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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Banks that Actually Serve Communities, What a Novel Idea

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07/08/2014

... the community. When Wall Street banks take money out of our pockets, we are left with very little, if anything to ... in turn, contributes to the vast wealth inequality in our country. But while the money that...

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Roosevelt Institute

How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

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11/07/2014

... MaRS Solutions Lab held three such gatherings to support our U.S. Youth Employment initiative . Similarly, the ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Communications/Media

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For Profound Change in America, Think Local

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01/29/2014

... technology has revolutionized how we communicate and get our work done. The Great Recession has left many of us ... Shifting demographics offer promise and challenges as our neighborhoods transition. Federal...

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Open Society Foundations

How Should Philanthropy Respond to Obama’s Speech on Black Men and Boys?

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08/15/2013

... moment. With each viewing, I am increasingly inspired by our president’s courageous depiction of the challenges ... the opportunity given to us by this catalytic moment in our nation’s history. A good start is...

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Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families: Early Lessons From the Work Support Strategies Initiative

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06/25/2013

... and reducing the burdens on state workers. Beyond our nine partners, these efforts are already serving as ... source of resources targeted at the issues that drive our work. As the progress of the initiative...

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Artists at the Center: A New Doris Duke Initiative

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12/21/2012

... by a special allocation of $50 million above and beyond our annual ongoing Arts Program allocation . Through the ... a prelude to creating a plan to maximize the use of our funds over time. We are deeply...

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New Member Spotlight: ASPCA

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07/10/2009

... of animal welfare organizations in the United States. Our largest and most successful grant program is ASPCA ... operating in ten communities, including New York City . Our overall goal is to increase each...

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Urban Farms and Gardens are Critical for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System

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03/31/2015

... gardens to consider. However they are a critical part of our healthy and sustainable food system. We should recognize ... of urban agriculture. We gathered numerous case studies in our latest book, Five...

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The New York Women's Foundation

The New York Women’s Foundation Announces $3.25 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women and Families in New York City

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06/04/2015

... change and focused partnerships that strategically expand our reach and impact. Building on our history of success and pushing us into areas of strategic growth, these investments continue to strengthen...

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Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term

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10/29/2015

... dedication to poor and vulnerable people and supports our method of addressing the root causes of problems as a ... service are an inspiration to us all and critical to our mission. I have worked with Dick on...

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Citi Foundation Funds Book Which Explores Americans' Financial Well-Being

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12/11/2015

... has devastating consequences for families, communities and our nation as whole? A new book released today by CFED and ... to take a step back and reflect on the ’why’ of our work: to empower people to believe...

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Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street

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01/19/2016

... I have loved my job because my efforts have supported our program work to improve education in the United States ... responsibility and devil’s advocacy that permeates our tight-knit team and is the foundation...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Trinity Wall Street

This Teen Pregnancy Program’s Tight Focus Is a Success

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05/02/2016

... to organizations committed to child well-being, such as our own foundation, but also to those interested in matters ... time. We have seen how well this approach can work here in our own backyard. In 2013, the...

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Gender Justice

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Doris Duke Foundation

PNY Urges NY State and NYC to Follow Both the Law and the Spirit of OMB Guidance on Indirect Costs

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08/17/2016

... whether or not federal funds are involved . As we wrote in our call for input from members, for decades, philanthropic ... York’s membership – borne out of many discussions with our Public Policy Committee, an...

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Native American Youth Can't Wait

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08/22/2016

... told his staff to "find new avenues of opportunity for our Native youth...[because] if we do, there's no question of ... , I urge philanthropy to see the tremendous potential in our Native...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Boutiques for the People

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09/27/2016

... the magnitude of the challenges and the proportion of our fellow citizens ill-served by the current system. At the ... of the program tend to go on to some of our nation’s most distinguished colleges and ... (...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellow Bridgit Antoinette Evans to Lead Pop Culture Collaborative

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03/15/2017

... work resonates strongly with NCF values and aligns with our commitment to expand radical empathy through voice, ... narratives about the communities and cultures that make our country strong and beautiful. The...

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Arts

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Peter G. Peterson, Bloomberg & Others Give $10 Million to Launch Financial Crisis-Response Project at Yale School of Management

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05/17/2017

... Advisory Board chair, Timothy F. Geithner said, “ Our goal is to improve the quality of decision making by ... said, “With this significant support, we will expand our work on how the global financial system...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Correspondence Archives in the Age of Email: Technology, Privacy, and Policy Challenges

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07/18/2017

... value for future generations. Email will inform our children and grandchildren about who we were and how we lived. Our ability to access personal correspondence between senior ... are, too often, left feeling...

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