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To Raise Cash on Social Media, Focus on Facebook, Says a Top Fundraiser

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08/30/2017

... says the other social-media sites barely register. It’ s all about Facebook. What percentage of your development ...

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Shared Parenting Improves Divorce Outcome For Kids

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09/11/2017

... should be the norm for parenting plans for children of all ages, including very young children,” said Linda ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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MTA Boss Joe Lhota Still Wants De Blasio to Provide Half of $836M Subway Fix Costs

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09/15/2017

... mayhem Thursday morning, MTA Chairman Joe Lhota says he’ s started to see a reduction in delays now that his transit ... two months. But he can’t do everything he wants without all of the $836 million he asked...

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Community Development

In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to Improving Local Schools

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09/15/2017

... attention for the library issue with stories in the press, all while striving to serve as an example to students in ...

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Override of Undocumented-Immigrant Bill Falls Short In Westchester

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09/26/2017

... There are 17 members of the Board of Legislators. All nine Democrats and Republicans David Gelfarb and Jim ... of the override. "While we are not surprised by tonight' s outcome - it truly is...

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Immigration

Onward: 105 Images for 105 Years of The Rockefeller Foundation

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05/15/2018

... has brought people together to solve the world’ s toughest problems and promote the well-being of humanity, ... to ensure progress and prosperity are shared by all . Onward: 105 Images for 105 Years of The...

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Levitt Foundation Funds Diverse Music Fest in Utica, NY

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05/25/2018

... we talking about? Well, basically, everything. And it’ s all free…. Levitt Foundation Funds Diverse Music Fest in ...

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Arts

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On Earth Day, Open Society Foundations Announce Climate and COVID-19 Fund

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04/22/2020

... climate crisis poses an existential risk to all the communities and causes we support. This funding is ... destructive, business-as-usual practices that threaten us all . “The COVID-19 pandemic has made...

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Environment and Climate Change

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04 Nov 2019

The Divest/Invest Framework: What Does It Mean for Funders Working in Housing and Homelessness? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

... be granted on a first come, first served basis.* Cities of all sizes across the country are facing gentrification and ... renters experiencing housing instability. Public resources that are currently invested...

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How We're Addressing the Overhead Fiction

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11/24/2015

... the Ford Foundation Forward blueprint, the foundation' s plan for changes in its culture, programs and assets. It ... here with the permission of the Ford Foundation for New York...

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Open Society Foundation-funded Report Finds Bias Warps the Way African-American Girls are Treated at School

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11/06/2015

... system is a reflection of our society, along with all of its attendant biases, belief systems, and norms. ... unfeminine, loud, disruptive, and non-compliant. These are all code for stereotypes of African-...

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Education

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Better Understanding Business Models in the Nonprofit Sector

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09/08/2017

... the sector, there is a single truism that undergirds all of our conversations: limits on overhead create a ... So, why do we treat nonprofit organizations as if they are all the same? It’ s...

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Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET)

... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Recent ...

Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site

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05/16/2014

... Speaks to collect, store and distribute brain tissue resources necessary for researchers to understand the ...

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Three Will Share $625,000 From Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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06/09/2014

Three Will Share $625,000 From Reader' s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Reader' s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation has announced the ... Grant Initiative to help further its charge to devote...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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Disabilities

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Ford Foundation Asks if Capitalism Can be Made to Work Better for Society

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10/02/2014

... efforts to change a system in which our own grantmaking resources are cultivated? How can we inform a more inclusive ...

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Citi Foundation Backs Second Annual Pro Bono Day

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10/06/2014

... corporations to gain valuable information and secure vital resources to better their programs. Nonprofit leaders and ... And, corporations garner visibility for their company’ s CSR programs, meet potential...

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How Institutions Take Risks

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10/12/2014

... Hitler harassed, isolated, and murdered many of Europe' s greatest scientists, philosophers, and thinkers, the ... others, I decided to explore the Rockefeller Foundation' s archives and interview...

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At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa's Growing Cities

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10/15/2014

At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa' s Growing Cities Africa is in a unique position, although ... the world, a small portion of the population owns a lion' s share the resources ...

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