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How to Communicate a Commitment to Disability Inclusion - A Webinar Hosted by The Communications Network
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... disability community to inform better communications work. What will you learn? How to effectively use inclusive ...
Open Society Foundations Announces 2013 Soros Justice Fellows
Release Date:
05/15/2013
A mix of emerging and established social justice leaders, the fourteen fellows include investigative journalists, lawyers, grassroots organizers, policy advocates and scholars who will take on a range of reform issues that relate to broader OSF...
Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals
Release Date:
10/07/2015
... by the Wallace Foundation has outlined three major state policies that are necessary in order to create the most ... report, it is the first study of its kind to examine how state policy could be effective in...
JPMorgan Chase Announces $20M for New Skills for Youth Initiative
Release Date:
01/11/2017
... for New Skills for Youth Initiative The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. today ... global New Skills for Youth initiative, each winning state will work with...
Milbank Memorial Fund Convenes Health Policy Leaders to Create A Bipartisan Agenda for New Administration
Release Date:
01/19/2017
... The common goal of health policy leaders at the level of state government in the United States is promoting the health ... and to a much lesser degree, the medical care we receive. State leaders understand...
SUNY Tuition to Rise $200 for Students not Eligible for Excelsior
Release Date:
06/23/2017
... free SUNY tuition this fall, you will be paying more. The state University of New York this week quietly voted to ... the Excelsior Scholarship, that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature instituted in...
The Century Foundation on How Healthcare Repeal Would be a Disaster for Women’s Health
Release Date:
07/28/2017
... complications of pregnancy and childbirth doubled; the state now has the very best maternal mortality fee within the ...
Report: Job Gains In NY, But Not Everywhere
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... Not Everywhere Unemployment rates are down for New York state overall, but wide swaths of upstate had fewer jobs in ... part of the workforce last year, the highest number the state has seen since the...
New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... prospective teachers to pass a tough new exam, the state ’s top education policy makers are lowering the score ... have failed the exam in disproportionate numbers since the state began requiring it in 2014...
Cuomo Says Major Budget Changes May Be Needed If New York Loses $2B In Health Care Funding
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... Care Funding Gov. Cuomo said a special session of the state Legislature may be needed if more than $2 billion in ... could require lawmakers to make drastic changes in the state ’s already-adopted budget. “If...
The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance
Release Date:
12/10/2018
Middle-income families are spending more of their incomes on health insurance as average premiums skyrocketed in 2017 after modest rate increases earlier this decade, The Commonwealth Fund found in a new report.
Four Essentials for Evaluation
Publication date:
06/2012
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations created this guide to help grantmakers get to the next level in their evaluation efforts and embed evaluation practices more deeply in the work of their organizations. GEO pinpoints four essential steps —Lead, Plan, Organize and Share— and includes the stories of 13 GEO members who have demonstrated effective evaluation in action.
Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned
Release Date:
11/13/2012
Like many New Yorkers, Philanthropy New York’s staff learned during Hurricane Sandy that even the best of plans won’t cover everything that can go wrong.
Partner & Prepare: How to Fund Advocacy During Polarized Political Times
Release Date:
02/06/2012
On November 29th, Philanthropy New York hosted a funders briefing to discuss the rise of political attacks against social justice advocacy and the roles that foundations can play in responding.
Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds
Publication date:
07/2005
... debate, the guide offers resources and strategies for planning your work, reaching your audience, assessing impact, ...
The Effective Exit: Managing the End of a Funding Relationship
Publication date:
05/2013
In grantmaking, is there such a thing as the good goodbye? Yes, say contributors to this guide, who have found ways to plan for exits upfront, clarify expectations with grantee organizations, and overcome the tensions that so often arise. Learn how to use the end of a funding relationship to boost a grantee's capacity, find new sources of support, and even multiply the value of the foundation’s investment.
Grantmakers Play an Important Role in Comprehensive Immigration Reform Efforts
Release Date:
02/20/2013
... immigration reform. Laughter and jokes belie the serious planning that’s taking place on the eighth floor of a ...
Ford Foundation President to Step Down
Release Date:
03/06/2013
President Luis Ubiñas has announced that he will leave his position in September of this year.
Rockefeller Pledges $100-Million to Help 100 Cities Cope With Crises
Release Date:
05/14/2013
The 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge was announced to mark the 100th year, to the day, that the Rockefeller Foundation was incorporated.