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... conditions in which those investments can thrive. PNY’ s public policy work engages diverse stakeholders to create ... environment aimed at improving conditions for the region' s foundations and...

Philanthropy New York Signs Letter to Governor Cuomo for Prompt Contracting and Payment of Nonprofits

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07/29/2020

... Andrew M. Cuomo: As representatives of New York State’ s health and human services, arts and cultural, and ... rapidly deteriorating financial condition of the State’ s nonprofit contracting partners that is...

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Disaster Relief

Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... to Ford, where he was vice president of the foundation’ s Education, Creativity and Freedom of Expression program, ... one-step-back affair. That process will always be with us . PND : Do today’ s...

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24 Jun 2024

Beyond Bars: It's a Movement, Not a Moment

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... 2.3 million people behind bars. The impact of America’ s mass incarceration reverberates across children, families, ... human cost of the carceral system in America. It forces us to confront the visceral...

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Staten Island after Sandy: A Funder Update

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04/10/2013

... Executive Director of The Staten Island Foundation, update us on the relief efforts on Staten Island in the aftermath of ... organizations are doing to help with that community’ s recovery. Staten Island after...

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The Staten Island Foundation

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Ask Your Question to Duncan, King and Walcott!

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05/14/2012

At our 33rd Annual Meeting, WNYC' s education correspondent Beth Fertig will moderate the panel ... with our education leaders and we want you to join us in developing the questions for the panel. Beth...

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Education

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Funders Give and Get Advice From NYC Teens

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05/02/2013

... MetLife Foundation Director April Hawkins, provide us with a recap of that session. Funders Give and Get Advice ...

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Occupy The Box

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03/21/2012

Are there ways for all of us to tap into larger and more creative ways of ...

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Gender Lens on Poverty Primer

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12/2013

... a composite snapshot of extreme to near poverty in the U. S . today and the special challenges it poses for women. ...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation Appoints Ai-jen Poo to Board of Trustees

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06/19/2017

... of Trustees.” Poo began her career in the mid-1990’ s as an activist in New York City, first as a volunteer at the New York Asian Women’ s Center supporting survivors of domestic violence in the ... Fund. Poo...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Appoints Margaret Waldock to Executive Director of Duke Farms

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08/19/2020

... inspires people to adopt the attitude of stewardship, protect the earth, and start building a more sustainable ...

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American Express Awards $5 Million to Boost Volunteering

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03/18/2015

... public lands. The grant will support efforts by the U. S . Department of the Interior and the U. S . National Park Service to promote and increase voluntarism ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Program Promotes Global Digital Education

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05/13/2016

... Program Promotes Global Digital Education Twenty-five U. S . school districts from 16 states participated in a ... districts were from the largest school districts in the U. S . including New York, Los Angeles,...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

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11/17/2016

... Commonwealth Fund: A new survey of adults in the U. S . and 10 other high-income countries finds that fewer ... is a barrier to getting care. In 2016, 33 percent of U. S . adults said they did not fill a...

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Health

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CUNY Publishes Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001

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03/07/2017

... Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001 While US private philanthropic foundations are small in comparison ... within international philanthropy for almost 50 years. US -funded think tanks and...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Tiffany, Morgan Stanley Join Others in Urging President to Remain in Paris Agreement

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05/09/2017

... Paris Agreement on climate change for the good of the U. S . economy. In full-page advertisments in The New York Times, ... Post this week, companies tell the president continued U. S . participation in the...

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