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Most Funders Don’t Think About Disaster Until It Strikes

Release Date:

07/05/2016

... originally in the New York PhilanthroPost Monthly July 2016 edition. Whether it is an attack on Orlando or a natural disaster like the one currently affecting West Virginia , our first reaction is to determine...

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Disaster Relief

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, Getting Less

Release Date:

08/31/2016

... spend more than $21,000 per person for health care, about four times the average for all adults. Despite that higher spending, however, a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund finds that those with ...

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Health

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

Release Date:

06/13/2013

At the end of May, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers held a bus tour that visited storm-affected communities in Northern New Jersey — an opportunity for funders from around the region to learn more from experts involved in the recovery and...

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Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?

Release Date:

07/30/2010

We recently held a members briefing (sponsored by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The New York Community Trust, and The Clark Foundation) focusing on the current climate in the New York State legislature, how it affects the work of the nonprofit...

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The Clark Foundation

The New York Community Trust

A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

Release Date:

08/28/2015

... Resource Generation, and others, have explicitly dedicated resources to support black-led grass-roots groups organizing ...

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Social Justice

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North Star Fund

Twelve Emerging LGBT Leaders Selected for Arcus Leadership Fellowship

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... and allied nonprofit organizations based in the United States . The 2017 fellows include a diverse cross-section of ... every region of the United States . In addition: More than four -fifths of...

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Arcus Foundation

03 Sep 2025

From Fear to Belonging: Leveraging Shifts in Public Opinion on Immigration - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... harsh enforcement and government overreach, groups need resources to share and amplify their vision of the thriving, ...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Immigration

Congress’ Tax Bill Message to Charitable Nonprofits: “We Don’t Care – You’re on Your Own”

Release Date:

12/21/2017

... on which the public depends. Simultaneously, it will block resources nonprofits need to address existing and growing ... supposed to represent.” ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND Nonprofit Analysis of the Final Tax Bill...

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Insights

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Economic Security

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National Council of Nonprofits

New Publication Examines the Funding Model For Public Research Universities (Carnegie Corp.)

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... research universities continue to devote most of their resources to their core activities: teaching and research. Despite this prioritization, as states have continued to reduce their contributions to public...

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

PNY Advocates for America Gives More Act with NY Senators

Release Date:

09/03/2014

... at one flat rate, in September 2012. The Act has four key provisions that are important to the philanthropic ...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Data for Health Initiative is Closing Gaps in Health Data in 19 Countries

Release Date:

04/12/2017

... Affairs and Trade two years ago, Data for Health is a four -year $100 million initiative aimed at improving health ... priorities including how and where to direct public health resources . Knowing how many...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War"

Release Date:

02/12/2015

... Foundation-Jonas Nursing Scholars nationwide through 2016 . The two organizations share a goal to ensure ... to addressing the complex, heart-wrenching issues affecting many of our nation’s heroes. Jonas Center...

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Veterans

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

Ms. Foundation Is One of the Hosts of Gathering to Advance New Economic Agenda for Women

Release Date:

09/19/2016

... nonpartisan, multiracial campaign to ensure that issues affecting women of color and low-income women are fully represented in 2016 . Groups hosting inclue the National Domestic Workers ...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

The Commonwealth Fund Reports on Medicaid Expansion's Effect on Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending for Low-Income Families

Release Date:

08/25/2017

... the federal Consumer Expenditure Survey to examine how states ’ participation in the Medicaid expansion affected ... health care spending. Compared to families in nonexpansion states , low-income families in...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World

Release Date:

08/13/2015

... schools, totaling more than 1,500 schools by the end of 2015 . In 2014, GivePower Foundation donated solar powered ... for each megawatt of solar power it installs in the United States . The GivePower Foundation...

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Education

Environment and Climate Change

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Bank of America [Corporate]

Heckscher Foundation for Children Funded New York's First 'To and Through' Data Tool That Shines a Light on College Readiness Gap

Release Date:

10/14/2019

... K-12 data—including which courses students take, the resources and supports in their schools, and how they perform ... they need? What information does this “to and through” analysis provide that can help?...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

09 May 2019

The Promise of Partnership: How Health Care and Human Service Collaboration Promote Healthy Child Development

Thursday, May 9, 2019 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... is laid for a child’s physical and mental health, affecting everything from longevity and the lifelong capacity ... , President and CEO, Schuyler Center for Advocacy and Analysis and co-chair of the 1 st 1000...

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Panel

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds New Research on the Energy and Environmental Implications of the Digital Economy

Release Date:

04/18/2018

... science, data science, and legal and regulatory analysis . Rejeski explained that the project team is ...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

New York Women’s Foundation Receives 2017 Leadership in Equity and Diversity Award from The Women’s Funding Network

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... similar programs. Young Women’s Initiatives leverage new resources as well as expertise, to ensure that girls, young ... benefit women and girls. The YWIs were spotlighted at the 2016 United State of Women...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Women's Foundation

Ford Foundation Commits $75 Million in New Funding to the US South

Release Date:

06/28/2021

... giving in the US South to over $175 million since 2016 . The grants include support for organizations and ... through grantmaking to organizations working in cities and states across the region. "There is...

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Member News

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Community Development

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

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