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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

... Other Pressing Societal Needs America needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other ... powers granted them under current patent...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

02 Oct 2019

Youth Voice: What it is and Why it Matters

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

... level. Explore: Three highly effective models here in New York Both the core program elements and the potential impact ...

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Education Leaders Release National Plan to Prepare Community College Students for Clean Economy Workforce (Bank of America Charitable Foundation)

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01/20/2016

... change and eliminate greenhouse gas pollution. This new report begins to address the challenge of linking ... basics. Workers need to be equipped with the new skills required for millions of new...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Education

Workforce Development

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Chase Announces Winners of 2012 American Giving Awards

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12/18/2012

... that aired recently on NBC. More Than Me Foundation of New Jersey was awarded a $1 million grant from Chase at the ... Anderson, Sarah Hyland and Jenna Elfman to announce the five finalists that were chosen by...

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Community Garden at Doris Duke’s Former NJ Estate Donates Tons of Organic Produce

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11/21/2016

... is one of the largest preserved properties in the state of New Jersey. Since 2012, five of those acres have been dedicated as a Community ...

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Food Systems

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Doris Duke Foundation

Three Red Hook Nonprofits Are Finalists in Inaugural Brooklyn Community Foundation SPARK Prize

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11/28/2016

... (RHCJC). The SPARK Prize of $100,000 will be awarded to five of the chosen finalists from the Brooklyn Community ... Chamber of Commerce and local businesses to launch a new campaign called Brooklyn Gives.....

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14 Dec 2010

A Conversation with Jonathan Mintz, NYC Commissioner of Consumer Affairs

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... email register@philanthropynewyork.org . A Philanthropy New York program presented by its policy committee Philanthopy ... , co-sponsored by Asset Funders Network and the New York...

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Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?

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10/02/2017

... of volunteers, who walked neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs—both efforts to count the city ’s vacant buildings and lots. For over a decade, ... public and private—in neighborhoods throughout the...

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Housing and Homelessness

Three Ways to Maximize Impact Through Collaboration

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01/26/2015

... any funder’s strategy, time constraints, and financial resources . Over the last 10 years, Arabella has helped ... to reach scale. Collaborating to Create and Implement New Solutions, Strategies, and Approaches...

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Mellon Announces Funding for Higher Education in Prisons

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06/06/2023

... commitment to expanding opportunities and increasing resources for higher education in carceral environments. These new grants—part of Mellon’s larger mission of fostering ... of a Critical Justice Education...

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Education

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Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

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08/10/2015

... will not take certain direct action to save the lives of five people carelessly standing on a train track if the ... these biases, grantmakers might consider taking three steps . A modest but potentially...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Research Makes Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine

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05/07/2015

... May 6, 2015 in Nature, the scientists report using these new stem cells to develop the first reliable method for ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... important than the eventual answers.” When it comes to new products and services, this design-based approach is ... to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Funders as Fellows: The Seeding Power Experience

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04/01/2025

... of what’s wrong with our system, fellows would find new ways to work together. By doing so, a more cohesive ... grassroots organizing led by communities of color in New York City...

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Food Systems

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Pinkerton Supports Internships for Young Adults in Foster Care

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07/18/2017

... will make grants of nearly $1 million to help eight of the city ’s leading foster care agencies sponsor in-house ... Training Institute, the Youth Development Institute, New Ways to Work and Youth Communication...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Strategic Plan for 2017-2021

... consultant Cynthia Gibson Executive Summary Philanthropy New York stands upon an impressive 39-year history and solid ... skills-based intensive training for grantmakers Investing resources...

Movement Building and System Change

Release Date:

05/17/2012

... members briefing (co-sponsored by the North Star Fund, The New York Women's Foundation, The Daphne Foundation and the ... nonprofits create a more fair, just and compassionate New...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Responding to 3/11: Helping with the Japan Disaster

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05/12/2011

On April 1st, Philanthropy New York conducted a well-received teleconference—sponsored by the Japan Foundation New York , the Mizuho USA Foundation, and the Toshiba America ...

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Disaster Relief

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Our Guides to Knowledge: Celebrating 'I Love My Librarian Award' Winners

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12/19/2012

The Carnegie Corporation of New York spotlights the winners of the 2012 Carnegie Corporation/ New York Times "I Love My Librarian" Award. Almost everyone's .....

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