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The Elmezzi Foundation Pledges $3 Million to Help End Generational Poverty in Astoria and Long Island City

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09/17/2014

The Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Foundation will distribute $3 million to Zone 126 over the next five years to help children in low-income areas of Astoria and Long Island City.

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Community Development

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NYS Health Strengthens Health Programs for Veterans as Part of Philanthropy-Joining Forces Impact Pledge

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05/13/2015

The initiative includes commitments from 34 foundations, nonprofits and corporations.

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New York Health Foundation

Veterans

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Sunday New York Times Arts and Leisure Feature on Cultural Philanthropy Quotes Buff Kavelman on Donor Privacy Issues

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10/14/2015

In the section entitled "Donors: Why They Do It", Kavelman speaks to why some donors prefer to give anonymously.

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Kavelman Group Philanthropic Advisors

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Arts

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Bloomberg and WHO Present Report on Global Road Safety

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10/20/2015

Data shows that after a decade of progress, more needs to be done to reduce traffic fatalities, according to The Global Status Report on Road Safety.

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International/Foreign Affairs

Public Policy

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Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College

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10/21/2015

Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and others join in new initiative to examine public policy issues in charitable giving at Boston College Law School.

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Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)

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11/12/2015

At Communities In Schools, we went through a decade-long effort to emphasize quality over scale, writes Dan Cardinali, CIS president.

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Education

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Opinion from Ford Foundation's Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough

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12/17/2015

During this season of giving, as there are many Americans volunteering and giving, the Ford Foundation president writes of his worry that through these acts of kindness, we absolve ourselves of asking deeper questions about injustice and inequality.

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Social Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women Spearheads Initiative to Develop a National Blueprint for Women’s Economic Agendas

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05/06/2016

The Ms. Foundation for Women is investing in women’s economic security by conducting an analysis of the benefits of Women’s Economic Agendas, while also investing in grassroots led strategies to uplift women in the American South.

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Gender Justice

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Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures

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05/06/2016

Nathan Cummings Foundation: Firstenergy's "expenditures are high and transparency is low."

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Environment and Climate Change

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NYS Health Announces Funding Opportunity in Its Newest Priority Area, Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State

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05/06/2016

NYS Health Foundation expects to fund ambitious, large-scale projects or studies that may, as examples: create new tools and resources for consumers; make the health care system easier to navigate; identify effects of consolidation; or address...

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NYSHealth Launches 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals

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09/02/2016

Applicants must submit an online inquiry form to determine whether a proposed project fits the funding criteria.

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RFPs Etc

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New York Health Foundation

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HSC Calls for Comments on Fair Labor Standards Act Effects on Nonprofits

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11/28/2016

As nonprofits prepare to comply with the new Fair Labor Standards Act rule on exempt employee status, which will take effect on December 1, the State is accepting comments on its own proposed rule, which would set an even higher threshold.

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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

Joan Guzik has joined the United Hospital Fund as director of quality improvement for the Fund’s Quality Institute, effective January 3.

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The Systematic Starvation of Those Who Do Good

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02/28/2017

Despite the importance of human services and other nonprofits to employees and those they serve, many nonprofit workers do not earn a living wage. We can do better.

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Seven Bridges Brings The Simons Foundation’s Genome Diversity Project Dataset to the Cloud

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04/12/2017

Seven Bridges, the biomedical data analysis company, today announced that it has made the Simons Genome Diversity Project (SGDP) dataset available for analysis by researchers via the Seven Bridges Platform.

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Science

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

One of Europe’s largest foundations, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation agreed to donate $150 million to a joint research, education and public policy program with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore that is intended to promote the ideal of...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Niarchos Foundation, Revson Foundation, & Heckscher Foundation Are Crowdsourcing Ideas to Help NYC Public Libraries

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07/05/2017

Some funders in New York City and elsewhere remain deeply dedicated to libraries. Aso notable is an effort by a trio of funders who've come together to support New York's libraries.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors

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08/15/2017

The Schott Foundation is proud to announce the addition of two new members to our Board of Directors.

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Education

Ford Report Finds that Boards of NYC Museums Lack Diversity

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08/24/2017

Although they operate in a sprawling megalopolis that prides itself on its racial and ethnic diversity, many of New York City's arts and cultural organizations have boards that are predominantly white, a New York Times report funded by Ford...

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