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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Gender Justice

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs

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01/12/2017

Lisa has been working with community-based organizations for the last 25 years, first as a community health educator and program director at several youth-serving agencies, then as a Senior Consultant at Community Resource Exchange

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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Foundation for Child Development Publishes New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family

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02/06/2017

... This greatly accelerated instability and inequality in the resources parents could devote to their child’s ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

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Foundation for Child Development

Philanthropy 101: Re-Thinking Power Beyond the Grantmaking Role

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02/14/2017

... in the room (operations, communications, finance, human resources , administration, and program), it helped that we ...

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Citi Foundation

NY Community Trust Mentioned in City Lab Article About Advocacy Groups Assisting Refugees

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03/13/2017

... and other undocumented immigrants have seen an infusion of resources following the Trump administration’s ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Immigration

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Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants

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03/30/2017

... announcement “to provide pro bono legal and additional resources for immigrants threatened by recent changes in ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It

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05/19/2017

... Walker approached the foundation’s Talent and Human Resources team and asked us to create a professional ...

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Justice Reform

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Report Amplifies Black Community Leadership in Improving Quality of Education

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05/26/2017

Although many African-American community leaders believe inequities in public education are a critical problem, many also are optimistic that the quality of education for African-American students can be improved, a report funded by Bloomberg...

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Education

Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites

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08/08/2017

... about civil legal matters with important tools and resources . They provide basic information about common legal ...

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Justice Reform

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Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion

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08/21/2017

... Growth, discusses how the credit-card company is utilizing resources and expertise from across its operations to address ...

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Economic Security

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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What Now? From Outrage to Action

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08/28/2017

... on the front lines of this fight by directing critical resources to enact policies that dismantle and divert from ... or event, or join a group of progressives near you. Good resources to help include...

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Insights

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Labor Day: New York Lawmakers on The State of Labor In 2017

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08/30/2017

... advance legislation to protect farmworkers, provide more resources for child care and ensure safe conditions for ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Workforce Development

A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue

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09/07/2017

... attention issues, and enable them to access to the kind of resources usually only available to a few. Research to ... empowers millions of parents through personalized resources , daily access to experts,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Poses Family Foundation

Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

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09/08/2017

... in 2013 and launched Ciberseguras as a blog to share resources to combat online abuse. While the problem was ...

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Gender Justice

Opinion: The Risky Consequences Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site

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09/19/2017

... mechanism New York City has to leverage private financial resources when building much needed affordable housing. To ...

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Housing and Homelessness

NoVo Foundation Featured in Funder Spotlight

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09/20/2017

... making their own choices about how they spend their resources to advance their mission. But in this case, the ...

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New STARS Community, Funded by Josiah Macy Foundation, Will Focus Wise Choices And Value in Health Care

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... a dynamic community of future leaders with training and resources to improve health care in America." By tracking ... physicians about their professional roles as stewards of resources in service to...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Health

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Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... to investigate how to more effectively apply their resources toward large societal problems like education, ...

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Skoll Foundation

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Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

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09/27/2017

... solved if they receive this kind of focused attention and resources at scale with need. Conversely, there are some ...

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Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

Release Date:

09/28/2017

Nearly every weekday trucks pick up 4 tons of oyster shells from 70 restaurants across the city for the Billion Oyster Project. Peter Malinowski and a team of students and employees use them—an estimated one-tenth of the total amassed in the city...

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