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A Great Wall of Funding? American Philanthropy and the Rise of China

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11/11/2014

... second largest economy in the world, which is why China' s rise is right up there with climate change as one of the ... his second trip to China, starting today. Given what ' s at...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the Traditional CEO Search

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11/13/2014

... was constructed as an opportunity for peers to share what matters and what is hard when it comes to leading productive change in ... in the appointment of Darren Walker as CEO. Kofi' s...

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Rockefeller Foundation Leverages Federal Spending for Disaster Relief

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12/04/2014

... for Disaster Relief Over the past two years, everyone’ s been focused on resilience in the context of Sandy-like ... Army Corps of Engineers are very mature organizations, and what they can do is very tightly...

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OSF and Ford Help Address the 'Accountability Gap'

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08/13/2015

... program set up to address the disconnect between what citizens expect and what governments do. Sometimes called “the accountability ...

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State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care Organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund Support

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10/19/2015

... How can state policymakers respond to their development? What is in the public interest? What are the lessons from commercial health insurance and ...

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Health

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Ms. Foundation Launches Campaign to Define 21st Century Feminism

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10/23/2015

... Launches Campaign to Define 21st Century Feminism What does feminism mean to you? For a long time, I did not ... myself a feminist. This is embarrassing to admit, knowing what I know now. How could I have not...

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Gender Justice

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New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits

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10/28/2015

... the information was in another language. That is exactly what happens to millions of Spanish-speaking workers and their families in the United States, and it’ s costing them — and their employers — a lot of...

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The New York Community Trust

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds People May Be Choosing the Wrong Obamacare Plan

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11/06/2015

... have to navigate four different levels of plans, determine what subsidies they’re eligible for based on their income and calculate what plan would work best for them over the coming year. That’ s...

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Health

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Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building

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11/11/2015

... Wealth Building When it comes to economic development, what images and feelings come to mind when you hear the ... You’re trying to attract companies, rather than growing what ’ s already...

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Community Development

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Rauch Foundation and Others Publish Report that Quantifies Long Island’s Housing Needs

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02/05/2016

... and Others Publish Report that Quantifies Long Island’ s Housing Needs Regional Plan Association, HR&A Advisors ... it has in previous decades, a big gap still exists between what is being produced and...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation

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03/16/2016

... for years, investing millions of dollars in research into what makes a principal effective. Now the foundation is ... superintendents and administrators have input into what aspiring principals need to learn...

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U.S. Trust Annual Survey Finds Entrepreneurs Choose The Career Path Of Most Resistance

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05/31/2016

U. S . Trust Annual Survey Finds Entrepreneurs Choose The Career ... 2016 U. S . Trust Insights on Wealth and Worth survey, found what worries entrepreneurs most is what they don’...

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Bank of America Private Bank

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Ford Foundation's Chris Cardona on Inequity in Grantee Inclusion

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07/29/2016

Ford Foundation' s Chris Cardona on Inequity in Grantee Inclusion I wish I ... most affected by grantmaking should be central to deciding what to do with grants they receive—after all, they know better than...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline

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09/09/2016

... expulsions, and arrests so widely used? • What should we do to change these patterns in schools? ... the most up-to-date and authoritative information on what has been learned from research, data, and...

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Century Foundation Report Praises Morris School Merger, As District Faces New Tests From Immigration

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12/13/2016

... state Supreme Court ruling and an edict from New Jersey’ s education commissioner to force the merger of Morristown ... in New Brunswick, Plainfield and elsewhere have failed. What is the secret sauce? An...

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How To Choose The Right Nonprofit To Donate Your Time To

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08/23/2017

... the right nonprofit organization to volunteer at. Here’ s what they think you should consider: 1. Align Potential ... preservation?), you may have a clearer picture of what types of...

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Collective Impact Without Borders

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08/29/2017

... 2011, we have deepened our understanding of what it takes to effectively implement collaborative ... across geographies and cultures, we would like to share what we have learned from launching and advising ...

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From the Ground Up

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09/08/2017

From the Ground Up Top-down development doesn't work. What ' s needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, and ... to reflect the real, micro-level needs of communities. What...

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Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say

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09/15/2017

... outside Brooklyn Criminal Court Thursday morning in what appeared to be a coordinated operation, according to a ... the two men being led away. "I came here and I saw what I thought were officers lurking...

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