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Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities

Release Date:

12/16/2014

... The City of New York annually contracts out $5 billion in social services to nonprofit organizations that employ over ... Unfortunately, data show that a majority of front-line social service sector employees...

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HR & Operations

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Workforce Development

Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... nearly all disputes, from access to benefit levels to Medicaid expansion. So far, policymakers have tried to reduce ...

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Food Systems

Health

FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand Treatment

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... than two years ago, but she doesn't qualify yet for the Medicaid program's criteria for treatment with a new class of .....

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Health

United Way of New York City Establishes the COVID-19 Community Fund

Release Date:

03/26/2020

... reach their families and provide critical and ongoing resources like learning, food distribution and social work supports. Additionally, challenges with ... Fund. The COVID-19 Community Fund will provide...

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Community Development

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Economic Security

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United Way of New York City

Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - April 2023

Release Date:

04/21/2023

... with how racial inequities are built into the geographic, social , and emotional landscape of our lives. Examining our ... critical to understanding the ebb and flow of our nation's resources and why some...

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PNY News

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Commonwealth Fund Launches A New Tool for Comparing ‘Medicare for All’ Plans

Release Date:

03/15/2019

... group’s Sara R. Collins, vice president for health care coverage and access, writes. To find out more about those ...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Unbound Philanthropy Adds New Staff

Release Date:

07/02/2012

... to Program Director for Unbound Philanthropy’s United States Program and Will Somerville was named Program Director ... the University of Leeds and a Master's with Distinction in Social Policy and...

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Immigration

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Arcus Foundation

Unbound Philanthropy

William T. Grant Foundation Appoints Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

07/12/2017

... Hakuta received his B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Psychology and Social Relations, and his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, ... there, he and his colleagues worked in more than 40 states on juvenile justice, child...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

NYC Youth and Education Funders Working Group

... the city's young people learn and develop the skills and resources necessary to become healthy, happy, and ... discussions of how changing public policies and resources affect the well-being of youth and...

20 Jan 2016

Disaster Philanthropy Playbook - Webinar

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Join us for a webinar on the launch of the Disaster Philanthropy Playbook.

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Community Development

Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $70 Million Climate Challenge

Release Date:

06/05/2018

... statement that it would withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the American Cities ... of high-impact policies; data, design, and innovation resources to help city officials develop and deliver...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

A Look At How Surdna Foundation is Backing Water Infrastructure in American Cities

Release Date:

06/25/2018

... has a couple of options when it comes to focusing its resources . It can go deep in a particular geography, or it ... gone all over the country, and toward developing national resources and best practices in...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Surdna Foundation

Toccarra A. H. Thomas Appointed Director of the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans

Release Date:

10/03/2019

... Foundation in New York to further develop artist-centered resources and programming. Thomas will begin her position on ... area, as well as to artists from across the United States that have previously been...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director for West Africa

Release Date:

10/07/2021

... and private sector leaders. With over 20 years in the social change sector, Aniagolu-Okoye is a respected leader on ... with a focus on advancing democracy, human rights and social inclusion for all especially...

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Ford Foundation

29 Sep 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 1 of 2)

Thursday, September 29, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... – especially when it comes to their ability to invest in social welfare organizations pushing for racial, social , environmental and economic justice. Private and ... foundation can fund non-public charities...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Legal Issues

Public Policy

Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Artealia Gilliard as its First Director of Communications

Release Date:

03/23/2017

... policy initiatives and partnerships at the intersection of social , economic and environmental equity. Most recently she ... and energy development decisions. In Atlanta, she led social justice and community...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

16 Jun 2021

Blurring the Lines: From Corporate Philanthropy to Shared Value to ESG Integration

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

ESG (environmental, social , governance) performance is the core of a responsible ... lens. In 1970, Milton Friedman posited that the social responsibility of the business was to obey the law, ... more equitable...