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A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue

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09/07/2017

... Mountanos, Program Manager, Poses Family Foundation This post is the first in a two-part series on funding creatively. ... for funders, nonprofits, and government agencies. This post will focus on how we...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Poses Family Foundation

Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say

Release Date:

09/15/2017

Plainclothes agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement took four men into custody outside Brooklyn Criminal Court Thursday morning in what appeared to be a coordinated operation, according to a source and attorneys with Brooklyn Defender...

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Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down

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09/20/2017

... for New York City Affairs’ July 19th Urban Matters post , “More Jobs, Rising Wages, Broader Advances: Seven ...

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Zuckerberg May Sell Up to $12.8 Billion in Facebook Stock to Fund Work in Education, Science, and Advocacy

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09/25/2017

... billion and $12.8 billion. The comments came in a Facebook post in which Mr. Zuckerberg said he was canceling plans for ...

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Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

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09/25/2017

... of the people with the latter fate or someone who can’t post cash bail, you’ll await trial in a jail cell on State ...

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Justice Reform

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The Fatal Stabbing In A Bronx Classroom Was Horrific — But Also Extremely Rare

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09/28/2017

The fatal stabbing at a Bronx school comes amid continuing debate over school safety and the use of metal detectors in schools — but also as serious crimes in schools are at near-record lows.

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Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... and Inspection Service) to a brand-new undersecretary post where it arguably does not. . . Here’s How the Trump ...

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Food Systems

OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

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11/27/2017

Hungarian-American financier and philanthropist George Soros has denounced a Hungarian government campaign against him as "distortions and lies" designed "to create an outside enemy to distract citizens."

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Carnegie- Funded Report Analyzes Public Support for Charter Schools in New Orleans

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06/01/2018

... without children. The poll also has a broadened focus on post -secondary success and finds that 81 percent of ...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces More Than $19 Million in Grants

Release Date:

10/18/2018

... a significant increase in the number of sisters with post -secondary credentials, who are now prepared to take on ...

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Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania Provide Resources to Support Tree Of Life Synagogue Victims

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10/29/2018

In response to the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday, GWP is compiling resources for those interested in providing support.

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United Hospital Fund Names 2019 Patricia S. Levinson Fellow

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04/03/2019

... the hurdles patient and their families face when choosing post -acute care providers, and she collaborates with the New ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Oxford University

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05/12/2019

... center of excellence in Late Antique, Byzantine, and post -Byzantine studies, including funding for a new ...

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01 Jul 2019

Census Funder Debrief: Supreme Court Citizenship Question Case - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, July 1, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... decennial count. Join the philanthropic community for a post -decision discussion with national organizations leading ...

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Census 2020

Welcome to Smart Assets!

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04/23/2009

... our sector and the practice of philanthropy. Our first post is from Charles Hamilton, Philanthropy New York’s ...

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06 Mar 2017

Resistance Strategies: Building Power, Forging New Collaborations and Organizing to Win - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, March 6, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... basis.* Come learn from movement leaders and funders how post -election shifts in the political landscape have ... This session will discuss how to delve deeper into the post -election mobilizations and movement...

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Civic Engagement

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Social Justice

Evaluation of OSF-Funded Education Program for Boys of Color Finds Efforts Didn’t Improve Outcomes

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05/10/2018

Four years and $24 million, the program has not lived up to its promise, according to a report released Wednesday by the Research Alliance for New York City Schools. Schools in the program turned out to be no better at preparing young men of color...

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Open Society Foundations

22 Sep 2020

What 2020 Rapid Response Looks Like: Responsive Planning and Innovative State Mobilization Strategies - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP and Democracy Fund

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... state mobilization strategies are incorporating plans for post election responses that may be required in the form of ... Explore Innovative state mobilization strategies for post election responses New...

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New York Community Trust Names David Marcus as Director of Communications and Marketing

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... correspondent for The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News , The Miami Herald, Newsday and U.S. News & World Report. He shared the Pulitzer Prize for ...