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F.B. Heron Foundation

FORE Releases Request for Proposals Focused on Engaging and Empowering Vulnerable Families and Communities to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder

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07/20/2021

... we will be holding an informational webinar on August 11 , 2021 at 2p EST to discuss the RFP and answer your ... childhood increase the risk that adolescents and young adults will develop a substance use...

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

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Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned

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11/23/2012

... President of Communications & Public Policy, Philanthropy New York No matter where you live, disaster can strike. If ... time trouble strikes. That’s Lesson One for many of us at Philanthropy New...

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Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research

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04/18/2017

... and Research As Director of Policy and Research at the New York State Health Foundation, Mark Zezza, Ph.D., works in close ... Foundation’s key programmatic areas of Empowering Health...

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New York Health Foundation

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Spending Down the Family Foundation

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03/10/2014

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors CEO Melissa Berman and Arabella Advisors Managing Director Elliot Berger share their thoughts in a Wall Street Journal article on the growing spend-down trend at family foundations.

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Arabella Advisors

SeaChange Capital Partners to Help Facilitate Merger of Chicago Non-Profits

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12/18/2017

... problem that there are “just too many nonprofits.” Still , undertaking a successful nonprofit merger is tricky ... volunteer labor, while WomenOnCall connects legal, human resources , finance, and other...

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SeaChange Capital Partners

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National Braille Press to Honor the Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation with its Hands-On! Award

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09/25/2018

... and whose accomplishments have helped blind children and adults succeed in their own lives. This year's awardee, ... Digest Partners for Sight Foundation of Mt. Kisco, New York has been a dedicated friend...

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10 May 2012

Strengthening All Families: Spotlight on LGBT Families of Color

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2:00pm to 3:00pm

... of color face disproportionate economic struggles, unequal access to health care , and dual burdens of social stigma and ... these harms and inequities. A Philanthropy New...

Hostos Food Studies Program is Creating Opportunities in the Bronx

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10/07/2015

... M. Tisch Illumination Fund is supporting the start-up of a new Food Studies program. Although he is a theater major, he ... food studies program – the first in the US at a community college. The food studies...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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Overcoming Setbacks

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09/11/2018

... As president, Obama offered hope that he would usher in a new period of political progress, increase the role of ... them. Below are three points of reflection that guide us in this moment of political crisis...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Groundswell Fund Shares An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations

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06/10/2021

... By contrast, the cornerstone of racial equity is sharing resources and decision-making power in a way that ... healing and justice in the United States will take all of us working together – white people and...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Social Justice

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Hispanics in Philanthropy COVID-19 Rapid Response Migration Fund- Funder Note

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03/18/2020

... help bring front-line migrant serving organizations the resources they need to develop and launch emergency ... overhead costs for organizations and staff. Need to launch new legal suits to protect the human...

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Open Society Foundations to close OSI-Baltimore after 25 years; will invest $20 million to seed the future of social justice philanthropy

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02/16/2023

... In keeping with Open Society’s legacy in Baltimore, the resources will enable OSI to make final investments in the ... better meet the tests of these times, we will carry with us the lessons we have learned,”...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Social Justice

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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits $20 million in COVID-19 Assistance to Strengthen Global Pandemic Preparedness and Support Vulnerable Communities

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03/19/2020

... Pandemic Preparedness and Support Vulnerable Communities NEW YORK – The Rockefeller Foundation is committing $20 ... basic needs, and globally, too many communities lack the resources and technologies to...

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A Letter from Ronna Brown

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04/15/2020

... time, I am impressed and energized by the Philanthropy New York community. PNY members have responded over the last ... proactive philanthropy can be. Members have shared with us that they are: increasing...

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Closing the Queer Funding Gap

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07/21/2014

... for Justice. On May 7, Janet Mock told Philanthropy New York’s 35th Annual Meeting guests that trans women of ... of “pass-her-by and pay-her-no-mind.” She challenged us as a society to acknowledge that trans...

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The Commonwealth Fund Names Adam Elshaug as its First Visiting Fellow

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10/01/2012

... mid-August 2012 through June 2013. Dr. Elshaug was a 2010- 11 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, based at the Agency for ... published in journals such as...

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As the White House Changes Hands, Philanthropy Must Change Too

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01/26/2017

... process, trust the strongest organizations, and devote resources to helping all the nonprofits we support thrive and ... into inertia, leaving them uncertain about hiring new employees or undertaking broader...

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The Cricket Island Foundation

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Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... going forward. Seltzer is a past president of Philanthropy New York, a trustee of EMpower-The Emerging Markets ... the harsh conditions faced by gays and lesbians in other countries , including some of the...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

... has another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests that repealing two major provisions of ... negative economic impacts that would extend far beyond the health care...

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