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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

Release Date:

06/25/2009

... supported lines of credit at Birthright Israel. In this context , a standby letter of credit is a document that states ... the Jewish Communal Fund, one of the nation’s largest public foundations. He has been...

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Century Foundation Expert Says Tuition-Free College Wouldn’t Admit More Low-Income Students

Release Date:

08/18/2016

... Wouldn’t Admit More Low-Income Students Eliminating public university tuition for most families could encourage more low-income young people to pursue higher education by signaling them from a young age that...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... loans has badly mismanaged debt forgiveness programs for public service workers, significantly raising repayment costs ... of Massachusetts. The loan servicer, the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance...

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Education

Aetna Foundation Partners with US News & World Report to Study Healthcare Access in American Communities

Release Date:

06/09/2017

... Communities multimedia platform will highlight how public policies and government leaders best serve their ...

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Health

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Aetna Foundation

Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families

Release Date:

06/25/2013

... project to design, test and implement operating changes to public work support systems — and what WSS has taught ...

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Ford Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Transformative Partnership With Civica Foundation to Make Insulin More Affordable to Americans With Insulin-dependent Diabetes

Release Date:

03/03/2022

... Remarkably, insulin prices are more than eight times higher in the United States than other wealthy nations, and ...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Johnson Amendment, Nonprofit Political Activity

... with which Philanthropy New York works closely on policy issues affecting the sector have come out strongly ... Protecting the trust and high value that the American public places in the nonprofit sector is...

05 May 2016

School Integration in NYC (Part 1 of 2): New Research, Changing Perspectives

Thursday, May 5, 2016 -

9:30am to 11:30am

... data shows that majority-minority schools also have a higher percentage of low-income students. At the same time, ... in New York City elementary and middle schools. Public attention to this issue has...

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Children, Youth and Families

FORE Announces $10.9 Million in Grants to Prevent Opioid and Substance Use Disorder in Children and Families

Release Date:

03/22/2022

... organizations that are improving or expanding evidence- based prevention strategies for children and families at ... M.D., M.P.H., FORE’s president. “These new prevention initiatives have great potential to...

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

17 Sep 2013

It’s Finally Here! Better Grants Management for You and Your NYC Grantees

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... and speed provider selection for contracts and redirect resources to mission-driven activities. HHS Accelerator, a web- based procurement management system, establishes a central ...

31 Jan 2020

Citizenship Data & Redistricting: New Opinion Research - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Friday, January 31, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... There is a movement afoot to count and draw district lines based on the total number of citizens of voting age. This is ... has far-reaching implications for the distribution of resources and services in our...

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Census 2020

Heckscher Foundation Congratulates Heather Sutton on New Role

Release Date:

10/25/2017

... Sutton, our Director of Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives , as she pursues an exciting new venture this fall ...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Johnson & Johnson Introduces Global Pro Bono, A Program That Gives Employees Time Off to Volunteer

Release Date:

03/05/2018

The program, Global Pro Bono, is part of a new company initiative designed to tackle social causes by harnessing the power of its most powerful resource—its people. It's an offshoot of a successful program known as the Corporate Citizenship Trust...

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Johnson & Johnson

New York Community Trust Announces Winners of 2019 Helen Merriill Award for Playwriting

Release Date:

06/19/2019

... life, Helen represented, and would often use her personal resources to help, up-and-coming playwrights,” said Kerry McCarthy, vice president for philanthropic initiatives at The New York Community Trust. “She...

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Arts

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The New York Community Trust

Coalition of Arts Funders Launches Emergency Artist Relief Fund With Seed Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

04/08/2020

... Arts, to better identify and address the needs of artists moving forward. Grant applications open today at ...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

All By April: A Philanthropic Commitment to Defend and Strengthen American Democracy.

Release Date:

03/13/2024

... the campaign has provided these organizations with the resources they need to plan, strategize, and execute their initiatives with confidence and efficiency. Specifically, it ... backs of grantees this year...

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Public Policy

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Democracy Fund

Adam Sweidan Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

12/08/2022

... “For many years now, Adam has committed tremendous resources and time to environmental justice and conservation ... social justice imperatives, centering locally-led initiatives , and being an outspoken...

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Arcus Foundation

Philanthropy New York Members Join A Call to Action: Philanthropy's Commitment During COVID-19

Release Date:

03/25/2020

... on current grants. This can include: converting project- based grants to unrestricted support; accelerating payment ... heard, lifting up their voices and experiences to inform public discourse and our own...