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Long Island Community Foundation Welcomes Mary Beth Guyther as New Program Officer

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09/03/2012

... the staff of the Long Island Community Foundation (LICF) in April 2012. She manages the Foundation’s grantmaking in Health, Hunger, Arts and Technical Assistance. In her role ... Universalist...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D. Resigns as President of Foundation for Child Development

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08/22/2013

... to her faculty position at Georgetown University. " In partnership with the Board, Deborah has guided FCD through ... positioned the Foundation to continue its role as a leader in the PreK-3rd arena and...

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Unbound Philanthropy Welcomes Elyse Lightman Samuels

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04/18/2014

... Learning, and Special Projects Officer. Elyse has worked in communications, qualitative data analysis, and external ... Jewish World Service. She has also spent extensive time working in...

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Immigration

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TCF Senior Fellow Barton Gellman Wins Third Pulitzer

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04/30/2014

... by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor now living in exile in Russia. “We couldn’t be prouder to support Bart’s ... The Century Foundation will continue to be deeply engaged in the public...

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Anti-Poverty Research Study Launched in NY

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05/18/2014

... public policies that could have a significant impact in reducing poverty in New York City. This collaboration is born out of the shared values and traditions for caring for people in need and...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA

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07/10/2014

... Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA In the wake of the Affordable Care Act’s first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working -age adults are uninsured than just before the sign-up .....

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Atlantic Philanthropies Offers Best Practices For Winding Down

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08/13/2014

... Down At the same time the Atlantic Philanthropies is working on giving away all its money, it's taking in a great deal of knowledge that could be helpful to other ... or already implementing a limited-...

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Penny Abeywardena Joins the de Blasio Administration as the Head of the Office of International Affairs

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09/16/2014

... International Affairs Commissioner Tuesday. She will be in charge of dealing with the diplomatic community for City ... and multilateral institutions to increase investments in gender-focused development...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

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Giving Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System

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11/26/2014

... for What's Right With Our Health System Those of us working to improve the health system sometimes joke that at ... to achieve often mediocre outcomes; we are under-invested in actually keeping people...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience

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01/28/2015

... her surveying the destruction wrought by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012. “There were the low-lying neighbourhoods ... sea rise, flooding and storm surge, where people had died in the storm. I saw damaged...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names the 2015 Doris Duke Artists

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04/02/2015

... remarkable performing artists will each receive $275,000 in flexible, multi-year funding as an investment in and celebration of their ongoing contributions to the ... strong and consistent commitment to...

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Long Island Community Foundation Supports Treatment for Military Veterans and Their Families

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05/19/2015

... removing the stigma associated with mental health needs in the military. Of the more than 700,000 veterans ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fights Climate Change By Backing New Resource Center

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06/10/2015

... Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people love by strengthening land ... through a robust and multifaceted website, Conservation in a Changing Climate is a...

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Arcus Releases Statement Responding to United States Supreme Court Marriage Ruling

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06/26/2015

... promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, today released the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s historic ... us to this pivotal moment. We look forward to...

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Why Should Climate Philanthropy Care About Energy Access?

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07/02/2015

... Philanthropy Care About Energy Access? Investing in clean energy access provides a disruptive opportunity to ...

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To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

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08/10/2015

... areas that top the nation for unemployment also fare worst in a health measure that can keep people from getting jobs ... it also holds the dubious distinction of having the most working -age adults who have...

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Workforce Development

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Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation

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08/17/2015

... for the Foundation for the past 15 years and has excelled in every way. She brings the right blend of experience and ... post,” said Foundation President Andrea Reynolds. In her new role, Ms. Stancell will...

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Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

... experts with community members and stakeholders when working to address the resilience challenges of cities. This ... take the most effective tools – tools that have worked in other places — and export them...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Opinion: Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness (New York Community Trust)

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01/06/2016

... New York should draw on approaches that have helped in the past as well as those that seem promising, especially ... health care, and other crucial services to residents in an effort to stop the revolving door...

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