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The Issues We’re Taking to the Hill

Release Date:

02/21/2018

... this year. The census produces constitutionally mandated data that we all depend on for business, community planning, ... is not fair in counting hard-to-count communities the data could all be wrong for ten...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

Thrive by 25: Casey Foundation Announces Increased Focus on Youth and Young Adults

Release Date:

01/28/2021

... challenging one for many, but young people of color in low- income families, youth in high-poverty communities, young ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth

Release Date:

01/22/2016

... impact.” Its support of iFoster, for example, a web platform that helps foster kids keep their documents ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Gap Foundation Supports Advancements in New Ecosystems for Learning

Release Date:

11/14/2016

... for the connected age and creator of the LRNG learning platform , today announced a partnership with Concentric Sky, ...

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Education

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Gap Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization

Release Date:

11/23/2016

... The wider goal of the GRR Fund would be to serve as a platform through which to educate donors about the benefits ...

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Mellon Foundation Supports Humanities through Open Access, Open Source and Not-for-Profit

Release Date:

12/21/2016

... Assocation (MLA) Commons launched in early 2013 as a platform for communication among MLA members, enabling them ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Mellon Foundation

National Geographic Launches Special On Gender Revolution

Release Date:

02/08/2017

... to shifting cultural attitudes and social media as a platform for debate. In response to this phenomenon, National ...

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Caught Our Attention

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Gender Justice

Rockefeller Foundation Starts News Site to Spur Resilience Work

Release Date:

02/15/2017

... Starts News Site to Spur Resilience Work Rockefeller's new platform , Zilient, wants to expose leaders to solutions that .....

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ford Foundation Among Funders of ImpactUs Marketplace: Four New Issuers Join

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... of four additional issuers to its impact investing platform , ImpactUs Marketplace. The Marketplace is a community-driven full-service platform offering institutions, individuals and financial ... Iroquois...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

How Much Time Was Spent on Subway? M.T.A. Can Now Tell You

Release Date:

09/26/2017

Was the commute on New York City’s subway this month worse than last month? Did it feel like the trains were running slower because it was a hot and sticky morning? Exactly how many minutes of the day were spent on delayed trains or crowded...

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Sector News

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Community Development

The Sister Fund Welcomes Tina Cherena as Its New Executive Director

Release Date:

10/01/2012

... and Advancement Research at the national office of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Prior to that, she served in a similar role for ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Gender Justice

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HLH Family Foundation Inc

Atlantic Philanthropies Offers Best Practices For Winding Down

Release Date:

08/13/2014

... down to ensuring our legacy. That means continuing to make big bets on transformational opportunities— big bets whose impact will endure beyond the existence of our ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

New York Community Trust to Receive $650K from AG’s Settlement with Fraudulent Clothing-Bin Operator

Release Date:

10/30/2015

... bins made it seem as if the clothing was going to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County and a now-shuttered Bronx ...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

Cuomo Offers Support for Mark-Viverito’s Call to Close Rikers

Release Date:

02/16/2016

... factors.” The Governor said Rikers has been a “ big problem” for for some time and described Mark-Viverito’s call to close it as a “ big solution”... Cuomo Offers Support for Mark-Viverito’s ...

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Justice Reform

NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements

Release Date:

03/17/2016

... to mind—not those of well-heeled donors writing very big checks. So, in late 2015, when Jon Stryker’s Arcus ... Peter Buffett’s Novo Foundation announced a $20 million big bet on the Global Trans Initiative,...

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Member News

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NoVo Foundation

Arcus Foundation

How to Succeed on a Nonprofit Board

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... had thrived as a government provider, but a number of its big contracts were ending. For a long while, the executive ... he felt the board’s treasurer, a well-known CFO of a big corporation, wouldn’t have...