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Policy Experts Discuss Future College Affordability at Century Foundation Gathering

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09/27/2018

Foremost among the numerous challenges facing higher education is affordability, particularly disparities and inequities affecting Black and lower-income students who seek to enter college, graduate and pay back significant loan debt. That was a...

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Making NY Fairer for Black Families: New York Community Trust grants back school, health, and housing reforms

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11/06/2019

Compared to their white peers, black New Yorkers are more likely to receive poor maternal health care, get suspended or arrested at school, and face obstacles to inheriting wealth.

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Ed Henry to Step Down from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation at Year End

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02/12/2020

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced today that after 15 years with the foundation, and 12 years as President and CEO, Ed Henry will step down in December 2020.

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On Earth Day, Open Society Foundations Announce Climate and COVID-19 Fund

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04/22/2020

The Open Society Foundations announced more than $16 million in support of urgent climate crisis priorities related to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on advancing green economic stimulus plans and stopping authoritarian efforts to roll back...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Surdna Foundation Announces Nearly $13 Million Investment in Artists of Color to Advance Racial Justice

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04/29/2020

Surdna's Artist Regranting Initiative will support up to 260 projects in communities across the nation over three years.

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Open Society Foundations Announces Camilla Croso as New Director of Education

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07/22/2020

Camilla Croso, a leading global advocate for the right to education, will lead Open Society Foundations' newly integrated education funding and advocacy work with effect from July 21.

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The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Homeboy Industries as the 2020 Recipient of the Annual Humanitarian Prize

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08/03/2020

The Los Angeles based, nonprofit organization Homeboy Industries has been chosen as the 2020 Humanitarian Prize recipient and will receive $2.5 million in unrestricted funding.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Shares Findings from the Brooklyn Insights 2020 Process

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04/01/2021

The findings from the Brooklyn Insights 2020 process are informing over $3 million in new grants through the next phase of the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund.

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GoVoteNYC Fund Announces $1 Million in Grants for Voter Engagement

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04/26/2021

Decades of low voter turnout and an historic election cycle drive a new philanthropic effort housed in The New York Community Trust to increase voter participation in NYC

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The New York Community Trust

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The William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Scott Evans as New Board Chair

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06/17/2021

... a challenging period for any funder that aims to reduce inequality and increase the use of science in policy and ...

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MLK50 Justice Through Journalism Receives Grant from the Ford Foundation

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01/26/2023

Investment allows nonprofit newsroom to create ‘even more firm foundation’

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Youth Funders Working Group

... that help the city’s young people develop the skills and resources necessary to become healthy, happy, and ... discussions of how changing public policies and resources affect the well-being of youth and the...

Kress Foundation Trustee to Lead Metropolitan Museum of Art

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03/12/2015

... Kress Foundation, the Council for Library and Information Resources , and the Shipley School. Dr. Weiss currently serves ... Kress Foundation, the Council for Library and Information Resources , and the Shipley...

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New York Foundation Places Its Bets on Real Change

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05/29/2015

... communities, don’t know their rights or have the resources to participate. Enter Community Action for Safe ...

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Peterson Foundation Launches New Website to Accelerate Action on U.S. Fiscal Challenges

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12/01/2015

... future Our new 2016 Election Toolkit, with a range of resources for the campaign season A range of infographics and ...

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Commonwealth Fund Scorecard: New York Ranked 13th in Overall State of Health

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12/11/2015

New York may be ranked 3rd for per capita health funding, but it is 40th when it comes to physical activity according to the 26th American’s Health Rankings Annual Report. In addition, New York was ranked 13th in the nation on a separate scorecard...

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NYS Health Foundation Launches ‘Health Reform Watch’

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03/17/2017

... you informed on a regular basis. It features analyses and resources about health reform efforts and their potential ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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As Incident Reports Rise, City Officials Seek New Answers to Combat Domestic Violence

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09/18/2017

... which dedicate specific judges, counselors, and other resources to domestic violence cases. The committee, chaired ...

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Estimating the Real Cost of Community College

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10/24/2017

... remains largely dependent on state - and county-level resources and economic contexts. Individuals have vastly ... and as things stand, those with the fewest personal resources may be the ones who accrue the...

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