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The Grantmaking Formula for the New Normal

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03/25/2013

... the Clark Foundation. One could devote an entire speech to how things have changed since the economic correction in the ... and unemployment is below eight percent, there is still much to be concerned about...

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Ford Foundation's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy

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07/21/2016

... inception, both donors and the larger public have debated how individuals can deploy their accumulated wealth to serve ... and its relationship to government and markets, was much more heated during the early...

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Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island

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05/15/2017

... America’s incarceration crisis presents. While it seems that federal momentum for reform has slowed—if not ... the decision made New York City headlines, the issue is much larger. Rikers Island is actually a...

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Justice Reform

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Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center

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05/24/2017

... $75 million from Michael R. Bloomberg, showing just how much the Far West Side continues to be shaped by a small ... Mr. Bloomberg said in a prepared statement. “The Shed will help New York...

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Arts

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Rockefeller Foundation Supports A “Carbon Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy

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06/23/2017

... which is publicly available online, relies on estimating how much carbon-dioxide pollution is avoided as buyers want to ... to enforce -- and boost confidence in a market where sales will...

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Environment and Climate Change

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As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

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08/28/2017

... an unusual promise: Even humanities graduates can learn how to code in a few months and join the high-paying digital ... economy. Students and their hopeful parents shelled out as much as $26,000 seeking to...

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Workforce Development

Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake News Initiative That is Starting to Take Shape

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08/31/2017

... is Starting to Take Shape In the world of philanthropy, it 's relatively easy to identify and understand the scope of ... the tide of viral sensationalism, it 's far from clear how to...

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What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding

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09/11/2017

... of State Studies Dave Friedfel discuss school funding: how much districts receive and whether aid is targeted to the ...

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It's Time to Apply to High School in New York City

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09/18/2017

... questions. Beyond the sheer number of choices, there is much to consider — such as how to prep for audition programs or the specialized high ... with physical disabilities, figuring out which schools ...

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Can You Ask for Salary History in Your State?

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09/27/2017

... agree with Miss Manners that you shouldn’t ask people how much money they make, especially if they’re job candidates. ... an attempt to foster pay equity among men and women. But it may take...

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Gender Justice

For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap

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10/14/2021

... this movement. But recently, we came to a hard conclusion: It 's not enough to just approach giving through a racial ... in a unique moment of social reckoning, an awakening to how our country has...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor-in-Chief of The Milbank Quarterly

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06/03/2013

Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., will become Editor-in-Chief of The Milbank Quarterly on ... the Quarterly's role as a leading international journal of health care policy and population ...

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Schumer Calls On EPA To Resume 'Abandoned' Cleanups Of Radioactive Hot Spots

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10/10/2017

... Falls, warning they still pose a serious threat to public health . The EPA recently abandoned cleanup activities to ... site on Upper Mountain Road. The EPA estimated the cost of the cleanups to be $3 million...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/19/2012

... school in four years. At the current rate of progress, it would take nearly fifty years for black males in the ... and CEO Dr. John H. Jackson shares his thoughts on how philanthropy can and must play a...

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Education

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A Key to Getting Corporate Money? Find Employees to Champion Your Cause

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09/19/2017

... array of causes than official corporate grant makers. But how can charities tap into these groups? The key is finding ...

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Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership

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09/19/2017

... B. Robert Williamson Jr. Foundation . I wanted to learn how this foundation came to support a form of reflective practice as capacity buildin g, and that’s how I began my conversation with the foundation’s...

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Pfizer Foundation Supports Vaccine Coverage in Africa to Reduce Child Mortality Rate

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09/19/2014

... to improve immunization coverage in Africa. The programs will focus on ‘last-mile’ interventions to reach ... The grants will focus on building the capacity of health care...

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Equitable Opportunities for Effective Philanthropy

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06/08/2022

... have been in the field for a few months or for quite some, how did your race, gender, age, class, sexual orientation, ... but I remember thinking, “this guy has no idea about how much I don’t...

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Edna McConnell Clark and Others Launch $1B Initiative Providing Long-Term, Unrestricted Funding

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02/02/2016

... the challenges of today's world. Blue Meridian Partners will invest at least $1 billion in high-performance ... youth. Private funders have worked together to marshal resources of this scale in areas such...

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Children, Youth and Families

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