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Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit

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06/15/2015

... pensions funds and avert a bankruptcy fire sale of city -owned art. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker ... will be in Detroit on Tuesday for a board meeting in the city . Trustees will also be meeting...

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Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval

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04/21/2016

... planned revamp of its iconic Midtown building, after the city 's Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved ... The $190 million undertaking will bring the building up to city code, and make it...

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With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

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06/29/2016

Six cities were chosen to participate in the inaugural year of the fellowship: Boston, Charlotte, Houston, Memphis, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis.

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De Blasio Derided by Sergeants Union for Deportation Stance

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02/28/2017

... criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio for not requiring the city ’s police force to act as immigration enforcers as the ... Cats Roundtable” radio program on 970 AM, said the city ’s top brass have a “moral obligation...

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Helmsley Funds Research Collaborative around Type 1 Diabetes

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08/18/2017

... 1 Diabetes Scientists at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope have received over $300,000 from The Leona M. ... Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD) and coordinated by City of Hope. The goal of the...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

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08/31/2017

... to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña vowed to tackle ... classroom segregation with school rezonings across the city in the upcoming school year. Speaking...

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Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?

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10/04/2017

... community advocates, the local community board, the local City Council member, Laurie Cumbo, and the borough president, ... has vowed to work with local elected officials and the city -selected developer behind...

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Is There Really a Conflict between the Public Good and Professionalism in the Foundation Sector?

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08/26/2014

... which provide evidence that devoting substantial resources to intramural activities over an extended period ... direction that made them successful in creating major new businesses. Additionally, a growing...

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How Groundswell is adapting to the COVID-19 crisis

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03/30/2020

... Groundswell community, what is behind the curtain is not new ; our grantee partners have been working to transform it ... in this moment, we have decided to: Dramatically increase resources and capacity...

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Disaster Relief

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29 Jan 2016

School Funding: The Road to Equity for NYC

Friday, January 29, 2016 -

9:45am to 12:00pm

Nearly every conversation about improving New York City ’s public schools includes a call for more funding. ...

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Beyond a Portal, to Real Patient Engagement

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04/10/2017

... from the author, David Sandman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation A few weeks ago, I read an ... two Cleveland Clinic doctors wrote a piece for The New York...

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Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

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03/06/2014

... violence and competition. So we are dedicating our resources , entrusted to us at the NoVo Foundation by Peter’s father Warren Buffett , to help create new systems based in partnership, mutual respect and .....

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01 Feb 2018

Flexing Your Shareholder Muscle: How Foundations Can Amplify Impact with Strategic Shareholder Engagement

Thursday, February 1, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Impact investing is a hot topic in philanthropy these days. Foundations of all sizes are taking a careful look at how to mobilize beyond grantmaking’s 5 percent mandatory distribution requirement and aim for greater impact by activating the 95...

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7/21/2014 - Demystifying Funder Transparency: Sharing Assessments - Webcast Recording and PowerPoint

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08/2014

View a recording of the livestream and related materials presented during the program, " Demystifying Funder Transparency: Sharing Assessments ."

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The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

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06/02/2014

... program assessment or evaluation. Unless we invest more resources in our capacity to measure the performance and ... undertake rigorous evaluation. It can be costly, diverting resources from the direct...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth

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08/05/2015

... three years ago, my wife and I had a hard time finding resources around trans issues and instead saw a lot of stigma ... from the Palette Fund, will roll out more videos and resources over the coming months,...

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LGBTQ

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Aetna Supports Projects Using Big Data to Get At-Risk Kids the Services They Need

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05/11/2017

... core of this problem are resource allocation challenges. Resources are always scarce, no matter how well a economy is ...

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Gates Foundation Pledges $220 Million for Women, Children, Adolescents

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09/22/2017

... in the GFF Trust Fund leverages domestic government resources , financing from the World Bank's International ... aligned external financing, and private-sector resources . To date, eleven projects...

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Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security

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03/09/2018

... then measured the resource gap--the difference between the resources a household has and what they would need to be food ...

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