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Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy

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10/2007

How do foundations maximize their impact? What is the role of strategy? Is your foundation strategic? Are you? This groundbreaking research examines the current state of decision making at large, private, U.S. foundations. Through in -depth interviews with CEOs and program officers, Beyond ...

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Forget Spending Cuts, the U.S. Economy Really Needs a $2 Trillion Stimulus

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03/05/2013

... argues for more targeted stimulus spending instead of economic austerity. More than five years after the start of the Great Recession in December 2007, the U.S. economy is still mired...

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Sloan Foundation Announces 2013 Research Fellowships

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02/22/2013

... the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1955, the 2013 class of fellows includes 126 researchers from 61 colleges and ... P. Sloan Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and...

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How our community colleges are falling behind

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05/23/2013

... elite institutions. Pop quiz: What's the biggest category of college or university in the United States? Is it big public research universities like UC Berkeley or the University of...

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Morgan Stanley Presents Black Women in Business Awards

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03/12/2015

... executives and business owners, announced its 2015 list of 25 Influential Black Women in Business. “For seventeen consecutive years The Network ... Journal has recognized the outstanding professionalism...

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ASPCA President Seeks Harsher Punishment for Dog Fighting

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04/10/2015

... crueler, which is why the barbaric activity is a felony in every state . Nonetheless, organized dog fights continue, attracting large and surprisingly diverse crowds of participants and...

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Arcus Announces 13 Executive Directors to Participate in Arcus Leadership Fellowship

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05/15/2015

Arcus Announces 13 Executive Directors to Participate in Arcus Leadership Fellowship The Arcus Foundation, a ... among peoples and in nature, announced today the selection of 13 executive...

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Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report

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07/09/2015

Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report During my very first days as President of the Ford Foundation, I participated in a roundtable on .....

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Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Transgender Health Discrimination Study

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07/29/2015

... Discrimination Study The paper, "Legal Protections in Public Settings: A Critical Public Health Issue for ... and Gender-Nonconforming People," written by Sari Reisner of Harvard T.H. Chan School...

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Helmsley Trustee Becoming Known as ‘Israel’s Santa Claus

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03/30/2016

... New York attorney Sandor “Sandy” Frankel serves as one of four trustees of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley ... years, the Helmsley Trust has donated over $200 million in grants (out...

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Former Bessemer Trust Board Chairman Dinny Phipps Remembered

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04/11/2016

... Dinny Phipps Remembered Danny Phipps, great-grandson of Henry Phipps, the partner of the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, died Wednesday night at a hospital in New York City. According to...

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New NYSHealth Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities

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04/12/2016

... Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities A key goal of NYSHealth’s building ... low-resource organizations to attend and present at local,...

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Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth Inequality

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04/20/2016

... to Overcome Wealth Inequality Given the current debate in the United States over income and wealth inequality, can ... the question the Surdna Foundation set out to answer in a new report,"Ours to Share...

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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Launches Research on Genes That Cause Autism

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04/25/2016

... on autism, believed to be the largest ever conducted in the United States, officially launched on April 21 with the goal of getting DNA from 50,000 individuals and their families, generating an enormous amount...

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NYS Health Foundation Gives $100,000 to Healthy Neighborhoods Challenge

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07/11/2016

... community-improvement visions into reality. As part of its Healthy Neighborhoods Challenge, In Our Backyards (ioby) — a nonprofit, civic ... greener, safer or healthier. In addition, the New...

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Commonwealth Fund Executives Write About Stressed, But Fixable ACA Marketplaces

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09/07/2016

... Stressed, But Fixable ACA Marketplaces Negative headlines in the past few weeks seem to suggest deep trouble for the ... is the third major insurer to announce it is pulling out of several state...

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NY Community Trust Publishes Article on What Happens to a Bankrupt Nonprofit’s Assets

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10/14/2016

... a Federal bankruptcy proceeding, a receivership under state law, or even closure. Loyal donors want to know: Will ... are paid and, if so, what happens to those assets? And in a wind-down scenario, will my...

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Why De Blasio's Affordable Housing Plan Is in Trouble [In 5 Steps]

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10/19/2016

Why De Blasio's Affordable Housing Plan Is in Trouble [ In 5 Steps] More than half of New York City’s 3 million apartments are defined as ... cash, tax breaks or zoning allowances. The...

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Landlords Are Sitting on Empty Apartments in Affordable Buildings, says Official

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10/21/2016

Landlords Are Sitting on Empty Apartments in Affordable Buildings, says Official Empty apartments ... apartment buildings are challenging New Yorkers' chances of finding affordable housing at a time when they...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic

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10/26/2016

... an open call for original poetry about the impacts of drug addiction. The poetry initiative is part of the network’s year-long community engagement project addressing the Garden State ’s...

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