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NYC To Vie for Amazon's Second Headquarters

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... Second Headquarters Start spreading the news. New York City wants to score Amazon's second North American ... programs, and other assets that could be included in the City ’s proposal and ultimately bring...

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Workforce Development

As U.N. Gathers, De Blasio Urges Fellow Mayors to Fight Trump on Climate, Immigration

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... United Nations General Assembly got underway in New York City on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio crisscrossed Manhattan ...

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Environment and Climate Change

Why Helping Pets Helps People

Release Date:

12/05/2013

... largest grantee, the Mayor’s Alliance for New York City ’s Animals, launched the city ’s first pet-friendly domestic violence shelter in June ...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

New Humanities in Place Program at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million to Organizations Doing Place-Based Work

Release Date:

09/30/2021

... an urban designer who served as executive director of the City of New York Public Design Commission before joining the ... and critical time to direct much-needed and deserved resources to shaping these...

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Arts

Communications/Media

Community Development

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Mellon Foundation

Diversity and Inclusion

Publication date:

06/2014

Reference documents pertaining to the topic of Diversity and Inclusion for Board members.

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Board/Committee Materials

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Board & Trustees

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Board of Directors

Young Leaders Breakfast Club

The Young Leaders Breakfast Club is a peer-to-peer networking and group-based mentoring program for emerging leaders in the sector.

A Big Move to Build Our Community

... “serve as a connector of people, institutions, ideas and resources , as well as a catalyst for advocacy and action for ...

Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors

Release Date:

05/12/2014

... even combined with governments, don’t have the resources to solve the world’s pressing problems alone – ...

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Impact Investing

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Passing Raise the Age Legislation: A Big Step on the Long Road to Implementation

Release Date:

06/30/2017

... the planning phase, identify and advocate for county-level resources , and monitor implementation of the law, paying ...

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Justice Reform

The Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Action Plan for Gathering and Sharing Information on SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Variants and Other Pathogens

Release Date:

03/08/2021

... the law while linking disparate data. Securing additional resources – The Biden administration’s $200 million ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Philanthropy New York Elects New Board Members and Board Chair; Announces 2021 -2022 Executive Committee

Release Date:

06/03/2021

... as President of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation. An Integrated Capital Fellow at RSF Social Finance, she has ...

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Burke Foundation and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Launch the Maternal Infant Health Hub Advisory Board

Release Date:

12/05/2022

... students, and others for sharing maternal health policy resources . To enable midwives to play a larger role in New ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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The Burke Foundation

Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund

Release Date:

06/20/2023

... finance research to promote ways in which MDB’s unique resources can be maximized. With grants ranging from $140,000 ...

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Open Society Foundations

New Multi-Foundation Matching Fund Recognizes Public Transit’s Importance to Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability

Release Date:

09/17/2020

... Even in the best of times, public transit in New York City is far below global standard, and very inequitably ... exacerbate the transportation disparities in our city and country, particularly for low-income...

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TransitCenter

Leveraging the Power of Foundations: An Analysis of Program-Related Investments

Publication date:

05/2013

This Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University analysis of key trends in foundation engagement in program-related investments between 2000 and 2010 finds that there is significant interest in PRIs, and that many foundations that use PRIs report successful results, but their use is still limited to a relatively small number of foundations.

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Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Gara LaMarche Named President of The Democracy Alliance

Release Date:

10/18/2013

Gara LaMarche, Senior Fellow at NYU's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, has been appointed President of The Democracy Alliance, a network of investors, donors and movement leaders committed to a stronger democracy and more progressive...

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Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

Release Date:

09/08/2014

Students and teachers are always being evaluated, but the principals that lead them should also be scrutinized. The Wallace Foundation has earmarked $75 million to create programs to recruit and train stronger principals.

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

Release Date:

03/06/2015

... student reading proficiency and are a low cost option for schools , according to the results of a study by MDRC, a ... Reading Partners program is substantially less costly for schools to implement than typical...