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Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

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09/2016

For foundations, there are lots of questions to reflect on when thinking about which evaluation practices best align with their strategy, culture, and mission. How much should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the information they receive from evaluation is useful to them? With whom should they share what they have learned

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Nicole Gueron to Board of Directors

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10/17/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the election of Nicole Gueron, co-founder of the law firm Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP, to its board of directors, effective September 30, 2016.

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NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member

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10/31/2016

... Would Mr. Walker’s day job and his new board duties be working at cross-purposes? NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s ...

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Economic Security

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After the Election, Building the Beloved Community

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11/23/2016

... instance: Have we neglected to recognize and respond to working -class people, regardless of race and geography? Have ...

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Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

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01/10/2017

The project will, among other things, help establish a state-of-the-art pediatric ophthalmic diagnostic and imaging center at New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition

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01/10/2017

The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur Charles F. Feeney '56, has made a $7 million grant to The Cornell Tradition, a fellowship program offering distinctive service, work and scholarship opportunities to some of the...

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Education

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Episcopal Health Foundation Tells Angel’s Story on Healthy Homes to Treat Asthma

Release Date:

01/31/2017

Angel's Story looks at the early success of a home-visit program at Northwest Assistance Ministries children's clinic in Houston funded by the Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF).

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Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Honors Teens

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02/08/2017

Dimple Belani has been named one of two students in New York State as the top teen in volunteering by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

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Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition on Gender Politics in the Age of Trans-Identity

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02/27/2017

The Intersectional Self questions how notions of femininity (and alternately, masculinity) have shifted in the context of newly defined gender identities, and how family structures have been reimagined and reshaped through relatively recent advances...

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How Cuomo's Special Prosecutor Order Is Playing Out, 19 Months Later

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02/28/2017

About 19 months ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order that was hailed by many advocates and elected officials as a bold and unprecedented step towards police accountability.

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Justice Reform

Novo Foundation's Jesenia Santana Discusses the Dismissal of Domestic Violence and Its Effects in the Criminal Court System

Release Date:

03/09/2017

For decades, domestic violence survivors have been criminalized, prosecuted, and imprisoned for acts carried out by their abusive partners.

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Gender Justice

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Weinberg Foundation Announces New Chief Financial Officer

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03/20/2017

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has named Craig Mellendick as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Foundation.

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Stay Midtown Program' to Respond to Recent Rental Cost Increases in Detroit

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03/22/2017

Launched in partnership with Midtown Detroit, Inc., with support from the Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation, the program is also designed to respond to recent rental cost increases in Midtown and to address a near-term housing supply gap as...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Helmsley Trust Awards $5 Million for Study of Crohn's Disease in Asia

Release Date:

04/03/2017

... Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gut Microbiota) consortium working to identify microbial organisms and related dietary ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Century Foundation Analysis Finds Millions Could Lose Health Benefits If Congress Repeals and States Replace the ACA

Release Date:

04/10/2017

... Affordable Care Act (ACA), the White House is reportedly working with the House Freedom Caucus on a Plan B. While ...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Tiffany & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding

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04/26/2017

A new online effort hopes to provide a centralized entry point into the variety of work happening in marine conservation and its funding sources.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

Looking to improve healthcare quality while lowering costs by bringing out the best in doctors, health systems, insurers, patients and employers, the center reports there are many opportunities to transform American healthcare.

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Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

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05/18/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies will launch the Partnership for Healthy Cities to focus on fighting noncommunicable diseases - including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and respiratory diseases - and injuries.

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Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online

Release Date:

05/22/2017

... It covers a wide range of topics, from bike lane design to working with underground utilities. . . Bloomberg Backed ...

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