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Leading the Way for Food Equity

Release Date:

07/28/2016

... place so governments can serve their constituents at the state and municipal levels. And businesses are adopting ... community advocates, policymakers, educators and other sector leaders. For example, Colleen...

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Food Systems

Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

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08/13/2010

In the wake of the Haitian earthquake, the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) worked to find a way to ...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey

Release Date:

06/13/2013

... in the recovery and rebuilding efforts throughout the state . We’re pleased to have CNJG’s Post-Sandy Recovery ...

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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

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01/29/2013

The recently created New York State Ready Commission has been tasked with finding ways to ...

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

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11/08/2012

New York is one of the most vibrant urban agriculture cities in the United States, with more than 700 existing sites (there are nearly 3 times as many farms and gardens in the city as there are Starbucks locations).

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Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

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Doris Duke Foundation

North Star Fund

To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

Release Date:

08/16/2012

... are drafting final regulations on fracking in our state . We held a recent members briefing where several ...

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The New York Community Trust

Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Nearly $27 Million in Quarterly Grants

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01/04/2013

The grants were awarded to organizations in the United States and around the world working in the areas of education, immigration and international affairs.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Media Development In The Developing World

Release Date:

01/04/2013

Since 1996, the Media Development Loan Fund has provided more than $120 million in loans and equity investments to media companies in 26 emerging market countries and independent news outlets in countries with a history of media oppression.

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Communications/Media

Technology

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Media Development Investment Fund

New Ford CEO Understands What Triggers Social Change

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07/26/2013

Center for Effective Government President and CEO Katherine McFate praises the Ford Foundation’s selection of Darren Walker as its next President.

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Ford Foundation

Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?

Release Date:

09/18/2013

... Governor Jerry Brown’s bid to raise taxes to increase state revenues for schools... Will California Choose Prisons ...

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Human Services

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Rebuild by Design: A Post-Sandy Regional Analysis

Publication date:

01/2014

This report provides an overview of both the research findings and the design opportunities that grew out of the second stage of Rebuild by Design.

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Disaster Relief

Open Society Foundations Announces 2014 Soros Justice Fellows

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05/15/2014

The Open Society Foundations has announced the 2014 class of Soros Justice Fellows. The fourteen fellows from six states will receive a total of $1.25 million in support of their work on a range of criminal justice issues, from solitary confinement...

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Open Society Foundations

Dodge Foundation President Weighs in on NJ Sewer System Challenges

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03/13/2015

State Moves to Deal with Dirty Problem -- Raw Sewage in ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Jane Beyer Named Program Officer at Center for Evidence-based Policy and Milbank Memorial Fund

Release Date:

09/09/2015

... and Service Integration Administration in the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, will ... Counsel. She has been active in numerous national state health policy groups. “We are fortunate...

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

Release Date:

01/06/2016

... to purchase private insurance through the federal and state marketplaces. This Commonwealth Fund–supported ...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study on Common Core

Release Date:

10/12/2016

... the first phase of a five-year analysis of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, a controversial initiative to ...

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Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

The Atlantic Philanthropies Provides a $3.25 Million Grant to Cornell Law School for Death Penalty Center

Release Date:

10/28/2016

The center will focus on the application of international human rights norms that favor abolition of the death penalty in the United States and other countries.

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Justice Reform

Aetna Foundation Partners with US News & World Report to Study Healthcare Access in American Communities

Release Date:

06/09/2017

Aetna Foundation and US News & World Report launch a project to research, analyze and report how communities with inventive policies and partnerships are changing citizens' health.