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Ford Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies Join Governments and Private Funders to Announce Historic Pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities

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11/01/2021

... World Leaders Summit at COP26. “We are demonstrating our commitment today by announcing an initial, collective ... local communities manage half the world’s land and care for an astonishing 80% of Earth’s...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Hurricane Sandy Giving Stories

... within its longstanding areas of priority (education, health , the arts and strengthening communities). American ... support to relief efforts and is putting additional resources and processes in place to...

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board Elects Vicki L. Fuller as New Trustee

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02/08/2023

... will be a critical leader in RWJF’s mission of achieving health equity in the United States. “I am thrilled to welcome Vicki Fuller to our Board of Trustees,” said Richard Besser, MD, president ... investment...

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Governance

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Lawyer Seeking $22M in Final Dissolution of Irene Diamond Fund

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05/20/2016

... siphon a $22 million fee from a $40 million gift to elder- care charities made by a late Hollywood talent scout and her ... Diamond — wants to give $40 million to programs for the aging . But the money is tied...

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Aging

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United Hospital Fund Checklist Helps Patients Fight For Rights At The Hospital — And Avoid Readmission

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10/05/2016

... Hospital — And Avoid Readmission When hospitals readmit aging patients more often than average, they can face stiff ... A useful checklist can be found at Next Step in Care , a program of the United Hospital...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

The New York Women’s Foundation and the YWCA of the City of New York Partner for Girls IGNITE! Grantmaking Fellowship

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11/22/2016

... philanthropic urgency that matches the immediate needs of our city’s most vulnerable women and girls. This initiative ... public housing resident groups, youth shelters, adolescent health centers, and...

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RFPs Etc

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Gender Justice

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04 Dec 2018

Seeding Power: Leadership for Justice-Based Movements in Food and Farming

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3:30pm to 5:00pm

... concerned with environmentalism and climate change, public health and hunger, community and economic development, human ... a diverse cohort of leaders with the time, space, and resources they need to connect...

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Food Systems

Report Commissioned by NY Women's Foundation Provides In-Depth Exploration of Women in the Justice System

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03/08/2017

... of the Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay, said , “ Our focus on women does not mean that we think that the ... of abuse, trauma, and poverty which causes mental health , health , and...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Westchester Community Foundation Launches the Westchester COVID-19 Response Fund

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03/23/2020

... basic needs—immediate, short term, and long-term—of our most vulnerable Westchester residents. It is the ... struggle with the unexpected consequences of this public- health crisis, thanks to the generosity of...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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Community Development

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Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers

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04/13/2016

... labor-friendly City Council has taken up the cause of home- care workers. Councilman Andrew Cohen, D-Bronx, introduced ... legislation Monday that could empower nannies, home health aides and other home-...

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Workforce Development

Elliot Berger joins Arabella Advisors

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05/01/2013

... and strategic grantmaking make him uniquely suited to help our clients maximize the impact of their resources ,” said Bruce Boyd, Principal and Managing ... including the Growth Philanthropy Network; Community...

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Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy

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12/04/2015

... "Now, I’m dedicating more of my time to building our Good Food practice, both because it is a personal passion ... impacts of transforming food systems include: Better health for the two-thirds of...

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Food Systems

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Weinberg Foundation Establishes New Grants Area Supporting Veterans and their Families

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02/24/2016

... the categories of workforce development, physical/mental health , and barrier elimination. “At the Weinberg ... Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer. “In our board room, the photo portrait of former...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research

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04/18/2017

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

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New York Health Foundation

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship Shows Successes

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10/16/2015

... reward investments have already begun to pay off. “ Our first six Fellows have left huge shoes to fill, but our ... to train doctors and nurses to overcome implicit bias in health ...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Community Development

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MAC AIDS Fund Survey Shows Kids Don't Know Enough About AIDS

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12/05/2014

... when he was 18 years old to specifically reach the younger population in Kansas City. "A lot of kids in my generation .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Surdna Foundation Announces Appointment of Leticia Peguero as Executive Director of Andrus Family Fund and Andrus Family Philanthropy Program

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02/01/2013

... that leveraged the power of partnerships by combining resources with local grantmakers to fund creative, pragmatic ... designing, implementing and managing a program to train health care...

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An Interview With Kavitha Mediratta, Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Initiative Launched by Atlantic Philanthropies

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02/14/2018

... me into philanthropy. I came to the United States with my parents , who are Indian, when I was three, and we settled in ... policy analyst before ending up doing a lot of work with parents and high school...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Altman Foundation Announces Leadership Transition, New President and Chair

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10/10/2018

... of grantmaking strategies in education, the arts, health , and strengthening communities. She also led the ... a multi-year view of grants and their effectiveness. Her care and compassion for Altman grantees...

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