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A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

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08/24/2016

Morehouse College in Atlanta recently secured $2.5 million from Jim and Marilyn Simons towards educating math and science students.

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Education

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Suzette Hunte Joins United Way of New York City as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

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09/08/2016

Hunte will serve as a strategic thought partner to the President and play a critical role in the design, coordination and implementation of the President's initiatives, both internally and externally, at UWNYC.

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United Way of New York City

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The Joys and Frustrations of Managing Young People

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09/29/2016

Stephanie Chrispin, Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York, reflects on the difficulties and rewards of managing the organization's first high school intern.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Leadership Development

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2016 Grantmakers Salary Survey Benchmarking Now Available

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10/03/2016

Each year, Philanthropy New York partners with the Council on Foundations to conduct a salary survey of New York City metro area foundations.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Nicole Gueron to Board of Directors

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10/17/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the election of Nicole Gueron, co-founder of the law firm Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP, to its board of directors, effective September 30, 2016.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Brooklyn Org

Impact Investing Is a Policy Issue

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10/20/2016

I try to attend as many policy-focused programs as possible, but I need to be strategic with my time commitments. So some might ask, “Why do we see you at every program on impact investing?”

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Newman's Own Names Walter Harrison to Advisory Board

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11/02/2016

Harrison is currently President of the University of Hartford in West Hartford, CT, where he has served since 1998, marking nearly a third of the University's history.

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Food Systems

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Newman's Own Foundation

Arts Are A Strategy To Build Racial Equity

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11/15/2016

Randy Engstrom, director the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture at the NY Community Trust, writes about arts as a strategy to address racial equity in housing, criminal justice, education, jobs, the environment and more.

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Invest in Your Brand Endowment for Exponential Returns

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11/22/2016

Neill Coleman of Rockefeller and Stonewall Community Foundation says your organization's name, reputation, networks, connections and convening power can magnify the impact of your grant-making.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Stonewall Community Foundation

Century Foundation Report Praises Morris School Merger, As District Faces New Tests From Immigration

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12/13/2016

An academic report released on Monday savors key ingredients of “what may be the most diverse school district in New Jersey.”

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Education

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The Century Foundation

COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation

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01/10/2017

Sharon Ullman has been named Acting Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation following the announcement last week that Christy MacLear, who has led the Foundation staff since 2010, will be taking a position at Sotheby's.

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

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01/24/2017

The longer you hang around philanthropy, the more you'll realize how deeply family background influences people's giving.

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Gender Justice

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Century Foundation Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients?

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01/25/2017

In an executive order signed on his first day in office, President Trump stated his support for a “prompt repeal” of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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Health

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Ms. Foundation Supports New Civil Rights Video: 'We Won't Go Back'

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01/18/2017

Can you imagine if Alice Paul or Ida B. Wells, women who fought for our right to vote, had to watch as a Donald Trump is sworn in on Friday?

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Video

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Gender Justice

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Fake News as a Real Opportunity

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01/23/2017

Celeste Ford, manager of media relations for Carnegie Corporation of New York, says philanthropic organizations are in a strong position to offer a wide range of credible and newsworthy information to audiences that are increasingly open to new...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles

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01/31/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute announced today that five cities have joined its global initiative to help city leaders plan and prepare for the emergence of autonomous vehicles.

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Community Development

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Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing

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02/06/2017

The Foundation will allocate $100 million of its endowment to impact investing as a way to advance its social justice mission and grow the field. The commitment will focus on a combination of mission-related investments (MRI) and program-related...

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