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DC Dysfunction Isn’t the Whole Story

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04/20/2016

... this year? This is the question I asked myself a lot in the month leading up to last week’s annual Foundations on the Hill event , which aims to educate Congress about philanthropy, ... is immensely time...

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Children, Youth and Families

13 Jul 2016

Brownsville as Case Study: Can Community Investments Improve Health?

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9:00am to 11:00am

In April 2015, a New York Times article highlighted ... as the community with the lowest life expectancy in New York City. Media accounts of Brownsville are ... working block-by-block to build upon community...

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Native American Youth Can't Wait

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08/22/2016

... for Public Education and Vice-Chair of Native Americans in Philanthropy Re-posted with permission by the author, and originally appeared in Philanthropy News Digest Over the past decade, ... education and...

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Nature and NYC Communities Can Thrive Together Through These 5 Goals

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04/19/2018

... enable us to enjoy healthy lives, has been neglected in municipal agendas and resource allocations. We take nature ... focused on revitalizing and promoting the role of nature in our city. The coalition...

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New Citi Foundation Report - Funding from a Place of Trust

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06/30/2020

... Watch Funding from a Place of Trust: Report launch virtual event Report’s top insights include: Long-term General ... enable nonprofits to avoid a tradeoff between investing in capacity and in...

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Research Studies: A Convener’s Best Friend

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05/26/2020

... Foundation Change Long Island? Only by Changing Itself. In 2016 the Rauch Foundation, a regional foundation on Long ... efforts had been stymied by vocal, organized opposition in communities near the tracks...

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Philanthropy New York Leadership Transition

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06/24/2020

... am sharing this personal announcement at a pivotal moment in our national history. We are witnessing people uniting in unprecedented numbers to demand an end to the status quo. ... PNY, and I, will continue to...

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The Restaurant Industry Is Structured on Racism. The Restaurant Workers Community Foundation Wants to Rebuild It.

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04/14/2021

... clerks that make up the food industry were pushed to work in hazardous conditions. Choices for many were limited: keep ... With support sparse as it was, one organization swooped in to fill the gaps: The...

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Supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, Study Shows Alzheimer’s Patients Have Lower Perception of Pain

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07/13/2016

... pain as readily as healthy older adults, and this may lead to delays and underreporting of pain. This alteration in pain detection may be one reason that people with ... that could have a serious impact and...

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NY Community Trust Calls for Funding A Better, Broader Environmental Movement

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05/04/2017

... legacy of pollution: from the noxious facilities in their neighborhoods to lead in their drinking water. They are on the ... coping with climate change and other environmental burdens...

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NYC’s Fiscally Troubled Public-Hospital System Gets New CEO

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09/25/2017

... New CEO Mayor Bill de Blasio has chosen a new official to lead New York City’s sprawling, fiscally troubled ... director of the Los Angeles County Health Agency, will lead the system, known as NYC Health +...

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Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

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01/06/2015

... every hour, billions of people go online for information. In fact, the Internet has become the first place that ... According to a report from the Pew Research Center , one in three Americans have used the...

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Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

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07/06/2017

... Rockefeller Foundation This content originally appeared in What Matters: Investing in Results to Build Strong, Vibrant Communities , copyright ... can be achieved will unlock entrepreneurial energy and...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Announces the 2022 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows

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04/26/2022

... to devote their time to significant research and writing in the social sciences and humanities. This year’s commitment totals $5.6 million in philanthropic support. The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program ,...

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A Weak Foundation

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03/09/2011

by Ilene Mack I have spent more than three decades in the world of philanthropy, as a program officer at a major ... There was no bottom line to be concerned with; we were in the business of doing good—of caring,...

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Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in Philanthropy Are Shifting

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02/19/2020

Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in ... nurture a sense of shared community and help advance a forward -thinking approach to policing strategies. This type ... masonry,...

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Ford Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies Join Governments and Private Funders to Announce Historic Pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities

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11/01/2021

... and Private Funders to Announce Historic Pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities ... who hold a key solution to climate change, and have them lead the way.” In...

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Listening, Learning and Taking Action: Our Journey to Advance Racial Equity

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03/09/2022

... Foundation is on a journey to advance racial equity in the communities we care about through work done by the ... support. We know we are not alone. We see many colleagues in philanthropy struggling to develop...

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