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To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding

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08/30/2017

... lit room across from the holding cells on the lower level of Bronx Criminal Court. A phone on her desk lit up with ... asking about relatives who had been arrested. “A lot of people say ‘It’s my first time...

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Justice Reform

New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump's DACA Decision

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08/31/2017

New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump's DACA Decision Thousands are marching in ... justice for immigrant communities. Advocates on both sides of the issue are bracing for the possibility that...

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Judge Lays into Justice Department Lawyer over ‘Heartless’ DACA Decision

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09/27/2017

... after the government lawyer relayed that the Department of Homeland Security would not extend the deadline. “You ... to dodge questions about whether or not Trump was indeed working toward a solution for so-...

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What Business Can Learn From Buddhism

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10/02/2017

... lessons from ancient spiritual teachings, such as those of Buddhism. The fourth largest religion in the world has ... the way they measure performance with the principles of Buddhism. This could also improve...

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New Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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02/21/2018

... Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations There’s a lot of work being done to help people who have served time in ... find guidance and success in order to cut down on the rate of repeat offenders. LUCK Inc...

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Justice Reform

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Pamela Shifman of NoVo Foundation on the Responsibility of White People in Philanthropy to Dismantle Racism

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02/23/2018

Pamela Shifman of NoVo Foundation on the Responsibility of White People in Philanthropy to Dismantle Racism Racial ... about whom we trust to lead us to change, whom we think of as strategic, and...

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Social Justice

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces Perry Cammack as the Program Director of Peacebuilding

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01/29/2019

... Fund Announces Perry Cammack as the Program Director of Peacebuilding Prior to joining the Fund in 2019, Mr. ... for International Peace. He was the principal architect of “Arab World Horizons,” a three-year...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Nishka Chandrasoma as Vice President and General Counsel

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04/04/2019

... NY — The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Nishka Chandrasoma as its next vice president, secretary, and general counsel of the foundation. Effective immediately, Chandrasoma will ... retired...

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Ingrid Rasmussen Joins Unbound Philanthropy as Chief Operating Officer

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06/05/2019

... at the Heron Foundation, and previously worked as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Helmsley Charitable Trust, and as V.P. of Finance at Nonprofit Finance Fund. Ingrid has extensive ... to invest...

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Open Society Foundations President Names Nicole Wilett as New Chief of Staff

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07/16/2019

... Foundations President Names Nicole Wilett as New Chief of Staff NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Wilett as chief of staff to Open...

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New Supporting Organization to Oversee "Grand Bargain" Funds

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07/06/2014

... "Grand Bargain" Funds The Ford Foundation will be part of a new nonprofit, the Foundation for Detroit's future, ... the $366 million in private money pledged as part of a "Grand Bargain...

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Financing the Social Sector

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09/15/2014

Financing the Social Sector Despite the huge success of this summer's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and various ... to grow the overall funding pie from its current 2 percent of GDP to 3 percent of...

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New York Community Trust Launches 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Competition

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03/05/2015

... need well-run nonprofits,” said Lorie Slutsky, president of The New York Community Trust, one of the region’s leading funders of nonprofits. “Our Excellence Awards program...

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NYCT Seeks Applicants for the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program

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03/12/2015

... the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program The ninth cycle of the New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards ... will begin later this month. As a leading funder of nonprofit technical and management...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study

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09/15/2016

Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study Research to Prevent Blindness was not the sole ... valuable in the high-impact, and frankly, scary, areas of inquiry. Why? The Zika study, published in...

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Health

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Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing

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10/11/2016

... we were faced with a big question: how could a foundation of our size be impactful when hundreds of billions of dollars are needed to achieve our mission ... take risks to prove new models,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Most Foundations Neglect Rural America. Helmsley Charitable Trust Doesn't

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11/02/2016

... America. Helmsley Charitable Trust Doesn't The dearth of grant dollars going to rural America has long been lamented by advocates of more equity in philanthropy. These are some of the...

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The Latest Nutrition Grantmaking From Newman's Own

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11/28/2016

... Grantmaking From Newman's Own Paul Newman was a man ahead of his time. While everyone now grasps the idea of social enterprise businesses, Newman's Own was a novelty ... issues that have become so...

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Food Systems

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Geraldine R. Dodge and Silicon Valley Community Foundations Accepted to Knight Community Information Lab

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02/14/2017

... an 18-month lab that will help them get to the heart of the information gaps in their community, and develop long-term solutions with the input of local residents. Foundations can apply now through March .....

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