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The Surdna Foundation has announced the election of Jocelyn Downie, a prominent scholar, as the next Chair of its Board of Trustees. The foundation also announced the election of a new member, Tracy Palandjian, an innovator on impact investing.

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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Names New Executive Director

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01/15/2014

... Resolution, and Executive Director of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, among other positions. Addams will bring ...

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UJA-Federation Board of Directors Elects New CEO

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02/12/2014

... of Manhattan Day School; a board member of the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), a UJA-Federation beneficiary ...

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Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term

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05/22/2013

... what they lost. They told us about unemployment issues and legal aid issues and financial issues and homelessness that ...

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What World Do You Want to Live In?

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05/21/2015

"The world has changed since my grandparents were excluded from getting an education – no doubt about it, but inequality and injustice are still very much with us." - Fred Frelow, Ford Foundation

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards $2 Million in 2015 to Nonprofits Empowering Borough’s Vulnerable Youth

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11/23/2015

... youth Immigrant Youth & Families: 15 grants support legal and language services, advocacy campaigns, and ...

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Arcus, NoVo Foundation Announce Groundbreaking Philanthropy Initiative to Improve the Lives of Transgender People

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12/08/2015

... and security for transgender people, ensuring their full legal and social equity, well-being, and safety; and Deepen ...

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Open Society, Tow and Other Foundations Release Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform

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01/12/2016

... cross-system collaboration Ensure access to quality legal counsel Keep youth out of adult courts, jails and ...

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16 Jun 2016

Will Philanthropy Join In The Fight To Vote?

Thursday, June 16, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... Perales , Vice President of Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Michael Waldman *, ...

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Russell Sage Publishes First Book on Court Fines and Fees Exposes Lifetime of Debt Faced by Poor Americans

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06/08/2016

... a wealth of original research—including sentencing data, legal documents, observations of court hearings, and ...

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Most Funders Don’t Think About Disaster Until It Strikes

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07/05/2016

... response strategies in the following areas: Advocacy, Legal Aid & Public Policy Aging & Disabled Populations Animal ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Adds Four Members to Board of Directors

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05/24/2017

... her 30 year career at The Times as a summer intern in the legal department and joined the department upon graduation ...

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ACHA Would Break Apart What Is Working in New York

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05/25/2017

United Hospital Fund President and PNY Health Working Group Co-Chair James Tallon says that, by any measure, the Affordable Care Act has been a success.

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Names Daniel F. Wilhelm President

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06/05/2017

... on criminal justice matters. He has written on justice and legal issues for Vera, the American Bar Association, the ...

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20 Issues, to Be Specific

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07/19/2017

The term “policy work” is so vague that it can seem a bit mysterious to some funders. We know that private foundations are legally prohibited from engaging in lobbying or partisan politics, and we sometimes generalize, erroneously, that all funders...

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