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Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem

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02/16/2017

... Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem Early in his career as a cardiologist, Garth Graham treated a patient with ... Last year the grant maker committed $1.5 million to communities across the country...

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Health

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Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless

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08/29/2017

... risen a staggering 40 percent since last year, according to the most recent annual count. New York is now home to one out of every seven homeless people in the country. Of ... to homelessness...

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Housing and Homelessness

U.S. Is Eliminating Its Arctic and Climate Envoys. What Message Does that Send?

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08/31/2017

... careers on these issues worry about the message being sent to the international community. "On the appearance side, I ... level of attention as other governments." In a letter sent to Sen. Bob Corker...

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EPA Now Requires Political Aide’s Sign-Off for Agency Awards, Grant Applications

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09/05/2017

... distributes annually, assigning final funding decisions to a former Trump campaign aide with little environmental ... every grant solicitation before it is issued. According to both career...

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Environment and Climate Change

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After Months of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to Permanent Post

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10/03/2017

... of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to Permanent Post After considering nearly a dozen candidates ... for the post, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has opted to keep acting Department...

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Justice Reform

Ford Foundation's Darren Walker, One of Rolling Stones 25 People Shaping the Future

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11/22/2017

... have long operated by noblesse oblige, seeking to blunt the sharp edges of capitalism by funding programs ... philanthropy we must move from a perspective of generosity to a perspective of justice,"...

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Philanthropy New York Announces Fundraising Breakthrough, New Philanthropy Center at Times Square

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10/20/2014

... and a breakthrough of over $2 million in early pledges to its Fund for 2025 campaign to grow the capacity of the region’s philanthropic sector. The Fund for 2025 aims to raise at least $2.5...

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Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast

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10/23/2015

... of the Arts in a Changing America (ArtChangeUS) launch event . ArtChangeUS is a new national five-year project ... California Institute of the Arts that fills an urgent need to understand and engage, from an...

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Video: Celebrating 20 Years of Open Society Institute–Baltimore with Patrick Gaspard and the 2018 Open Society Institute Community Fellows

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04/01/2019

... president of Open Society Foundations and ambassador to South Africa during the Obama administration, discussed the challenges to open societies around the world. We also introduced the ... Strategic Action,...

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NY Women’s Foundation Points Out Gender Issues that Need Addressing in Rikers’ Reform

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05/11/2017

... now headed for eventual closure, there is an opportunity to think more deeply about the people who end up there. The ... system increased by more than 700 percent from 1980 to 2014 – yet women lackvisibility...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One

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10/04/2017

... I’m constantly on the lookout for better ways to use software tools and information management practices to improve a city’s resilience. With new technologies coming out all the time, there are many ...

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Ms. Foundation For Women and New York Women's Foundation Take A Stand With Prosperity Together

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11/14/2017

... coalition of 29 public women’s foundations dedicated to empowering low-income women and their families, are ... (and shopping) begins. Prosperity Together seeks to profoundly change America’s response ...

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Board/Committee Materials

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Membership Snapshot

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05/2023

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Chase Announces Winners of 2012 American Giving Awards

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12/18/2012

... American Giving Awards, a televised celebrity tribute event that aired recently on NBC. More Than Me Foundation of ... Fisher, Anthony Anderson, Sarah Hyland and Jenna Elfman to announce the five finalists...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Making IT Decisions

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12/2012

... your foundation’s technology needs, it is critical to understand how to approach projects so you make decisions that fit your ... Foundation , guided members through key elements to making smart IT decisions. Making IT Decisions ...

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Nineteen Ford-Funded Films Nominated for 2014 Emmys

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07/17/2014

... initiative. “The 2014 nominations are a testament to the range and excellence in artistry of film and ...

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Arts

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Brooklynites' Greatest Hopes, Concerns Detailed in New Study by Brooklyn Community Foundation

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11/05/2014

... spotlighting a range of issues from income inequality to rising immigrant populations to inequities in the criminal and juvenile justice systems. ... Community Foundation, was released last Thursday at an...

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Rockefeller Report Cited by Geena Davis at United Nations Convening

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03/13/2015

... Geena Davis on 12 March 2015 told a standing-room only event on gender and the media at the United Nations that the ... can be changed overnight, saying: “We don’t have to fix the ‘unconscious bias’ they are...

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