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The Next Five Years: Three Reasons We Must Adapt

Release Date:

05/01/2018

... everything about generating social impact is in a rapid state of flux. Nonprofits that have had charity status for ... adapt alongside our social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders . To meet the demands of...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Road Alliance

Actions Civics: Activating Young Citizens to Go Beyond the Ballot

Release Date:

07/03/2018

... the exemplary civic leadership demonstrated by those young leaders who were able to turn their tragedy into a national ... at abysmal levels regardless of whether it’s a federal, state or local election...

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Insights

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Civic Engagement

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Generation Citizen

04 Dec 2024

The Power of Networks to Advance Youth Development: Honoring Janet Kelley’s Legacy and Contributions

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 -

3:30pm to 6:30pm

Philanthropy New York; 320 East 43rd Street; NYC 10017 (Ford Foundation Building, Auditorium)

Please join us for a robust discussion on the current state of youth development networks through the lens of ... Services, Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders and former PASE Teaching Fellow (co-...

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Leadership Development

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice

Release Date:

04/09/2014

... systems by the end of this calendar year. In his 2014 State of the State address, the Governor proposed establishing the ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Children, Youth and Families

Justice Reform

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The Tow Foundation

HuffPost OpEd Laments the Lack of Upward Mobility in America

Release Date:

05/05/2015

... most of us -- whatever our political stripe -- know the state of affairs in the United States requires immediate ...

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Member News

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Economic Security

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The Century Foundation

Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

Release Date:

01/04/2016

... even besting the powerful National Rifle Association in state -by- state battles. The newfound momentum reflects a strategy ... Delaware and elsewhere. And they are now looking to state and...

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Public Policy

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy

Release Date:

01/19/2016

... need to grow and compete. With the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium, we ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Century Foundation Fellow Proposes Post-Obama Syrian-U.S. Relations Strategy

Release Date:

08/22/2016

... the conflict can be contained, the meltdown of the Syrian state has sent wave after wave of chaos into the wider world ... like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Israel and the threat of state meltdown and regional...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Century Foundation

Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... Initiative has announced it is building a memorial in the state capital of Montgomery devoted to 4,075 blacks its ... Holocaust memorials and South Africa a museum on its past state -sanctioned segregation -...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Arts

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Ford Foundation

The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... with a free daily lunch. The move came a few months after state Senator Liz Krueger and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon introduced a bill to ... — and, more specifically, lunch shaming — across the ...

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Education

Food Systems

New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries

Release Date:

09/25/2017

President Trump on Sunday issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, including most of the nations covered by his original travel ban, citing threats to national security posed by letting...

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Immigration

Commentary from The Century Foundation: Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics: No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... Council and the underrepresentation of women in local and state governments nationwide. They are correct in their ... large city governments are comprised of women; at the state level, women also make up about...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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The Century Foundation

New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law New York state ’s high school graduation rate may take a hit due to ... be forced to lower its graduation rate or report separate state and federal rates... New...

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Education

William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education

Release Date:

10/26/2017

... “There may be different approaches taken within the same state , within the same school district and even within the ...

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Member News

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Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

Release Date:

11/27/2017

... to Eastern Europe; and a requirement that every EU member state pay 9 million Hungarian forint ($33,772) in mandatory state aid per immigrant... OSF Denounces Hungarian ...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations

Bloomberg Awards $10 Million to Address Opioid Crisis in Michigan

Release Date:

03/17/2019

... address the large number of opioid overdose deaths in the state . Michigan is the second state (after Pennsylvania) selected to participate in a ...

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Member News

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Carnegie Corporation of New York Announces the 2022 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows

Release Date:

04/26/2022

... century to the present to understand the high death rates, health inequality, and debates over which deaths deserve ... of Maryland, College Park Joshua P. Darr Louisiana State University Kyle Harper...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

Health

Social Justice

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Propel Democracy Launches Funding To Support Progressive Organizers’ Digital Pivot for 2020 Election

Release Date:

04/23/2020

... safely via vote-by-mail during and after the pandemic. Care in Action , advised by Ai-Jen Poo, is mobilizing the votes of millions of domestic and care workers who do not have the same legal protections .....