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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Zegar Family Foundation Among Leading Philanthropic Organizations to Partner and Commit Over $223M to Reducing Methane Emissions

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10/11/2021

... emissions globally and significantly boosts philanthropic resources allocated specifically to methane reduction. ... industry, including in the more than 30 countries that have signed on to the Pledge by...

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Edna McConnell Clark Announces Spend-Down, Major Investment in Blue Meridian Partners

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12/14/2016

... and youth, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's trustees have decided to "sunset" the Foundation and spend all of its resources (approximately $1 billion) over the next decade. ... infusions of...

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Philanthropy New York Promotions

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03/13/2019

... Hajrina Shehu, Yi-Ching Lin, and Allyson Goldhagen have been promoted, respectively, to Senior Director of ...

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Grant Foundation Receives Award for Excellence in Youth Research & Programming

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01/29/2016

... award, “said John Schulenberg, SRA President. “They have done so much to support research and programming ... make more of a difference in the lives of young people and their families and communities, we see...

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Beyond the Glass Cliff: Reimagining Executive Transitions in the Sector

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04/06/2023

... partner with driving the strategies most needed to achieve their social change goals. Who serves on boards and how they ... that can hinder our ability to succeed in these roles. I have personally experienced...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Among Funders Backing Environmental Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds

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11/30/2017

... very white spaces, and efforts to diversify the movement have been characterized by one influential report as ... most impacted by environmental issues, but also to follow their lead. The Goldman Prizes come...

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Funded by the Carnegie Corporation, New Digital Tool Gives Parents a Gut Check on Their Childs Readiness for the New School Year

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08/07/2018

... Corporation, New Digital Tool Gives Parents a Gut Check on Their Childs Readiness for the New School Year Today Learning ... an innovative, digital tool to help parents and guardians have a better...

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With Support from NoVo Foundation, Buen Vivir Fund Heralds a More Democratic Kind of Impact Investing

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03/22/2018

... Assembly where those with on-the-ground expertise have equal voting rights in decision making.” To date, 19 partners have raised $1 million for the Fund. The group claims they ... whereby borrowers make a...

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The Century Foundation Rallies Against "Turnkey Tyranny" With Presidential Transition

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11/18/2016

... the National Security Agency (NSA) and other intelligence agencies and put considerable strain on privacy. Edward ... the end of bulk collection of metadata under that law. I have argued that the Snowden...

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New York State Health Foundation-Funded Research Aims to Reduce Gun Violence in Rochester, New York

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11/06/2018

... Institute of Technology is planning to continue to have a positive impact in the community by conducting ... that provides outreach to violent and gang youth and their families. One of their...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Lauren Hadi Joins the Schott Foundation as Senior Vice President of Advancement

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12/16/2020

... work with our philanthropic partners to channel more resources to the education justice movement and our ... partners to increase the education justice movement’s resources , capacity and reach, thereby...

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Compensating for Your Philanthropic Blind Spots

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01/09/2014

... Philanthropy Advisor, Bessemer Trust For those who may have missed one of her viral tweets, Vivienne Harr is the new ... At the same session, members of the audience described their common struggle to balance...

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Insights from “Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations and Building a Culture of Racial Repair”

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06/13/2024

... of Racial Repair” Commitments to fund racial equity have increased since the murder of George Floyd and the ... to take place, the private and social sectors must do their part not only in operationalizing...

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Philanthropy New York's Kimberly Roberts Interviews Julie Kashen and Rakeen Mabud, Authors of Nevertheless, It Persists: Disrupting the Vicious Cycle of Institutionalized Sexism

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09/30/2020

... and Strategy at TIME’S UP Foundation to talk about their recent paper Nevertheless, It Persists: Disrupting the ... broadly, face in their lives. The last couple of months have really shown...

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With Support from Several PNY Members, EngageNY Archive of Common-Core Materials Grows in Popularity

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05/18/2016

... hosted by New York state’s education department, have now been downloaded more than 45 million times, far ...

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Education

Nitrogen’s Impact Changes Climate Forecast

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04/28/2015

Nitrogen’s Impact Changes Climate Forecast Scientists have developed a way to more accurately forecast nitrogen’s effects on the ... by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change until now have...

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Abortion Rates Hit Historic Low In Developed World But Not Elsewhere

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05/13/2016

... But Not Elsewhere Married women are much more likely to have them. Where they're illegal or highly restricted, it in no way stops them -- and may increase them. And though the numbers have...

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Open Society Foundations Hosts Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

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04/07/2017

... Over the years, social issue campaigners and activists have employed a variety of marketing and communications efforts to attract public interest to their causes, to varying degrees of success. More recently...

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