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Two Distinct Types of NY Funders are Gearing Up for Redistricting, Here’s Why

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03/03/2021

... of interest or divide like-minded voters at the expense of more powerful interests. Foundations concerned about issues ... have up-to-date information throughout the process. Grantmaking priorities will...

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David Spergel Takes the Helm as President of the Simons Foundation

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07/01/2021

... and education; and Jim Simons oversaw all scientific grantmaking units of the foundation and the activities of the ... we enable that will determine how I judge myself.” Read more about David Spergel’s...

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Partnership Between The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The New York Community Trust Awards $3 Million to Performing Artists in Need

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10/12/2021

... in Need NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2021 —A $3 million national grantmaking effort to provide financial support to 300 ... painted a dire picture of their life during COVID-19. More than half of all applicants reported...

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The New York Community Trust

Beyond the Cause: The Art and Science of Advocacy

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10/2012

... over 100 interviews, three surveys, three case studies and more , identifies five essential approaches to successful ...

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Evaluating the Charitable Deduction and Proposed Reforms

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06/2012

... context for policymakers who may be considering one or more of these reforms, as well as for other interested ...

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Modernizing the 990-PF to Advance the Accountability and Performance of Foundations: A Modest Proposal

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03/2011

... and discusses how the 990-PF could be transformed into a more effective instrument for promoting accountability and ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Building a Movement to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Philanthropy

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07/25/2013

... it can help institutions at all levels of engagement learn more about effective best practices and policies for ...

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These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?

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01/12/2012

... communicators as digital and social media tools become more prevalent and the role of communications becomes ...

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Philanthropy New York

Small Foundations Can Spur Big Changes: One Grant Maker Shows How

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03/24/2013

... is a challenge for even the biggest foundations but much more daunting for small ones. Nonetheless, it is possible for ...

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The Tow Foundation

Gara LaMarche Named President of The Democracy Alliance

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10/18/2013

... and movement leaders committed to a stronger democracy and more progressive America. Gara LaMarche Named President of ...

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NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning

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01/12/2015

... curiosity, “grit” — these qualities may seem more personal than academic, but at some schools, they’re ... curriculum. Some researchers say personality could be even more important than intelligence when it...

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Education

Bank of America Foundation President Seeks to Increase Youth Development Opportunities

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08/19/2015

... of all things internet--among other things. However, more and more we're seeing these young adults, now the largest living ... In fact, according to new data, young people are giving more...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

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Rockefeller, JPMorgan Chase Foundation Support 100,000 Opportunities Hiring Fair & Forum in LA

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02/24/2016

... for young people, today announced that in one day, more than 1,000 Opportunity Youth were offered on-the-spot ... Hiring Fair & Forum on Feb. 11. Hiring managers from more than 30 companies, including,...

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Children, Youth and Families

Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

Release Date:

03/17/2016

... poverty rate in the United States is stubbornly high, with more than 12 million American children—16.5 percent of all ... allowance could change all that. The report, Doing More for Our Children , models ten...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building

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07/05/2016

... Missing About Capacity Building Over the past five years, more and more foundations have come to understand that their nonprofit grantees’ infrastructure needs more love, and more...

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Ford Foundation

Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It's So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors

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09/29/2016

... One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act is to focus more on population health. With millions more people insured, the assumption is that governments could devote more resources to efforts...

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Health

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Russell Sage Publishes Study on the Problems of Parents Funding College Education

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12/14/2016

... Study on the Problems of Parents Funding College Education More parents today are financially supporting — and paying more — for their children’s college education, but that ... in the top quarter of the...

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Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101

Release Date:

03/20/2017

... fabled family name who controlled Chase Manhattan bank for more than a decade and wielded vast influence around the ... as the Rockefeller bank, though the family never owned more than 5 percent of its shares...

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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

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04/26/2017

... to learn with simplistic narratives and solutions— more tests— more turnover— more short-term grant cycles—while labeling their schools, ...

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Education

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Newman's Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is

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08/30/2017

... Giving now approaches $500 million to date, benefiting more than 7,500 charities in more than 75 countries, with more than 300 products — ranging from salad dressing and ...

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