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The Elmezzi Foundation Pledges $3 Million to Help End Generational Poverty in Astoria and Long Island City

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09/17/2014

... 1,000 children and families, with the goal of deepening our impact in 2016 and beyond. More than 20,000 families ... living in poverty, including more than 8,000 children. To break the inter-generational cycle...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Profiled in Rolling Stone

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01/16/2015

... notion that we had investments that were undermining our grants." But there was also "an economic reason for .....

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Two Views on the Failure of Policing

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07/16/2015

... and both have been hailed as landmark contributions to our understanding of these fraught issues. Yet in terms of ...

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Justice Reform

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The Century Foundation

College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?

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06/11/2013

... the New York City Youth Funders Network — that explored how educators, policymakers and nonprofits are rethinking and ... Foundation Vice President Nicole Rodriguez Leach provide our readers with an in-depth...

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

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Bridging the Knowledge Gap About Grantmaking for People with Disabilities

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11/04/2010

... Funders Network and inclusive models for grantmaking. In our latest blog post, Laura Cronin, Director of the Toshiba ... provides us with a recap of that program and discusses how every funder can (and should...

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Capacity Building Across Borders: Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network

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02/07/2012

... York members recently participated in the first session of our International Grantmakers Network program series, an opportunity to focus on how funders define and approach capacity building in an ...

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The New Nonprofit: A Model for Innovation Across Sectors

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03/14/2013

... of The New York Stem Cell Foundation, talk about how organizations like hers are leading the charge as a new ... in New York and playing an active role in shaping our city’s economic present and future. The...

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Try it, You’ll Like It: The Promise of Digital Media

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07/26/2012

... and the Pew Charitable Trusts, provide a recap of our recent program on digital media and discuss how and why social media are essential elements of a ...

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Target Gives $1 Billion for Education

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08/31/2015

... Billion for Education It’s official: We’ve reached our goal to give $1 billion for education. Target’s support ... students and schools across the U.S. and around the world. How ’d we get there? Take a look.....

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Commonwealth Fund President Dr. David Blumenthal Explains North-South Health Divide

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04/12/2016

... Fund President Dr. David Blumenthal Explains How Health Divides the North and South in the U.S. As our next president sets his or her health-care agenda, an ...

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Novo Foundation Executives Publish Op-Ed Declaring Trump Era a Time to Double Down to End Injustice

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01/10/2017

... are grappling with the consequences of change for our collective future, especially as we have witnessed how deep a grip misogyny and... Novo Foundation Executives ...

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Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

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11/20/2018

... institutions, we care deeply about the long-term health of our republic, our two-party system, and our democratic institutions. ... what happened in 2016, but also who was responsible and...

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Block Museum of Art “Pop América, 1965 – 1975” Exhibition Made Possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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06/20/2019

... to unify Latin American expressions of Pop and explore how its bold and colorful imagery, references to mass culture and representations of everyday objects, signs ...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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New Member Spotlight: The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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12/11/2009

... or project? Yes, as we continue to develop and define our giving we are hoping to collaborate with industry experts to maximize our impact. A good example of this is our research ... $21.8...

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Looming Overhead: The Persistent Debate Over Administrative Costs

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10/22/2013

... efficient as those with more shoestring budgets. But how can we as funders know? It’s nearly impossible to make ... of what is driving out-of-control health care costs is our fee-for-service system, where we...

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12 Aug 2025

Anti-Authoritarian Funder Learning Series Part I: In Defense of Civil Society - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and ... have grappled with democratic backsliding; and hone in on how philanthropic resources can support local-level...

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What Now? From Outrage to Action

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08/28/2017

... national disgrace, but also a symptom of a chronic disease our country has suffered far too long. We acknowledge ... on the front lines of this fight by directing critical resources to enact policies that...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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16 May 2017

Discuss Closing Rikers with Judge Jonathan Lippmann, Glenn Martin and Justice Reform Funders

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform’s recently released report on closing ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Justice Reform

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Social Justice

Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH

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05/16/2017

... these constraints, abolishing the NEH would make access to our cultural resources less equitable, rather than give everyone a fair ... study of great ideas, culture, and religion is integral to our...

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Education