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NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal

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07/06/2015

... vehicle that leverages private funding to finance public services — the Adolescent Behavioral Learning ... 18-year-olds who entered Rikers in 2013 by 10 percent or more , the program, which will be discontinued...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Goldman Sachs

Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere

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05/24/2016

... incentivizes other funders to approach inequality with more urgency, especially considering Ford Foundation’s ... Nonprofit Council discuss what Ford Foundation’s public shift to inequality means for the...

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Economic Security

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Rockefeller Assists Global Resilience Partnership With New Ideas In Flood Risk Management

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05/24/2016

... upwards of 250 million people each year, causing more economic and human losses than any other kind of natural ... has teamed up with the Global Resilience Partnership, a public -private initiative spearheaded...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ford Foundation's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy

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07/21/2016

... old. Since its inception, both donors and the larger public have debated how individuals can deploy their ... and its relationship to government and markets, was much more heated during the early 20th century...

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Ford Foundation

Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... these agencies are, at least in theory, committed to the public interest. But keeping them aligned with the needs of ... mirror, what should happen with the endowments of more than $5 billion they have amassed...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Supported by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines

Release Date:

10/25/2016

... Lines Young Americans across races and ethnicities are now more likely to support Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump for ... of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The...

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Civic Engagement

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Ford Foundation

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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Salesforce

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

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

Release Date:

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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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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Children, Youth and Families

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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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

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

Release Date:

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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Open Society Foundations

07 Nov 2019

Redistricting in 2021: Will the Fair Map Movement Catch On?

Thursday, November 7, 2019 -

11:30am to 2:00pm

... email register@philanthropynewyork.org . ($150 fee) Resources This program on redistricting will cover extensive ...

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J & J: Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., Wins 2017 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research; Campaign for Champions of Science Launched

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06/20/2017

... & Johnson (JNJ) today named Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., of Children 's Hospital of Philadelphia, winner of the 2017 Dr. ... of the Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine at Children 's...

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Johnson & Johnson

10 Jan 2012

Reimagining Service and Cities of Service: A Funder’s Guide to Driving Change through Volunteerism

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00am

... and they’re doing this with the same financial resources as their counterparts. In an era of reduced ... the funding world and the need to think differently about resources . Help grantmakers see a role for...

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12 Mar 2014

Executive Assistants Network: Identifying Your Role

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 -

12:15pm to 2:00pm

... Cancer Society, and Maureen Rayhill, Director of Human Resources at The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable ... with your supervisor, foundation staff, and the general public act as important gateways...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Journalism Needs to Reinvent Itself: A Q&A with OSF’s Maria Teresa Ronderos

Release Date:

09/19/2018

... Teresa Ronderos How should philanthropies with limited resources act to stem the tide of a global recession in ... cementing an ongoing crisis of trust vis-à-vis the public . Up against challenges that dwarf...

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Video

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Communications/Media

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Open Society Foundations

The Rockefeller Foundation Names Steve VanRoekel, Former White House Chief Information Officer, as Chief Operating Officer

Release Date:

03/13/2019

... will oversee the organization’s Operations, Human Resources , Organizational Performance, Information ... 2009, Mr. VanRoekel has served in a number of senior-level public sector roles including Chief Operating...