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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge

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07/22/2014

... Is In Charge The "community quarterback" model can be an effective approach to revitalizing troubled ... people who work across sectors such as affordable housing, education , health care, and...

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation

Ten NYC Nonprofits Selected As 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Semifinalists

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08/04/2014

... New York, and Programs in Social Enterprise in Executive Education at Columbia Business School.... Ten NYC Nonprofits ...

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Burman, Viera Named to Board of Funders for LGBTQ Issues

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08/14/2014

... Committee of Africa Grantmakers Affinity Group, the Education Committee for the Museum of Modern Art and the ... implemented strategies for The Philadelphia Foundation’ s programming, initiatives and...

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Century Foundation Announces Janice Nittoli "Forward Thinking" Award

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11/03/2014

... of a policy paper on a topic that is central to TCF’ s agenda. Ms. Nittoli served as The Century Foundation’ s president from August 2011 to March 2014, when she retired ... on socioeconomic diversity in...

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Ford Joins Other Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License

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02/04/2015

... Other Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License The Ford ... Effective February 1, grantees and consultants will be required to make foundation-funded materials...

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Technology

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Ford Foundation

NYCT Grant Will Build Capacity for Child Welfare

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07/02/2015

... CCF was formed to respond to many changes in New York’ s Medicaid system. Experts agree that children need thorough ... The grant from the New York Community Trust taps CCF’ s vast expertise in child welfare,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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The New York Community Trust

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations

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08/21/2015

... the Mark Morris Dance Group in recognition of the company' s excellence and efforts in the areas of education and outreach, including a program for patients with Parkinson' s...

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Arts

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Foundation for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants

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09/10/2015

... over the next two weeks, the Migration Policy Institute’ s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy examines ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

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Foundation for Child Development

Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

... the number of Latino professors in the humanities at U. S . colleges and universities. With the grant, the Center for Minority Serving Institutions in Penn' s Graduate School of Education...

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Education

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

The San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation has announced a $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across the World Wide Web.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Communications/Media

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George Soros, Steven Rockefeller, Abigail Disney and Some Of New York's Wealthiest Tell State Government To Raise Their Taxes

Release Date:

03/21/2017

... Steven Rockefeller, Abigail Disney and Some Of New York' s Wealthiest Tell State Government To Raise Their Taxes Some ... for all of our fellow citizens, including strong public education from pre-K to...

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Community Development

Education

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Daphne Foundation

NY Times Common Sense Columnist Says Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing

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04/17/2017

... supports the missions of nonprofit institutions, whether education , as with college and universities, or broader ... endowment every year on charitable purposes. In Ford’ s case, that amounts to over $600...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa' s Demographic Dividend At the United Nations, His Excellency ... sector and discuss opportunities created by Africa’ s demographic change. Bringing together...

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De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.

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09/26/2017

... For $582 Million, Change Is Slow. Even as New York City’ s schools opened their doors for the new year this month, the ... ticking on the future of Mayor Bill de Blasio’ s boldest education...

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Education

A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

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09/27/2017

... To Benefit Farm Animals Why is meat so cheap? McDonald’ s sells a McDouble burger for less than $2. A rotisserie ... checkoff programs that fund marketing (“Beef, it’ s what’ s for dinner”)...

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Food Systems

“Arabella Advisors Partners with Fannie Mae to Announce Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge”

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12/20/2017

... promising ideas that will help it address the nation’ s affordable housing issues. The company expects to receive ... other sectors.” The Challenge is part of Fannie Mae’ s corporate-wide initiative,...

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RFPs Etc

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Community Development

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Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Former Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society

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02/01/2018

... on New Ground, a social justice advocacy organization supporting LGBTQ people in the US South. Prior to that she ... youth activism program at the Highlander Research and Education Center. Paulina has a...

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Foundation for a Just Society

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New Staff and Promotions at The New York Community Trust

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12/19/2019

... Community Trust A New Communications Director Joins City’ s Community Foundation; Five Promotions Are Announced. (New ... served as communications director at Harlem Children’ s Zone. Additionally, the...

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The New York Community Trust

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The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Announces New Program Officer for Democracy, Hannah Furstenberg-Beckman

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08/31/2022

... In 2020, she worked on the Biden for President campaign’ s voter protection program, partnering with election ... at ideas42, she developed and led the organization’ s new Public Safety & Criminal Justice...

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