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5 Questions for. . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation

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10/15/2015

... of the built and natural environments. The New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation was one of the first philanthropic organizations to respond to the ... assume a leading role in the recovery planning...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25

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06/20/2017

... That scene — and the general message — are from a new documentary, “From the Ashes,” the first film produced by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and his philanthropy ...

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Unbound Philanthropy is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?

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07/17/2017

... and Ford, as well as local and regional funders like New York Community Trust and a whole host of California ... is one that does. Founded in 2003 and only acquiring its first staff member in 2008, Unbound...

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

... Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer ... City Council Candidate for the 43rd district Nancy Tong first made public the issue last...

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U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories

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09/28/2017

... internet search history of legal immigrants as part of a new tracking system set to roll out next month. The policy ... of President Donald Trump’s travel ban is set begin. First reported by BuzzFeed, the...

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Capping the Charitable Deduction

Official Statement of Philanthropy New York on: Capping the Charitable Deduction The Obama ... diminish contributions. Consistent with the Philanthropy New York’s mission to enhance and expand philanthropy, PNY...

Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, Dies

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07/25/2014

... Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, UJA-Federation of New York Supporter, Dies Alan “Ace” Greenberg, the ... who raised hundreds of millions for the UJA-Federation of New York over his decades of involvement...

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Laurie M. Tisch Honored by United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council

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03/21/2016

... Way’s Women’s Leadership Council The United Way of New York City’s Women’s Leadership Council’s held ... raised nearly $1 million in support of the United Way of New York City’s ReadNYC initiative, a program...

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NY Women's Foundation's Oliveira Discusses Women and Rikers in NYN Media Insights Podcast

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06/30/2017

... but it can be particularly bad for women. In March, the New York Women’s Foundation and Prisoner Reentry Institute ... its effects, are Ana Oliveira, president and CEO of The New York Women’s Foundation and...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation

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06/16/2016

... Foundation President Judith Rodin wanted support for a new urban initiative, she cold-called Alex Karp, chief executive of Silicon Valley’s Palantir Technologies Inc. ... told her, according to Ms. Rodin,...

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Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... to center Black women and gender nonconforming people in a new report, Centering Black Women, Girls, Nonconforming ... power-hungry officials and issuances of anti-immigrant executive orders has sparked...

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Inequality Is the Problem—What’s Our Response?

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07/02/2014

... is all over the headlines these days. From the mayor of New York, to President Obama, to Pope Francis, hardly a day ... remain so high, and why are its effects growing? First , although effective responses have...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Carnegie Corporation Offers July 4th Salute To Immigrants Who Make America Strong

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07/02/2014

... America Strong This Fourth of July, as it has for every year since 2006, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, its board and staff, are celebrating naturalized ... full-page “Pride of America” public service...

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NYCT and JPB-Backed Immigrant Legal Aid Program Will Expand Beyond NYC

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05/14/2015

... Immigrant Legal Aid Program Will Expand Beyond NYC New York City’s melting pot has been boiling over in the ... area. Long Island, the lower Hudson Valley and northern New Jersey, home to thousands of recently...

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Carnegie and American Library Association Seek Nominees for I Love My Librarian Award

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07/31/2015

... for I Love My Librarian Award The Carnegie Corporation of New York/ New York Times I Love My Librarian Award encourages library ... a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four- year...

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A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

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09/26/2017

... City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids In 2013, the New York city council approved a plan for a gleaming new development in the Willets Point section of Queens—a mall, a hotel, and hundreds of new...

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Simons Foundation Sponsors "The Eternal Sky," A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory

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03/09/2017

... Kellner documents the development and construction of the new Simons Observatory, located next to several other ... scientists and engineers are designing and building new telescopes with new...

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I’m Having a CEO Moment. And You Can, Too

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04/05/2017

... PNY President Ronna Brown, published originally in the New York PhilanthroPost April 2017 president's edition. This ... thinking that happens with our members at Philanthropy New York on our new...

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