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Environment and Climate Change

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Public Policy

Recording: Investing in Change: Foundation Support for Lobbying and Other Advocacy

... such as: How can your foundation advocate effectively on issues like protecting nonprofit and philanthropic ... workers or expanding nonprofit and community input on legislation? And how can your efforts...

Carnegie Names Nine Philanthropists as Recipients of the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy

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06/26/2017

... their distinguished and longstanding contributions to the public good," said Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie ... others. Having amassed what was then the greatest fortune on earth, the legendary...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Six Recommendations for Shifting Philanthropy Forward

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11/28/2016

... yet know the details of the Trump administration’s plans on many issues, or how the new US Congress will respond. We ... at these levels often have significant power within our federal system, and local...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Arabella Advisors

Finding My Power and Community in Philanthropy

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08/03/2017

... New York comes to an end, I find myself reflecting on the lessons I’ve learned from my experience as the ... and relationship management skills with me in my next role working with the Advocacy Institute . I’m...

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Benjamin Chu Elected Commonwealth Fund Chairman; Mark Smith Elected to Board

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12/10/2014

... Smith, M.D., Elected to Board Benjamin K. Chu, M.D., group president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and ... chairman of The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation working toward a high performance health...

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Aging

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Supported by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines

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10/25/2016

... GenForward is a survey of adults age 18 to 30 by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The first-of-its-kind poll is ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Civic Engagement

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12 May 2021

State of Health Town Hall

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

If the COVID-19 pandemic was a stress test on the New York and the nation’s healthcare and public ... of health, such as housing, economic security, and education . From medical debt and the...

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Salary & Benefits Survey

Each year, Philanthropy New York partners with the Council on Foundations to conduct a salary survey of New York ... and benefits costs across community, private, and public foundations, and includes the median,...

City Hospital System Is Expanding Children’s Mental Health Programs

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09/06/2017

... a person’s health long into adulthood, New York City’s public hospital system is expanding its mental health ... programs for children and adolescents. The programs, which NYC Health & Hospitals plans to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

Carnegie Corporation of New York Funds Primer to Guide Students on College Choices

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10/17/2016

... Corporation of New York Funds Primer to Guide Students on College Choices The Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Covenant Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls

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04/14/2015

... Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls When Jewish education promotes self-discovery, challenges traditional ... of dedication to the next generation of Jewish women, a group women and men took a risk and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Mellon Foundation Supports Commission on Language Learning

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12/15/2016

Mellon Foundation Supports Commission on Language Learning The American Academy of Arts and ... Language Learning, responds to a request from a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and Members of Congress. It is...

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As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

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08/28/2017

... down this year — despite backing by major for-profit education companies, Kaplan and the Apollo Education Group , the parent of the University of Phoenix. The closings ...

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Workforce Development

Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

... as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. But some backers of ... policies or clashes with districts over space. Now, a group of these independent schools...

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Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/03/2017

Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. ... to be dissolved. The presidential advisory commissions on educational excellence for black, Hispanic, and Asian ... American and...

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The Covenant Foundation Announces New Grants to Support Jewish Communities Across North America

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01/05/2023

... with national and local leaders in the field of Jewish education , to create more inclusive, connected, and ... 2022 Covenant grantees represent an exciting and varied group of educators and projects,” said...

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Jewish Interests

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Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies

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09/29/2016

... Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies When the federal government stopped guaranteeing new bank-based student loans on June 30, 2010, it left behind a dozen or so nonprofit ... these agencies are,...

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Dodge Foundation’s Daggett in NYTimes: Auction of Airwaves Could Transform Media

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11/28/2016

... Media With the demand for wireless broadband growing, the Federal Communications Commission is auctioning off a big chunk of the public airwaves. Billions of dollars are likely to change ... to the...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

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09/14/2017

... The Philanthropy Roundtable, and the Columbus Foundation ( on behalf of community foundations)—wrote a letter (which ... Ray Madoff, director of the Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good...

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