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Ms. Foundation for Women Selects Deborah Jacobs as Vice President, Advocacy and Policy

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06/04/2012

... rights advocate and champion Deborah Jacobs to lead the new department as the Vice President, Advocacy and Policy. ... Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ), where she...

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Public Policy

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Gender Justice

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Soros Says Attacks Won’t Alter His Charitable and Political Giving

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06/11/2018

The 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, who has poured much of his fortune into promoting liberal values around the globe, is now confronting a wave of nationalist sentiment washing against issues he has championed.

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Open Society Foundations

The Ford Foundation's $1.0 Billion Bond - A Briefing Note from SeaChange Capital Partners

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06/22/2020

The Ford Foundation's $ 1 .0 Billion Bond - A Briefing Note from SeaChange Capital ... it was the plan to finance them through the issuance of a $ 1 .0 billion, AAA-rated, 30-year (with perhaps a 50-year...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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SeaChange Capital Partners

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Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design

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03/25/2013

... district-based school design work uses the principles in a new Carnegie Corporation report as a starting point. Carnegie Corporation of New York today published a new report...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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Mellon Foundation President Talks About Diversity and Democracy

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11/29/2016

This country would not be its complete self if we didn't create a space for all who have actually come to play a role in defining its character, in shaping its history, and suggesting its future," explains Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis.

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Civic Engagement

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Mellon Foundation

Darren Walker of Ford Foundation Speaks Out About Why It's Essential to Partner With Businesses

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01/24/2017

Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation speaks out about why it's essential to partner with businesses.

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What Happens if the Affordable Care Act Is Repealed?

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01/26/2017

Sherry Glied, Dean of NYU Wagner and a distinguished health policy expert, began by pointing out that before the ACA was passed in 2010, 51 million people could not afford coverage.

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PNY Short Takes

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Health

How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Girls of Color

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01/12/2017

Black girls and other girls of color disproportionately experience harsh school discipline than their peers.

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Justice Reform

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US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations Honing Strategies for Greater Impact

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02/03/2017

Funded by U.S. Trust, the survey also found that small foundations and individual donors have been formalizing their governance structures and process over the past decade.

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Bank of America Private Bank

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We Dine Together: Starved For Company

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03/27/2017

A simple club, We Dine Together, has changed teens' lives by sitting together with them at lunchtime. And its organizers want to share it with other schools around the country.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Open Society Foundations Hosts Panel on Public Health in a Populist Moment

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04/10/2017

At a time when debates over access to health care and the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs are fueling protest across the political spectrum, how can we build effective movements to defend health as a human right and a public good?

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The Center for Disaster Philanthropy

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Kaberi Banerjee Murthy of Brooklyn Community Foundation: On Immigration and Justice Reform Advocacy

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04/18/2017

After the PNY program, " Advocacy Day , " we sat with Kaberi Banerjee Murthy to discuss BCF’s initiatives, including the Immigrant Rights Fund and advocating for the closing of Rikers Island, both of which will affect many...

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Immigration

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Hurricane Harvey Recovery Webinar: How Donors Can Help

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08/30/2017

The “Hurricane Harvey Recovery: How Donors Can Help” webinar on August 29, 2017, gathered several expert panelists to discuss catastrophic flooding in Texas and Louisiana, and how to allocate resources—human, financial, and technical—to meet the...

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Disaster Relief

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Rockefeller VR Film: Power in Hand - A 360 Experience

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09/28/2017

The Rockefeller Foundation created Smart Power for Rural Development initiative, which delivers renewable electricity and puts it in the hands of villages that don't have access to power. This VR film helps illustrate this project's successes.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Community Development

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Rockefeller Foundation's Dr. Raj Shah’s First Visit to Southeast Asia

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01/10/2018

In his travel to Bangkok, he explored the Foundation’s current critical work, discovered the deep and respectful partnership with the region, and states why the Asia-Pacific region is a land of promise.

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Change Philanthropy Sits Down with Marjona Jones from the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program

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04/17/2018

Marjona Jones, from Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock, shares insight on“What does [equity] look like for your staff? What does it look like for upward mobility? What voices are you lifting up in your boardrooms?”

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