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Regional Plan Association Wins Grant From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Study Climate's Impact on Wetlands

Release Date:

04/19/2017

... region. The study, “New Coastline: Ensuring Pathways for Tidal Wetland Migration in the New York Region,” will ... changes to coastal wetlands, identify critical areas for wetland migration and recommend...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island

Release Date:

05/15/2017

... crisis presents. While it seems that federal momentum for reform has slowed—if not reversed, as of late—it’s ... criminal-justice system, and may also offer a model for how it can be righted. . . Darren Walker...

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards Accepting Applications

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for its Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards. The deadline for receipt of letters of intent (LOI) is November 6...

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo Joins Jim and Marilyn Simons to Dedicate Flatiron Institute

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09/14/2017

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined Simons Foundation co-founders Jim and Marilyn Simons to dedicate the foundation’s new Flatiron Institute, an intramural research division of the Simons Foundation that tackles big datasets — and big scientific...

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A Baseline for Success: Creating Sustainable PPPs

Release Date:

09/22/2017

A Baseline for Success: Creating Sustainable PPPs To develop and sustain ... metrics, establishing a baseline, and developing a process for continuous monitoring helps PPPs determine what ... or implement an exit...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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

Release Date:

11/22/2017

Under the leadership of Darren Walker, the Ford Foundation is taking a different tack.

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First-of-its-kind Study From the Century Foundation: How Well Does Your State Support Integration in Charter Schools?

Release Date:

04/04/2019

... supporting the use of the charter school model as a tool for promoting racial and socioeconomic integration. How does ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Open Society Announces Fund to Support New Nonprofit Leaders

Release Date:

06/14/2013

Open Society Foundations has established a $2-million fund to help new nonprofit chief executives put their ideas to work quickly.

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PNY Opposes Tax Reform That Undermines Charitable Giving

Release Date:

11/15/2017

... Congress. It also approved a broad outline of activities for Philanthropy New York to educate the sector and the New ... charitable bequests by 16 to 28 percent. Importantly for the nonprofit sector, the...

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PNY News

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Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?

Release Date:

07/15/2013

Community Food Funders , a philanthropic organizing project comprised of ... pleased to have Amara Foster, Senior Program Associate for Sustainable Environments at the Surdna Foundation and a member of the...

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With the End Near, Atlantic Makes a Big Move on Racial Justice

Release Date:

11/01/2016

... Justice Race has been getting a lot of attention from funders lately, but Atlantic Philanthropies has been a leader in this area for a number of years now. Back when Gara LaMarche was ... attacking structural...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

09 Apr 2018

Participate. Convene. Invest.: A Call to Action for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, April 9, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

**This program is hosted by our partner, Funders ' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an ... is more important than ever. You’ll hear directly from funders on how they...

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All Funders

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Public Policy

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Civic Engagement

Palau to Sign National Marine Sanctuary Into Law; Bloomberg and Tiffany-supported Global Ocean Legacy Campaign Win

Release Date:

10/22/2015

... a national holiday in Palau. "Today is a historic day for Palau, proving that a small island nation can have a big ... with Pew and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is working with maritime...

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Oak Foundation

New Study From the Commonwealth Fund Looks at Out-of-Pocket Costs for Some Health Plans

Release Date:

05/23/2019

... From the Commonwealth Fund Looks at Out-of-pocket Costs for Some Health Plans Millions of Americans with employer ... state report spending on premiums and out-of-pocket costs for medications, copays, and...

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The Commonwealth Fund

16 Mar 2015

Food Systems and Movements

Monday, March 16, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... ways, the community food movement— with its projects for a fair, sustainable, healthy food system— is rebuilding ... Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Designed for All interested funders...

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Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

Release Date:

03/13/2014

The John A. Hartford Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts Initiative.

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Aging

Commonwealth Fund Releases Study on Making Health Data Useful to Patients Through Open APIs

Release Date:

12/07/2016

... results from a specialist’s office in one city to be shared with a primary care physician back home. Making ...

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Salary & Benefits Survey

... and within position by asset range. Access Salary Tables for NYC -area Foundations (PNY member login required) Survey ...

Century Foundation Intern Discussion Series Kicks Off With Look At Regulating Marijuana Sales

Release Date:

06/11/2014

... Foundation kicks off its annual policy forum series for summer interns in NYC with a discussion about the challenges of regulating the market for cannabis, a product that is legal in some...