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Why Salesforce Has A Chief Philanthropy Officer

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02/23/2017

... Atlassian, Box, Pure Storage, and Twillio all went public , earning billion dollar valuations. At the same ... to charity. Since the program launched over two years ago, more than 1,300 companies in 38...

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Sloan Foundation-Supported Poll Finds Blacks Less Likely to Have Enough for Retirement

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05/18/2017

... a new poll found. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey also found that African- ... accounts. The survey shows older white Americans are also more likely to collect Social...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Traces of Crime: How New York’s DNA Techniques Became Tainted

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09/05/2017

... went beyond standard practice at the F.B.I. and other public labs, for making identifications from DNA samples that were tiny or that contained a mix of more than one person’s genetic material. As its...

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Justice Reform

NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings

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09/20/2017

... New York City’s growing government may soon add one more service to the mix: free child care. The city would offer free babysitting at public hearings and community-board meetings under new ...

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With Federal Cuts to Hospitals, Cuomo Suggests New York City Step Up

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10/03/2017

... Sunday, adding stress to the state’s already overworked public health care system. The cut came as a result of a lack ... Care Act, those funds were supposed to be reduced as more patients received insurance...

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Closing Space for Open Society

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05/17/2018

... and visible statement, but it is only one small part of a more complex story about how a multibillion dollar global ...

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Open Society Foundations President Names Nicole Wilett as New Chief of Staff

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07/16/2019

... position, Wilett will lead the Foundations’ work on public policy and advocacy, and advise the president on new ... the world has made the work of our staff and grantees more urgent than ever. I look forward...

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20 Sep 2012

Money and Politics: The Impact of Citizens United on the 2012 Presidential Election

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8:30am to 10:45am

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision has fundamentally altered the strategy and structure of elections and electioneering in the United States. Early evidence suggests that spending on the 2012 election will easily surpass the $3 billion...

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2012 NGen Fellows Project: Hacking the NGen Experience

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09/29/2013

... found that a large majority of young professionals lack access to leadership development, but desire to learn from ... Conference in New York City on September 29. Learn more about the NGen Fellows'...

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Leadership Development

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Evaluation Shows How Program Related Investments Are Generating Positive Social Returns

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06/19/2014

... the findings: "I ndividual investments have helped extend access to products and services on more equitable terms and in new ways to previously excluded .....

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NYSHF Energizes Entire Communities with Healthy Neighborhoods Fund Initiative

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02/02/2015

... to help communities find ways to create healthier and more active lifestyles for residents. Grant recipients must ... urban cities where residents don’t have appropriate access to healthy and affordable food...

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New York Health Foundation

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Commonwealth Fund Reports Millions Could Lose Coverage in Latest ACA Challenge

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04/03/2015

... that have made affordable health care accessible to more Americans would be erased. According to the ...

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal Explores Health Data Security in WSJ Editorial

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05/01/2015

... them. But health-care information systems are currently no more secure than those of retailers, banks or any other ...

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The New York Community Trust

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New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits

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10/28/2015

... States. “As our workforce in this country becomes more diverse, it’s just good practice to think about what ...

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The New York Community Trust

Workforce Development

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Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces

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07/29/2016

... in New York City. Each year, SQS members award one or more grants to advance programming and services that directly ... applications from organizations and projects focused on access to safe spaces, whether...

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Gender Justice

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MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur

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05/03/2017

... innovative solutions to promote financial capability and access to financial services in India. With more than 100 entries, Swadhaar Saathi won the grand ...

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Economic Security

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Collaboration with Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Highlights the Art of Wallpaper

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07/11/2017

... Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which gives it access to much of Warhol’s work. Flavor Paper borrows a ... Warhol feel. Others, such as Crowd (Where’s Warhol), are more suggestive. I have used...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Arts

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The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough

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09/19/2017

... 19th century, people have sought ways to make it easier, more efficient, and safer to get around the five boroughs. ... to larger capital projects (like the MTA’s East Side Access , or Governor Andrew Cuomo’s...

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Community Development

Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

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09/25/2017

... of seconds — by a bail magistrate or a judge who has access to your record. Maybe they’ll let you go. Maybe ... be assigned from there, and the ultimate goal is to get more pretrial defendants out of the city’...

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