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Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green and Family Van Shares Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures ," Policy Fellow Shiza Pasha interviews Cheryl Dorsey, CEO of ... of Family Van , about how funders can navigate upcoming policy changes and channel resources...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Century Foundation Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients?

Release Date:

01/25/2017

... That said, this executive order itself does not change policy (it only directs subsequent policy actions), and no executive order can repeal a law. The ...

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Health

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The Century Foundation

NY Community Trust Mentioned in City Lab Article About Advocacy Groups Assisting Refugees

Release Date:

03/13/2017

“The goal is to provide rapid response even before we know exact changes to the safety net or immigration, environment or health care policies,” the Trust’s president, Lorie Slutsky, said in a statement.

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Immigration

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The New York Community Trust

15 Jun 2017

Trauma and Resilience Supporting Immigrant Children, Their Families, and Our Communities through Collaboration - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, June 15, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:15pm

... provide mental health support to children in the current policy environment. Due to the urgent and far-reaching nature of this week's policy developments, on May 18, 2017 GCIR will now be hosting Monthly...

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Children, Youth and Families

Commonwealth Fund: What Might a Medicaid Work Requirement Mean?

Release Date:

05/31/2017

... has made work requirements a hallmark of its Medicaid policy proposals, including the idea in the just-released ...

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Member News

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Aging

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration (DACA) policy , according to two administration officials. According ... to the two administration officials, here’s the policy to be announced later today:...

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Immigration

Opinion: Congestion Pricing Won't Solve New York's Transportation Woes

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... new life to one of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s key policy goals, but absent transportation improvements ...

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Community Development

Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

Release Date:

09/15/2017

As the Trump Administration plans immigration raids and continues attacks on DACA youth, immigrants, and multiple vulnerable populations, the Ms. Foundation for Women is calling for the expansion of sanctuary policies at the local level to center...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s already large racial wealth gap, ... will grow ever wider in the years to come, absent policy change. The two institutes’ joint report bears...

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Economic Security

A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... $2. A rotisserie chicken costs $4.99 at Costco. Government policy comes into play. Farmers get low-cost water. Cows, ...

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Food Systems

Opinion: A Cash Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... Buzzing These days, to achieve maximum buzz, a policy idea needs the right combination of utopian promise ... Scotland and India have shown signs of considering the policy as well. Philanthropy has also taken...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

21 Jun 2018

Report in Focus: Revving up the Deportation Machinery: Enforcement and Pushback under Trump - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, June 21, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:15pm

... Yet it may not last. A new report from Migration Policy Institute finds it is “unlikely” the current ... this call, which will feature two authors of Migration Policy Institute’s report, Revving Up the...

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Children, Youth and Families

Aetna Foundation Provides Additional Assistance to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund

Release Date:

09/14/2018

The Aetna Foundation, today, announced it will make a $100,000 contribution to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund.

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

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Aetna Foundation

Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

Release Date:

12/05/2018

... educator, advocate, and author, focusing on U.S. urban policy , immigration, and workers’ rights. In addition, she ... (State University of New York) with affiliations in the policy , political science, and...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations

William T. Grant Foundation Seeking Applications for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

Release Date:

06/18/2019

The research grants programs support high-quality field-initiated studies that are relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States.

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RFPs Etc

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Hearing More About c4s? You're Not Alone - Webinar Recording

Publication date:

05/2020

... How can funders create the best conditions for significant policy changes? Many funders are now adding c4 funding to their toolkit in order to move policy agendas forward. Is it right for your foundation? ...

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Audio/Video Recording

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Public Policy

Race to the Top: What Grantmakers Can Learn from the First Round

Publication date:

06/2010

The nation's foundation community has provided critical financial and technical support to states applying for the first round of the U.S. Department of Education's "Race to the Top" education reform competition. Yet according to this issue brief from the Foundation Center, created from interviews conducted in March and April 2010 with foundation staff, education consultants, and government leaders who had guided the first-round application process in nine states, the success of future collaborations will depend on government including grantmakers in the development of new policies and...