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We Made a Comprehensive Investment in Board Service, and This Is What Happened

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04/20/2017

We Made a Comprehensive Investment in Board Service, and This Is What ... It’s been a wonderful journey that has helped spur new ideas, and I’m excited to share them with you...

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Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity

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04/26/2017

... advisor, speaker and author. This editorial extends a conversation on operationalizing DEI from the Philanthropy New York program “ Achieving Equity…How Exactly? ” on ... Delusional altruism is when funders...

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Gun Violence, Advocacy, and Leadership

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04/05/2018

... to do very seriously. So when she starts giving me lessons in my supposed wheelhouse—the making of public policy to ... nearly killed two years ago defending her daughter from a carjacking outside an airport...

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School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked

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11/09/2015

... on the table at NCRP’s Philamplify debate last month. As a panelist, I was asked to consider whether market driven strategies can be expected to drive equity in education. That question requires us to focus...

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Announcing the Heckscher Leadership Fellows Program

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03/31/2020

... Leadership Fellows. Designed after similar programs in the private equity world, where successful entrepreneurs are invited to spend a year developing new for-profit ventures, the Heckscher...

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Library of Congress Enriches America’s Story by Connecting with Minority Communities, Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant

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01/27/2021

... Foundation Grant The Library of Congress today announced a new , multiyear initiative to connect more deeply with Black, ... to ensure that a diversity of experiences is reflected in...

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Oxiris Barbot, MD, Former NYC Health Commissioner, Named President and CEO of United Hospital Fund

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08/11/2022

... Will Be First Woman to Lead the 143-Year-Old Nonprofit NEW YORK, NY, August 11, 2022 – The Board of Directors of ... She is the first woman to lead UHF since its founding in 1879 and brings more than 25 years...

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These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?

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01/12/2012

... President of Communications & Public Policy, Philanthropy New York (This post originally appeared on PhilanTopic , ... and is reprinted with permission.) These days, everyone is a communicator. After all,...

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12 Jul 2012

Education Working Group Lunch: 2013 Reform Review Project

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Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... 600 foundations have invested more than 2 billion dollars in efforts to reshape New York City’s schools. While some foundations based ... of education was established, New Yorkers will elect...

"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

... needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other ... likely to skyrocket. This would create huge new challenges in...

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Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)

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01/05/2016

Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund) You wouldn’t expect to find a vegetable farm at a public housing development in New York City. But...

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NYS Health Foundation, Advocates Weigh in on Immigrant Health Care

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03/01/2016

NYS Health Foundation, Advocates Weigh in on Immigrant Health Care Ana Rodriguez was thrilled when she first received health insurance through New York state's Medicaid program. It made her feel just ... old...

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Joan Guzik Joins United Hospital Fund as Director, Quality Improvement of the Quality Institute

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01/19/2017

... as Director, Quality Improvement of the Quality Institute New York, NY - Joan Guzik has joined the United Hospital Fund ... effective January 3. She has extensive experience in quality and patient safety...

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Simons Foundation Sponsors "The Eternal Sky," A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory

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03/09/2017

Simons Foundation Sponsors "The Eternal Sky," A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory High in the mountains of Chile, the hardscrabble landscape of the ... Kellner documents the development...

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Rockefeller Supports Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste

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07/25/2017

... Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste Food Tank, in partnership with Rethink Food Waste Through Economics and ... Foundation and The Fink Family Foundation, will present a one-day summit on September...

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Mayor de Blasio Signs Sweeping Legislation to Curb Smoking, Tobacco Usage

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08/29/2017

... Smoking, Tobacco Usage Mayor Bill de Blasio today signed a series of bills to help reduce the number of smokers in New York City by 160,000 by 2020. While smoking rates in...

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Deutsche Bank, Newman's Own, MetLife, Fortitude Fund, and FB Heron Foundation among list of Funders Supporting the Nonprofit Investing Directly in Poor Families

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01/26/2018

... of Funders Supporting the Nonprofit Investing Directly in Poor Families It’s not often that a nonprofit touts how much it isn't doing to help ... seeks out philanthropic and corporate partners in...

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NYU’s Prison Education Program Receives $1 Million Grant from Mellon Foundation

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03/28/2018

... $1 Million Grant from Mellon Foundation NYU has received a $1 million, three-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon ... brings a college education to incarcerated individuals at New York’s...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $100,000 to Promote a Fair and Accurate Census 2020

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06/14/2018

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $100,000 to Promote a Fair and Accurate Census 2020 Brooklyn Community Foundation ... for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College and the New York Immigration...

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