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UJA-Federation of New York

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Share Research on 'The Theory of the Foundation'

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03/23/2016

... labeled “how to do” techniques, and instead think about three fundamental sets of assumptions related to the ... if needed, revisit their specific assumptions and beliefs about how they function at an...

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A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

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08/24/2016

... late, as we've covered often. In one recent gift I wrote about , private equity billionaire Robert Smith gave $50 ... in engineering and technology. Meanwhile, we've written about a long list of...

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Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

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09/2016

... there are lots of questions to reflect on when thinking about which evaluation practices best align with their ... these numerous questions in light of benchmarking data about what other foundations are doing can be informative and ...

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Request for Proposals to Support City-Based Advocacy Coalitions Using Culture as a Strategy to Advance Policy

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03/30/2017

... culture as a strategy to advance policy. Full information about this Request for Proposals is available here . ... to share this Request for Proposals with others. Questions about the proposal process should...

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The New York Community Trust

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Backed By Rockefeller Grants Philabundance’s Non-Profit Supermarket Is Making Inroads in Food Deserts

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05/08/2017

... a pretty Christian leaning, including a Carson Wentz tweet about God. Ramadan is actually one of the first things on ... from Furrukh, a Muslim member of the Philabundance board, about making sure that the...

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Food Systems

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Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities

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07/11/2017

... and Other Charities The billionaire on Monday donated about $3.17 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & ... to Reuters. But even with the new donation, he still owns about 17%. In addition to...

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Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines

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08/10/2017

... Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines Much has been written about big data initiatives and the efforts of market leaders ... critical business insights faster. Less has been written about initiatives by some of...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

... research that doesn’t tell any of us who know something about nonprofits anything at all new is this gem: Nonprofit ... when the budget starts imploding. The unfortunate thing about this research is that...

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US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... taking the opportunity to also educate families about safe sleep for infants. Finland has one of the lowest ... the program instead as an opportunity to educate parents about safe sleep for newborns. Parents...

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Congress Rejects Trump Proposals to Cut Health Research Funds

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09/12/2017

... spending on biomedical research — and have bragged about it. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a ... increase for the agency, amounting to an increase of about 20 percent over three years. . ...

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Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data

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09/12/2017

... New Orleans, New York, Florida and Texas. The anecdotes about failed charters are real, but they’re not the norm.” The most striking thing about the coverage of charter schools is the contrast between ...

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Health at A Planetary Scale

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09/14/2017

... the past century or two. Two hundred years ago, there were about 1 billion of us; today, we number more than 7 billion. ... entire coastlines and built vast cities. We appropriate about half the planet’s...

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Amid Global Crises, UNGA Will Show Development Community Rising To The Challenges

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09/18/2017

... Development Goals. I asked her what this UNGA would be about . She was characteristically blunt. “We are on a path ... of the U.N., and they must never forget that. Actions are about collective responsibility,...

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Report Finds Gaps in Access to Opioid Addiction Help on Staten Island

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09/26/2017

... Bridget G. Brennan, decided to follow up on a tip — not about a drug crime but about a potential academic collaboration. The approach ...

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Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing

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10/02/2017

... in New York City for 25 years, Harding formed a theory about what triggered the killing as soon as an image of ... said. “He was bullied.’” Details are still emerging about what led Cedeno to allegedly draw a...

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Philanthropy New York Is Now Accepting Applications For Its Two-Year Public Policy Fellowship

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01/25/2018

... early-career professionals who will benefit from learning about and networking within the philanthropic sector. It is ... her two-year stint in August 2017. Find full information about the fellowship and the...

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How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility

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02/09/2018

... too. Since its inception, the concept has been just about the same, but in my opinion, the way we work here in ... the highlights of taking your child to work was merely about workplace tours of the building,...

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Remember! You’ve Got Friends

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07/30/2018

... We all share a vested interest in spreading the good news about the Andrew Carnegie Fellows — while simultaneously ... and the appropriate point persons for communications about the announcement. We ask the...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition

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02/21/2019

... Fleet may still be in high school, but she knows as much about stocks, bonds and mutual funds as her friends do about emojis and apps – and now she’s offering that ...

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