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The Visionary Freedom Fund, Launched by the Andrus Family Fund, Announces Inaugural Cohort of Grant Recipients in Grantmaking Led by Youth Organizers to Transform Youth Justice System

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09/28/2021

... to set the grantmaking strategy and determine how VFF’s resources are deployed. Power Table members know firsthand ... that young people across the country are not only seeking resources for transformative...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

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01/03/2014

In an op-ed for Crain's New York Business, Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin says that the de Blasio Administration must focus on the city's resiliency.

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Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit

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06/17/2014

n the wake of last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York’s teachers unions and education reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state’s tenure laws and possibly many other teacher protections.

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Rockefeller Foundation to Announce Second Batch of Resilient Cities

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12/02/2014

Cities were selected from an applicant pool spanning 94 countries.

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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Stem Cell Research

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12/18/2014

Stem cells could be key to treating vision problems related to a scarred cornea.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Commonwealth Fund Explores the Inefficacy of High-Risk Health Insurance Pools

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02/13/2015

High risk pools lead to expensive administration costs and purchase prices and less optimal coverage.

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The Commonwealth Fund

Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post

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02/26/2015

LaVerne Evans Srinivasan, Carnegie Corporation of New York's new Vice President of Education, discusses education and innovation in philanthropy.

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New Prudential Foundation Initiative Will Assist Job Seekers with Disabilities

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04/27/2015

The foundation awards $1 million to the National Organization on Disability to start Bridges to a Better Workforce.

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Prudential Financial (Non Member)

Workforce Development

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Rockefeller Foundation-Funded Research Examines the Dearth of Youth Employment Opportunities

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05/28/2015

The study addresses the challenges that business have in filling entry-level positions with employees under the age of 25.

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Workforce Development

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Appointments & Transitions

Rockefeller’s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools

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12/03/2015

Sarah Geisenheimer, of the Rockefeller Foundation, will replace Iris Chen, executive director of the NYC Department of Education’s private fundraising arm, who resigned earlier this week.

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Latin American Director at Open Society Foundations Comments on Rio Olympics Human Rights Abuses

Release Date:

07/19/2016

... procedures were swept aside repeatedly as event preparation was used as an excuse to coerce citizens. ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Supported by Ford, JPB Foundations, 'America Divided' Series Provides Dose of Reality and Hope

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10/04/2016

As we prepare for a presidential election and think deeply about the direction of our country in light of current events, it seemed important to watch America Divided.

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Mobile Content Guides at New York Botantical Gardens Spring Exhibit

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03/28/2017

... Studio in Seattle, where he is working with his team in preparation for his first major garden exhibition in more ...

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Arts

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Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges

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04/14/2017

States could save money and increase college-graduation rates by providing modest financial incentives for students to choose private colleges over comparable public ones, according to a report released this week.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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NYS Health Foundation Releases Assessment of the Region’s Population Health Investments

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05/02/2017

A new NYSHealth-funded report analyzes the New York State Department of Health's current funding for total population health.

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Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center

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05/24/2017

Inspiring creativity, strengthening community and driving economic growth are the three aims of the ambitious new arts center known as the Shed, rising in Hudson Yards. Michael R. Bloomberg donated $75 million to the innovative arts project.

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

How Many Calories in That? New York City Delays Enforcing Labeling Rules

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08/28/2017

New York City agreed to postpone enforcement of a rule requiring restaurants, convenience stores and other establishments to post calorie counts for prepared food. The move came in response to an industry lawsuit that was supported by the federal...

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Food Systems

Trump Tax Plan May Free Up Corporate Dollars, but Then What?

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08/31/2017

The tax overhaul promised by President Trump and Republican congressional leaders is lugging a remarkably heavy load. The goal is not only to reduce the tax bills of corporations and small businesses, but also to stimulate investment, create jobs,...

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Economic Security

Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?

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10/04/2017

Schools across the country are about to be held accountable for student attendance — attaching stakes to a measure that previously had much less significance and increasing the risk that schools will try to manipulate that data.

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