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Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How Cities Can Tackle Climate Change

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07/25/2017

... Climate Change Nearly five years after Hurricane Sandy hit New York to devastating effect, America’s most populated ... waking up to the fact that something has to be done,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

Release Date:

07/26/2017

... education and related programs. – across the U.S., in New York, and other nations. The research was funded by a ... Knapp. Abe is a former Budget Director of the City of New York and is currently Senior...

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NoVo Foundation: Seeking LOIs for Radical Hope Fund to Support Strategies for Transformation

Release Date:

07/31/2017

... moving hearts and minds for change, including creating new strategic platforms and collaboration between ... and movement organizations Seeding experiments in building new structures and systems to propel us...

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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NoVo Foundation

Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors

Release Date:

08/15/2017

... Schott Foundation is proud to announce the addition of two new members to our Board of Directors: Mark Paley Mark Paley ... voter registrations nationwide. As a young NAACP leader in New Haven, Connecticut,...

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Education

11 Sep 2017

The Pence-Kobach Commission's Potential Impact on Voting Rights - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, September 11, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... and weaken the National Voter Registration Act. While not new , these claims have taken on a new level of urgency under the current administration. ...

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Public Policy

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Civic Engagement

Public Policy

Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum

Release Date:

08/22/2017

... It will take place on Wednesday, September 20 th, 2017 in New York City, during the week of the United Nations General ... during U.N. General Assembly week and established a new model to bring together global...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Seeks Applicants for its 2018 Prize for Young Investigators

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... for Young Investigators on October 2nd, 2017. At least six New York City-area-based scientists will each be awarded ... equivalent), and have an appointment at an institution in New York City or the...

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RFPs Etc

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Health

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Pershing Square Foundation

Carnegie Corp.’s Academic Leadership Award Recognizes Seven University Presidents

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... Seven University Presidents Carnegie Corporation of New York today named seven exceptional American college and ... : President, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hoboken, New Jersey Maria Klawe : President,...

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Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... funders have spent many millions of dollars supporting new teacher preparation programs and trying to strengthen existing ones. A new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) ...

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Education

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Union Dues Case

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... Will Hear Union Dues Case ALBANY — Unions including the New York State United Teachers and the AFL-CIO reacted ... that allow public sector unions in 22 states, including New York, to mandate that represented...

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Workforce Development

NYSHealth Selects Seven Hospitals to Receive Grant Funds to Implement OpenNotes

Release Date:

10/12/2017

... to Receive Grant Funds to Implement OpenNotes The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has selected ... the adoption of OpenNotes has been slow to take hold in New York State. Led by these innovative...

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Simons Foundation Releases The Eternal Sky, Part 2: The Hunt for Inflation

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... theory or open the door to alternative origin theories. A new short film, the second installment of a series produced ... of California, San Diego, to the Flatiron Institute in New York City. Along the way,...

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Environment and Climate Change

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change

Release Date:

10/20/2017

... on the momentum of the Paris Agreement to initiate new climate pledges, initiatives and funding programs. But ... for nearly a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, new research shows that stewardship...

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Doris Duke Foundation

14 Nov 2017

Hats on, Hats Off – A Creative Approach to Capacity Building

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Are you new to capacity building and want to learn more about what it ... building, but want to approach it with fresh eyes? Join New York Grantmakers in the Arts for this interactive session ...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison

Release Date:

10/30/2017

... that at 2.2 million people exceeds the population of New Mexico, it isn’t hard to see why. There’s a lot of ... program is affiliated with the City University of New York. The institute brings CUNY professors...

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Justice Reform

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... Bard Prison Initiative. Now Bard College is launching a new satellite in another site that bucks tradition: the ... punchline is something about a captive audience.” The new microcollege is modeled on the...

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Mellon Foundation

15 Mar 2018

Imagining the Future: Pursuing Excellence in Family Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, March 15, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... only.* We invite you to participate in an exciting new program. NCFP is using the opportunity of this ... landscape, how do you see the field changing? What new tools, strategies and collaborative initiatives...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies' Partnership for Healthy Cities Helping Cities Grow More Powerful

Release Date:

11/22/2017

... and philanthropist Mike Bloomberg first became Mayor of New York City (NYC), the 2nd most populated city in the ... related, during his term as Mayor "the life expectancy of New Yorkers increased by three...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

11/26/2017

... quality of care and moderating the growth in costs. The new law is likely to have far reaching effects, beyond the ... the political effects of the implementation of the new law, including changes in views...