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Laura Wolff Named Acting Director of Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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06/03/2013

... the past 24 years, Ms. Wolff has managed the Foundation’ s New York government accountability grants program and shared responsibility for its national reproductive rights grantmaking. Roslyn Black, who has...

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Ford Foundation Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Change Criminal Justice System

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02/20/2015

... found at least one thing they can agree on: The nation’ s criminal justice system is broken. Koch Industries, the ...

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Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty

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08/18/2015

According to Darren Walker, Ford Foundation President, arts funding is critical to advancing social justice.

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The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation

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12/14/2015

The Nation Details Eric Holder’ s Appearance at Ford Foundation Eric Holder was the ... first black attorney general at a time when civil- rights issues were at the forefront of the public consciousness, from a...

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Sessions As Attorney General Means Criminal-Justice Reform Is Dead

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12/15/2016

... to life for people who care about the enforcement of civil rights and voting rights . As my colleague Eric Levitz explains, Sessions’ s entrenched position in the very last ditch of support...

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Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals

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10/10/2017

... like her. Child welfare workers have removed Shantell’ s three children from her care at various times, beginning in ... ability to parent. With the help of lawyers, Shantell’ s children were returned to her...

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Disabilities

Ask Your Question to Duncan, King and Walcott!

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05/14/2012

At our 33rd Annual Meeting, WNYC' s education correspondent Beth Fertig will moderate the panel .....

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Education

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Better Prepared for Tomorrow

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08/01/2013

... Program Consultant with The New York Community Trust’ s Hive Digital Media Learning Fund, recap our recent program ... media learning and technology on education and workforce development (and provide a...

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The New York Community Trust

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Communications

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Helmsley Trust Awards $5 Million for Study of Crohn's Disease in Asia

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04/03/2017

Helmsley Trust Awards $5 Million for Study of Crohn' s Disease in Asia The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley ... Kong to study environmental factors that influence the development of inflammatory bowel diseases...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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Nonprofit Trailblazers Unite for Third Annual American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit

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04/03/2017

... with representatives from eleven top leadership development and entrepreneurship organizations, including The ... to discuss best practices for advancing the sector’ s impact on society. Nearly all of the...

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Ford Teams up with Stephen Ross to Invest $27.5M in Platform Projects throughout Detroit

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09/15/2017

... Their investments add to $10 million from The Platform, a development company formed by Peter Cummings and Dietrich ... apartments, to areas outside of the significant development that' s...

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Community Development

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

... not easier. Working capital is one of those items where being short can quickly make many things harder. Birthright ... letter of credit is a document that states that a bank’ s client (in this case a Donor)...

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Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

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03/27/2017

... billion Muslims across the world, one sixth of the world’ s population, span unique cultures from Morocco to Malaysia ... the heinous acts of extremists puts additional people’ s lives at risk. While the...

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Video

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Nudge Your Grantmaking: Applying Behavioral Science Insights to Enhance Program Impact

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12/13/2017

... awarded behavioral economist Richard Thaler this year’ s prize for economics for “integrating economics with ... and many of our guiding assumptions in social program development . In Thaler’ s...

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The Fund for the City of New York Announces Lisette Nieves as President

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08/10/2020

... and nationally. Maggie Boepple, the Chair of the Fund’ s board said, “On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Mary ... Executive Director of Year Up NY, an innovative workforce development program, wherein the...

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Morgan Stanley Builds Digital Platform to Help Billion Oyster Project Speed Up Oyster Bed Growth

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06/08/2021

... (BOP) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced BOP’ s data collection efforts will now be powered by a brand new ... beds in and around the New York Harbor area. The project’ s goal is to scale to one...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Environment and Climate Change

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New Report from The Century Foundation: Child Care Cliff: 3.2 Million Children Likely to Lose Spots with End of Federal Funds

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06/21/2023

... raise staff pay to about $20 an hour, offer professional development , and bring in new toys and furniture to make it a ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Public Policy

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Former Brazilian Secretary of Justice Pedro Abramovay to Join Open Society Foundations

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08/22/2013

... announced that Pedro Abramovay, a leading Brazilian human rights advocate, will head up its work in Latin America. ... million to promote drug policy, criminal justice, human rights , access to information, and...

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Relinquishing Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’s JustFilms

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02/15/2013

... some of the most influential documentaries about the civil rights movement and the black American experience, will leave ... Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’ s JustFilms ...

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