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Starting the Conversation: Using a Gender Lens in Your Grantmaking

Publication date:

12/2016

Philanthropy New York's Funders for Gender Equity are pleased to present "Starting the Conversation: Using a Gender Lens in Your Grantmaking," a tool to help funders look at their organizations and grantmaking through a gender equity lens. The group used the following resources to develop this tool: Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected by African American Policy Forum in partnership with the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies http://rocunited.org/infographic-who-are-tipped-workers/ http://rocunited.org/...

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The Right Mix of Leaps and Refinements

Release Date:

05/04/2016

... May 2016 edition. Sometimes important progress happens in what seems like small refinements, sometimes in great leaps. ... designated an ad hoc subcommittee to lead Annual Meeting planning . Starting last...

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A Critical Catalyst: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

Release Date:

01/30/2013

... NYS Ready Commission As we move beyond the immediate response to Hurricane Sandy into a long phase of recovery, many new questions arise: what have we learned? What could we have done better...

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Ten Keys – Ten Years Later: Successful Strategic Planning for Foundation Leaders

Publication date:

09/2014

... their briefing paper,"Ten Keys to Successful Strategic Planning for Nonprofit and Foundation Leaders," originally ... 2004. Ten Keys – Ten Years Later: Successful Strategic Planning for Foundation Leaders .....

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Commonwealth Fund Poll Shows Majority Happy with ObamaCare Plans

Release Date:

09/18/2014

According to a survey performed by the Commonwealth Fund, about 70 percent of people are happy with their government exchange health plan.

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City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans

Release Date:

10/07/2016

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants to force employers to offer their workers a retirement plan, a move that could provide more savings options for 1.5 million people.

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Economic Security

Schneiderman Vows To Sue Over Clean Power Plan Repeal

Release Date:

10/10/2017

The decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to scrap the Clean Power Plan will be challenged in court by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, his office said on Monday.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The GOP Tax Plan: Tough Choices With Limited Room to Maneuver

Release Date:

09/26/2017

Republicans face a daunting challenge as their tax plan comes into sharper focus: They are trying to fit more than $5 trillion of tax cuts inside a $1.5 trillion box.

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Economic Security

The GOP Plan To Simplify Taxes Could Put Charitable Giving At Risk

Release Date:

10/12/2017

At the heart of the GOP tax plan is a push toward simplification that could have unintended consequences, potentially hurting charities — particularly those that depend on donations from middle-class donors.

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Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training

Release Date:

06/13/2017

The infrastructure plans of the Trump administration will have to first overcome a significant problem that already plagues the U.S. economy: a severe lack of skilled workers necessary to turn job-creation goals into reality, writes Zoe Baird of the...

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Arcus Develops Action Plan to Save Great Apes in Africa

Release Date:

04/08/2015

The initiative is a collaboration between the foundation, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Grate Apes Survival Partnership.

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Animal Welfare

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Commonwealth Research Cited by NYTimes on Reducing Bounce Between Health Plans

Release Date:

03/23/2016

Millions of Americans are finding Obamacare to be unstable ground. An analysis by the Commonwealth Fund found that offering 12 months of continuous Medicaid eligibility would reduce churning by 30 percent.

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East Harlem Rezoning Approved by Planning Commission, Moves to City Council

Release Date:

10/03/2017

East Harlem Rezoning Approved by Planning Commission, Moves to City Council On Monday, the City Planning Commission approved the De Blasio administration’s ... other regulations. . . East Harlem Rezoning Approved...

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

Release Date:

07/17/2014

As part of his promise launch 100 community schools by 2018--including the first 40 in partnership with the United Way of New York City--Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday announced a 50-member advisory board to help implement the plan.

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United Way of New York City

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Education

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De Blasio’s ‘Homeless Hotels’ Plan Is Way Behind Schedule

Release Date:

09/28/2017

Nearly two years after Mayor de Blasio announced a plan to create 15,000 units of supportive housing to deal with the homelessness crisis, just 48 units are ready and occupied, The Post has learned.

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Housing and Homelessness

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Research And Policy Guidance Around Planning For Autonomous Vehicles

Release Date:

03/16/2017

... Supports Research And Policy Guidance Around Planning For Autonomous Vehicles Bloomberg Philanthropies and ... Supports Research And Policy Guidance Around Planning For Autonomous Vehicles ...

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Community Development

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Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

Release Date:

09/05/2017

President Donald Trump plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration (DACA) policy, according to two administration officials.

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