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With Support from Bank of America, a City Takes on Inequality

Release Date:

12/20/2017

... track record is spotty at best. Left-leaning funders can back all the studies and pilot programs they ... Opportunity Task Force. Their task: Figure out how to close the gap between Charlotte...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together

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06/23/2020

... By: Nancy Rauch Douzinas , President, Rauch Foundation. How a research project transformed a region - and the ... a vested interest—or backyard interest—in an issue can so often block a project that is...

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Community Development

Peterson Foundation Calls Tax Extenders Legislation Fiscally Irresponsible

Release Date:

12/17/2015

... and $2 trillion over twenty years, this bill would have an enormous impact on our long-term fiscal future. It also would ... is the right time to begin a national conversation on how to...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

New Study Supported by Simons Foundation Finds Math and Science are Kids' Favorite Subjects, But Parents Value Reading and Writing Skills More

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04/18/2017

... child's favorite subject, they more readily understand how reading and writing skills impact future success, according to a new study released .....

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The Simons Foundation

Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use

Release Date:

06/22/2018

... also fill prescriptions for benzodiazepines. Both drugs have sedative effects. "Patients who must be prescribed both ... and her team used 2013-2014 Medicare Part D data to assess how the duration of...

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The Commonwealth Fund

McNulty Foundation & Aspen Institute Announce the 2018 McNulty Prize Winner, Mehrdad Baghai and High Resolves

Release Date:

11/01/2018

... an unprecedented scale. “We’ve all been taken aback at how prejudices we thought were on the way to extinction have been revealed as alarmingly prevalent. High Resolves has ...

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John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $4.3 Million to Develop Tools for the Clinical Testing of Anti-fibrotic Treatments for Crohn’s Disease Patients

Release Date:

04/15/2019

... tissue formation, known as fibrosis. Although advances have been made in the treatment of gut inflammation, the ... or failure, as well as an imaging system to measure how these strictures respond to anti-...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Atlantic Philanthropies Introduces 2020 Fellows for Racial Equity

Release Date:

08/03/2020

... to the struggle for racial equity. These individuals have a track record of success in using their art, ... courageous leaders are showing us new possibilities for how to eliminate anti-Black racism in the...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Social Justice

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Marc Benioff to Dedicate Salesforce Tower With Speech on Civic ‘Priorities’

Release Date:

05/22/2018

... — particularly among children and families — and how the Heading Home Initiative he helped create has met its ... it will do in the future. Making education the best it can be. Cleaning trash off the streets...

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Salesforce

Collaborating to Find Systemic Solutions to the "Pathway Gap" in Postsecondary/Workforce Advising

In recent years, the NYC education and workforce sectors have made significant strides in addressing the need for ... solutions and form a public-private partnership between funders and government to co-invest in...

Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison

Release Date:

10/30/2017

... courses to incarcerated people who qualify so that they can complete their degrees after release. Prison reform is ... room for reform in the criminal justice system, with many funders focusing on the...

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Justice Reform

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The Teagle Foundation

The David Rockefeller Fund

The J.M. Kaplan Fund

COVID-19: Sharing Information

... let us know if you are doing any of the following so we can make connections and amplify the work. developing ... links to your website, person to contact for more info). Have a webinar or virtual meeting to share? Add to the ...

10 Sep 2020

Families Funding Advocacy and Policy Change - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, September 10, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... and trustees only.* Advocacy is an important tool for funders seeking to address systemic inequalities ingrained in our policies and practices, and it can be the sole focus of an organization or an additional...

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Family Foundation

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults

Release Date:

04/04/2013

... Philanthropy New York hosted a session to zero in on the impact of disasters, like Hurricane Sandy, on vulnerable ... English, immigration status and even poverty. Older adults have a disproportionate share of...

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All Funders

United Way of New York City Announces Grace C. Bonilla, Esq. as the New President and CEO

Release Date:

05/23/2022

... into that role after leading the New York City Human Resources Administration, as the Administrator of the largest ... I firmly believe that United Way of New York City can continue its legacy of being a...

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United Way of New York City

Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness

Release Date:

05/26/2015

... of abnormal, leaky, fragile blood vessels in the eye can cause proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to permanent blindness. New therapies targeting a protein called VEGF have...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

31 May 2012

Who Cares for Older Adults? Workforce Implications of an Aging Population

Thursday, May 31, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Webinar

... media and policy circles about the future of health care have centered on the rising costs of care for an older ... and increasingly challenging group of patients. Explore How prepared our health care system...

13 Sep 2012

Performance Review: Evaluating the Family Foundation CEO

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

Little has been written about how to review the performance of family foundation CEOs. The ... this webinar will help get you started. And if you already have a performance review process, please join us to share...

We Need Your Input on Justice Reform

Release Date:

05/18/2016

... received considerable praise from members, we know we have much more work to do. The movement to comprehensively ... goes even deeper. We want to provide opportunities for funders with related interests –...

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Leaders of the Ford, Open Society, MacArthur, Hewlett, and Packard Foundations Pledge to Do More to Help Charities Pay Overhead

Release Date:

09/04/2019

... unusual move, five of America’s wealthiest foundations have joined forces to do more to help grantees pay for rent, ... and making investments in infrastructure and increasing impact ." Most important, she...

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