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Wealthy Should Be Encouraged To Start Giving Sooner

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07/18/2014

... that "age should not be the determining factor," for when to begin giving money away. He adds that "philanthropy, no matter when one starts, will yield successes and failures that offer .....

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NYSHF Energizes Entire Communities with Healthy Neighborhoods Fund Initiative

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02/02/2015

... this commitment to address health inequities. We know that when people live in healthier neighborhoods they do in fact end up having healthier outcomes. Especially when it comes to diabetes and obesity and...

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New York Health Foundation

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Ms. Foundation for Women President Amerita Examines Impact of Take Our Daughters to Work Day

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04/24/2015

... York City appeared in Parade Magazine. We created that day when I was the president of the Ms. Foundation for Women. The ... took their own daughters on the morning commute. This day, when girls were seen and...

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NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

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07/10/2015

... with the criminal justice system. Furthermore, even when they perform well in school, education simply does not ... pay the same dividends for women and girls of color—even when their credentials qualify them...

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The Gender Divide in Ballet Leadership and Choreography

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09/29/2015

... by men. I think this is very typical of organizations when they get larger, when they get more important.” The Wallace Foundation ...

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Arts

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Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building

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11/11/2015

... Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building When it comes to economic development, what images and feelings come to mind when you hear the phrase, “attract and retain”? “It ...

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Community Development

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Tisch, NY State Health Foundations Support Creating Oases in New York City’s ‘Food Deserts’

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12/03/2015

... Creating Oases in New York City’s ‘Food Deserts’ When Sade Bennett started working in April at a small farm on ... She even surprised her family at Thanksgiving this year when she arrived with fresh vegetables...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements

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03/17/2016

... Pro-life advocates rally under the dome of the US Capitol. When we think of social movements, these are likely the kinds ... donors writing very big checks. So, in late 2015, when Jon Stryker’s Arcus...

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Commonwealth Research Cited by NYTimes on Reducing Bounce Between Health Plans

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03/23/2016

... to control his diabetes with his primary care doctor, but when scheduling his next appointment, he is told his doctor doesn’t accept Medicaid. When the summer rolls around, he picks up more hours, and ...

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Stonewall Community Foundation Is Key Funder of Trans and Queer Storytelling

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12/09/2016

... declared a “transgender tipping point” in 2014 when it featured actress Laverne Cox on its cover. In the two ... the use of cisgender people to tell transgender stories. When cis male actor Eddie Redmayne was...

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LGBTQ

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

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01/06/2017

... Habit Ten years ago, the world was a different place when it came to tobacco. Fewer than twenty developing ... the tobacco control landscape was changed dramatically when Michael R. Bloomberg, then in his...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

... all new is this gem: Nonprofit executives are often fired when they’re not doing the job for which they were hired—in particular, when the budget starts imploding. The unfortunate thing about ...

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Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

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08/24/2017

... such as promotional events and passive distribution. When these attempts fail to get the job done—as they often ... per se isn’t the culprit here. It’s what happens when people believe that selling is a...

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Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis

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08/29/2017

... This isn’t how it’s always been in our city. When the city passed the historic Fair Share Criteria in ... and agencies continue to exploit to this day, particularly when it comes to homeless shelter siting...

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Housing and Homelessness

Reading, Math Disparities Persist At Capital Region Schools

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08/29/2017

... and Hispanic students and their white and Asian peers when it comes to reading and math. The gap is largest in ... gap is nothing new. Nationwide, numerous studies show that when it comes to test scores,...

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Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy

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08/30/2017

... has already a debate about who should’ve evacuated and when . Let’s be clear, mass evacuation of an entire city is ... Orleans and Rita on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, when many more died...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

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09/13/2017

Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation? When we think of artist residencies today, we think of the ... a voice in the world of business and science — and then, when possible, organize...

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Student Sues Columbia Over ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Harassment Claims

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10/03/2017

... female doctoral student and disparaging her to colleagues when she rebuffed him. According to a lawsuit filed Monday in ... the woman while serving as her mentor at the university. When the woman, identified...

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