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11 Feb 2013

Money and Power in Post-Election America: Where is Philanthropy?

Monday, February 11, 2013 - 4:00pm to Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 4:00pm

Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NYC

... At the start of this new political cycle, what should we do now (or not do ) given the ongoing polarization? To learn more vist the ...

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McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign From Bloomberg Over Coal Policy Stance

Release Date:

08/14/2014

... the foundation saying, "She's not going to resign. They do a lot of good things. They do some things she does not approve of, and she doesn't .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

PNY's President Gives Insight on Funder Collaboration

Release Date:

09/08/2015

... beneficial to private foundations, if they find a way to do so without conflicting with each other’s mission. ... resources, said 15 foundations recently came together to do research on public school education...

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PNY News

Global Companies Like Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs Join Climate Change Efforts

Release Date:

09/23/2015

... have already reached the 100 percent target; others do not expect to do so for several decades, but they are typically setting ...

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Goldman Sachs

An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)

Release Date:

02/22/2016

... Blue Smoke, has recently embraced this cause, pledging to do away with tipping at his restaurants, as a means to combat ... that paying workers well is not only the right thing to do , but is also good for...

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Economic Security

Food Systems

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Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

Release Date:

03/17/2016

The child poverty rate in the United States is stubbornly high, with more than 12 million American children—16.5 percent of all children—currently living in poverty and a Century Foundation report says a universal child allowance could change it.

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Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

Publication date:

09/2016

... should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the information they receive from ...

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Mastercard's Singh on How Companies Can Help Cities Close the Data Gap

Release Date:

10/21/2016

... data analytics have revolutionized the way many companies do business. Starbucks, for example, rolls out new beverages ... city officials say they simply lack the capacity to do so. Nearly half pointed to a...

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Community Development

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Sloan Foundation Noted in Article on What Could Help Americans Work More Years

Release Date:

06/13/2017

... employers, the U.S. government and older workers could do to make staying employed for additional years of our ...

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Aging

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... In many traditional classroom settings, students do not spend a lot of time honing their problem-solving ... around them. But a new program is encouraging them to do so outside of school. This spring, more...

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Education

State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... them enroll in coverage is not only the right thing to do , it’s the smart thing to do because it brings healthier people into the insurance ...

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Health

JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth

Release Date:

01/23/2018

... and businesses by doing what a bank is supposed to do : lending and investing. This long-term investment, which ...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

16 May 2012

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Donors Breakfast

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -

8:00am to 10:00am

Beekman Tower Hotel, 3 Mitchell Place, NYC

... Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues , First Peoples Worldwide is sponsoring a donor breakfast for ... A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program with First Peoples Worldwide . Presenters...

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The ASPCA and Urban Resource Institute have announced their partnership in support of URIPALS

Release Date:

03/12/2014

... their partnership in support of URIPALS, New York City's first -ever program to shelter domestic violence victims with ... and Animals Living Safely) program, New York City’s first -ever initiative to...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

United Hospital Fund Report Details Lessons Learned in Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions

Release Date:

10/14/2014

... initiative involved seven New York City hospitals in its first stage, in which participants worked to identify the ... interventions to tackle opportunities identified in the first stage. According to the...

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Health

New York State Health Foundation Survey Reports 92% of Newly Insured Obamacare Users are Happy with Coverage

Release Date:

11/11/2014

... many residents maintain their coverage or sign up for the first time. New York's exchange, called the New York State ... nationwide. State officials want to replicate that first -year success. The...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Large-Scale ‘Invest in Youth’ Initiative Focused on 16-24 Year Olds

Release Date:

05/06/2015

... across Brooklyn. Brooklyn Community Foundation, the first and only public foundation dedicated to New York ... particularly young people of color. In its first year, the Foundation will deploy over $2 million...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Brooklyn Org

$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies

Release Date:

07/17/2015

... undergraduate curricular initiatives including UMD’s First -Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) program, a new initiative to expose first -year undergraduates to rich research experiences, ...

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Mellon Foundation

SmartCEO Honors Weinberg Foundation President, Rachel Garbow Monroe, as CEO of the Year

Release Date:

12/16/2016

... 2005, Monroe was hired by the Weinberg Foundation as its first chief operating officer. Five years later, when the ... board restructured, Monroe was named as the Foundation’s first non-trustee president and...

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Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress

Release Date:

07/31/2017

... of the beautiful Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. It was my first time at the club; I was accompanying a friend’s ... had caused this feeling of displacement? This was not my first time in an elite space. And I...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Social Justice

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