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Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice

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07/15/2016

“If America is to be America, we have to engage in a larger conversation than just the criminal justice system,” notes Walker.

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member

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10/31/2016

It seemed discordant to some critics when, this month, Ford's Darren Walker joined the board of PepsiCo, which makes the bulk of its money by selling sugary drinks and fatty snacks.

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

Sessions As Attorney General Means Criminal-Justice Reform Is Dead

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12/15/2016

For manifold reasons of background and ideology (and maybe some score-settling for the scuttling of his nomination 30 years ago as a federal judge), Jeff Sessions as attorney general is a nightmare come to life for people who care about the...

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Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature

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02/17/2017

The extreme racial homogeneity in the rarefied realm of young math wizards has drawn little attention in a nation where racial equality in the basic institutions of civic life — schools, housing, health care, policing — remains elusive.

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Education

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Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101

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03/20/2017

David Rockefeller, the banker and philanthropist with the fabled family name who controlled Chase Manhattan bank for more than a decade and wielded vast influence around the world even longer as he spread the gospel of American capitalism, died on...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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The Army Infantry’s First Women

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05/26/2017

The Army has sought to play down the significance of the mixed-gender milestone. But female grunts see it as monumental and revolutionary.

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Gender Justice

NYC Will Miss a Deadline to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools

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10/13/2017

New York City’s Department of Education said on Thursday that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November.

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Education

Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners

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03/23/2018

Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate.

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17 Sep 2024

Youth Power Now: Lessons from Youth Organizers in New York

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Philanthropy New York, 320 East 43rd Street

Please join us for an interactive conversation with youth leaders from the Summit about the challenges facing youth organizers, as well as opportunities to support their work to transform our democracy and forge a just future for all of us.

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Children, Youth and Families

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John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees Approve Funding to Improve Care for Older Adults

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09/12/2019

... Enhancement Program (GWEP) funded by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). In 2019, HRSA ... each year, in addition to consumer-oriented informational resources . KHN has distribution...

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Aging

Blue Meridian’s Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

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04/10/2020

... a tremendous challenge ahead and we will direct all of our resources toward the equitable recovery and rebuilding of our ... residents to know what they need most. New emergency resources for vulnerable...

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Disaster Relief

Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Member Input on Official Statement on Tax Reform that Sustains and Grows Charitable Giving

... deduction is an especially efficient method of directing resources to communities, because for every $1 that the ... reduce the amount of giving from those in the highest income tax bracket. PNY could support...

“Poor” is Washington’s Four Letter Word

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01/21/2015

... like Ebola. The word “poor” was not uttered. “Low- income ” was said once, and it was paired with the “middle ... indicates that most Americans, regardless of their income , see themselves as “middle class.” So...

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ACHA Would Break Apart What Is Working in New York

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05/25/2017

... payment for the basic health needs of 6 million low- income New Yorkers. Second, it covers 1.3 million elderly and ... access to care for millions but also to guide the use of resources and control health care...

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Weinberg Foundation Approves $500,000 in Emergency Funding to Those Affected by Hurricane Irma in Florida

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09/27/2017

... Duval, Collier, Palm Beach, and Broward counties: Senior Resources Alliance (SRA) ($150,000): To distribute relief ... including counseling and financial assistance to low- income older adults for home repairs...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Marlon Williams Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony on Progress of Reforms to Accelerate Nonprofit Contract Payments

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06/04/2024

... efficient and accountable, ensuring nonprofits have the resources they need to deliver their critical services ... these reforms will ensure our nonprofit partners have the resources and support they need to...

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Patients with Macular Degeneration Show Improvement with High-dose Statin Treatment (Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/08/2016

... Their findings were published in EBioMedicine--a new online journal led by editors of the journals Cell and The ... Medicine Institute at Harvard Medical School. "These data suggest that it may be...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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09/12/2017

... based at Massachusetts Eye and Ear. The study, published online today in Ophthalmology, describes a new technique ... 30 samples from patients without AMD." The metabolomics data analysis was performed in...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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NYSHealth 2018 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals Available

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09/11/2017

... (RFP) is now available. Applicants must submit an online inquiry form to determine whether a proposed project ... cycles for the Special Projects Fund. Deadlines for the online inquiry form are October 3, 2017...

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