as the feature article for the May 2015 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy ... an organization could launch a website and then sit back for a few years before...

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Get to Know the New Leader of the Nation’s Largest Philanthropic Network

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11/18/2015

... significantly. He has served on the Forum’s board for the past six years, and is the board’s immediate past ... consisting of 33 regional associations with more than 5 ,500 participating organizations. The...

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20 Issues, to Be Specific

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07/19/2017

... also revisited our organization’s “Core Principles” for choosing policy issues. For me, having been immersed in this work for nearly six years, it was extraordinarily meaningful to ...

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A Letter from Ronna Brown

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05/28/2020

... we had to decide whether to continue programming virtually for the remainder of 2020. We will. To reiterate: ... that in-person events are not the right thing to do for ourselves or for our...

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A Message from Ronna Brown and Update on CEO Search

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12/15/2020

... busy months before the pandemic exploded in March in NYC. For Philanthropy New York, the weeks before the pandemic ... values – the values that we have used to guide our work for the remainder of the year. We...

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North Star Fund: Securing the Future of Organizing

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03/27/2020

... temporary eviction moratorium and secured paid sick leave for UPS drivers. And there is more to be done. Now is the time for bold action. You can join us. Take action to support ... to the Future of Organizing...

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United Hospital Fund Launches Campaign to Reach Uninsured New Yorkers During Pandemic

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06/26/2020

... speaking communities in New York City about their options for obtaining health insurance. The Fund’s outreach ... Fund is also reaching out to hundreds of community leaders for help in getting information into...

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24 May 2022

100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting and Philanthropy's Role

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12:00pm to 2:00pm

... the co-authors of a new book, 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting , as they tackle this question. They ... make the case that making voting a required civic duty for every citizen—which we do now...

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Philanthropy’s New Tool for Action and Impact: Operating Archetypes Launched by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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04/27/2022

Philanthropy’s New Tool for Action and Impact: Operating Archetypes Launched by ... Operating Archetypes: Philanthropy’s New Tool for Strategic Clarity , a new analytical framework designed ... with a useful...

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Sunsetting the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

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10/11/2023

... at this decision by way of grappling with three tough questions : What value-add do we bring to our REP grantee ... of their work. And, we’ve come to recognize that— for some of our grantees—our intention has...

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