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Westchester Community Foundation Launches The Westchester Index

Release Date:

05/26/2022

... County, NY will help the community to understand equity issues in the region and inform work to eliminate ... Westchester Community Foundation developed by CGR, is an equity -focused community indicators...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

25 May 2023

Elevating and Mobilizing Voices from Across New York to Advocate for an Equitable 2023 Farm Bill - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Thursday, May 25, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... To engage New Yorkers in shaping the 2023 Farm Bill, Equity Advocates, Black Farmers United NYS, and Food for the ... Join CFF and our co-sponsors for a briefing in which Equity Advocates and Food for the...

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Food Systems

Philanthropy New York Speaks Out After the Supreme Court's Decision on Affirmative Action

Release Date:

07/26/2023

... a larger effort to diminish the movement toward diversity, equity , and inclusion; curtail the ability to fully embrace ... not only remain steadfast in our commitments to racial equity , but we must be bold and...

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PNY News

American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Award More Than $1 M to National Treasure Sites

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11/10/2015

American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation will support the restoration and preservation of five national treasure sites, in or adjacent to national parks.

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More Details Emerging About Greer's Ouster from Nathan Cummings Foundation

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06/10/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Simon Greer, who was hired to give the Nathan Cummings Foundation a more prominent profile, "was apparently fired just as he began to put in place a radical overhaul."

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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New York Community Trust Ranked Number Three In Total Assets

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07/15/2014

A new report that ranks community foundations by asset size finds that The New York Community Trust is number three in the nation with $2.4 billion.

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State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care Organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund Support

Release Date:

10/19/2015

A new report written by researchers at the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, draws on evidence from the literature and four case studies to outline...

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record

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01/12/2016

Owner H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest donated the entire Philadelphia Media Network, which runs the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com, to the nonprofit Institute for Journalism in New Media, part of the Philadelphia Foundation. The institute...

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Communications/Media

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The Tow Foundation

Guardian: Are Gates and Rockefeller Using Their Influence to Set Agenda in Poor States?

Release Date:

01/19/2016

Ultra-rich philanthropists and their foundations have increasing influence on decision-making and are setting the global health and agriculture agenda in developing countries, according to a major study.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged Whites Not Just About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund

Release Date:

02/01/2016

Recent research has called attention to an unexpected rise in death rates among middle-aged, white Americans between 1999-2014. The especially broad reach of these negative mortality trends suggests there is an urgent need for further investigation...

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Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry Over Budget Easing'

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02/10/2016

As President Obama's final budget plan is reviewed, there are signs the public is increasingly seeing the government's long-running budget deficit with less and less concern.

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Public Policy

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Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

Release Date:

02/11/2016

A new report from The Century Foundation, a progressive think tank, shows an increase in the number of schools that have integrated socioeconomically and argues that more schools should be following suit. There is evidence for why racially...

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Education

Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

Publication date:

09/2016

For foundations, there are lots of questions to reflect on when thinking about which evaluation practices best align with their strategy, culture, and mission. How much should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the information they receive from evaluation is useful to them? With whom should they share what they have learned

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

Congress has another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests that repealing two major provisions of Obamacare without replacing them right away could cost the nation 3 million jobs and trigger negative economic impacts...

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Novo Foundation's Jesenia Santana Discusses the Dismissal of Domestic Violence and Its Effects in the Criminal Court System

Release Date:

03/09/2017

... placing themselves in potentially harmful situations by reporting those crimes... Novo Foundation's Jesenia Santana .....

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Gender Justice

Justice Reform

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NoVo Foundation

Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Featured in Study on Limited Life Foundations

Release Date:

03/22/2017

Most leaders of limited-life foundations say the opportunity to achieve greater impact is the key driver for the decision to spend down, a report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds.

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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NYSHealth Foundation Releases New Survey Results for How People Find and Use Health Care Price Information

Release Date:

04/07/2017

These reports summarizes survey results on how people view, seek, understand, value, and respond to health care price information, both nationally and state-specific, including New York State.

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