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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Seeks Applicants for Arts & Culture Grants Program

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09/08/2015

... code for its grants program 2016 supporting art and social justice. The Foundation supports arts and cultural ... action, promote equality, contribute to advocacy and policy change and develop capacity for...

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 33 Winners of Its Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows

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04/19/2016

... of their proposed research on an array of topics in the social sciences and humanities. Each of the 2016 winners of ... including education, law, technology, business and public policy . The philanthropic...

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Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter

Release Date:

08/08/2016

... for Black Lives (M4BL) published a detailed and ambitious policy agenda, with a long list of “demands” that are ... underwriting what it calls a “new and dynamic form of social justice leadership and...

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Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement

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06/22/2017

... discuss the importance of fun in engaging communities in social justice work, and the power of "spect-acting" in humanizing policy proposals to elected officials. "Organizing is not .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community

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06/23/2017

... discretion to provide a variety of legal, advocacy, and social services to the LGBTQ community as they respond to an ... is being matched with increased physical threats; hostile policy changes; and a renewed...

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William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research

Release Date:

05/04/2018

... with the potential to reduce inequality in academic, social , behavioral, and economic outcomes. To improve the use ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Kevin Burke to Board of Trustees

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06/04/2012

... economic performance and the quality of American life .” Burke has worked for Consolidated Edison for the ... economic performance and the quality of American life . He has lived in New York City all his...

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Coalition of Arts Funders Launches Emergency Artist Relief Fund With Seed Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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04/08/2020

... the United States. Organizers will continue to fundraise beyond the launch of the grant program to assist with the ... chroniclers, and connectors throughout this crisis and beyond .” According to Artists and...

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Mellon Foundation

21 Jun 2016

ComNetworkNY Kick-Off: Cocktails and Conversation

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

... affinity group for communications professionals, Public Policy Communicators NYC , and we look forward to working ... professionals, learning about great work in the social sector, and having a good time, join...

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13 Jun 2012

2012 Conference on Scaling Impact

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 8:00am to Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 6:30pm

Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Park Place, NYC

Join the Social Impact Exchange community of funders, social investors, philanthropists, and advisors to share ... Solutions and Former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council William...

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Donn Weinberg Concludes Term as Weinberg Foundation Chairman, Judge Ellen Heller Assumes Board Leadership Role

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03/01/2013

... charter, which was authored by Harry Weinberg before his death in 1990. “As an organization, we have worked to make ... of Directors, are responsible for the overall setting of policy for the Foundation. This...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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01/01/2015

... Poor, long-uninsured patients are getting Medicaid through Obamacare and finally coming to his office for care. But ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

... Philanthropies, a leader in health advocacy during the Obamacare debate, is spending down its endowment on a variety ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Commonwealth Fund: The American Health Care Act: Economic and Employment Consequences for States

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06/14/2017

... and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare . The U.S. Senate is currently developing its own ...

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How Many Calories in That? New York City Delays Enforcing Labeling Rules

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare , but the Food and Drug Administration repeatedly ...

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Food Systems

Health Care Reform Flatlined. But Lawmakers Aren’t Giving Up

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... Lawmakers Aren’t Giving Up Republican plans to replace Obamacare are fading fast, but that doesn't mean Congress is .....

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Group of 11 Leading Philanthropies Announce Steps to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color

Release Date:

06/05/2014

... to maximize the potential of the private sector to improve life outcomes for America’s boys and young men of color. ... John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Kapor Center for Social Impact, Nathan Cummings...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Open Society Foundations

F.B. Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century

Release Date:

06/08/2016

... labor markets there are more journeymen, no assurance of life employment, and a continual evolution of skills needed to make a living. In the social sector, as we build enterprises and invest capital, we ...