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07 Nov 2013

"MEDIACRACY" - A Dialogue with Experts on the Troubled Intersection of Media and Democracy

Thursday, November 7, 2013 -

12:45pm to 4:00pm

... independent voices and telecom goliaths is taking place across the country and across all media formats. Even ... have been some successful organizing efforts by media policy reform activists, supported by a...

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Trump’s Threats on Health Law Hide an Upside: Gains Made by Some Insurers

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08/29/2017

Despite earlier indications that insurance companies would stop offering coverage under the law in large parts of the country, insurers have now agreed to sell policies everywhere.

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Health

Fiscal Sponsorship

... New York offers fiscal sponsorship services for initiatives and projects led and funded by PNY member ... necessitates the creation of financial, legal, and human resources infrastructure that can be a huge...

Rethinking Scholarships As a Force for Social Justice

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05/04/2016

... inequality and an increasingly unequal system of higher education. Fortunately, there is a more inclusive ... approach: fellowships designed to promote access to higher education and to advance social justice...

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29 May 2019

No Housing Support for Mixed Status Families? - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 -

1:30pm to 2:30pm

... force U.S. citizen children and their families out of public housing if any member lacked legal status. Current law ... this radical new change would block all such families from public housing, forcing some...

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Public Policy

Former Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation VP to Lead LISC NYC

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09/18/2014

... Bank Americas Foundation VP to Lead LISC NYC Local Initiatives Support Corporation is a national nonprofit that ... of Arts degree from Brown University and a Masters in Public Policy and...

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

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Suzanne C. Sousa Named Program Officer at Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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04/21/2015

... and managed millions in funding for several strategic initiatives . She had first served as the agency’s ... and Geography from Rutgers University and a M.S. in Public Policy and Management...

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Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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Health

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Arabella Advisors Hires Managing Director of Advocacy, Scott Nielsen

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02/04/2016

... helping foundations develop and evaluate advocacy initiatives , has joined the firm as managing director of ... and lay the groundwork for long-term, transformational policy change. Arabella Advisors Hires...

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Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys

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11/01/2017

... be due, in part, to large grants awarded for targeted initiatives by the Open Society Foundations (OSF), Bloomberg ... services (including youth development, 44 percent), and public safety (including legal...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Top 35 Innovative Urban Ideas as Finalists in 2018 Mayors Challenge

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02/21/2018

... begin a six-month testing phase where they will conduct public prototypes of their ideas with grant funding of up to ... effort to help U.S. cities generate innovation and advance policy . “We received hundreds...

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Community Development

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Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits

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10/07/2009

... work on diversity had proceeded ungrounded by any research- based knowledge about the racial and ethnic makeup of New ... to working with other local and national diversity initiatives and, especially, with...

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01 May 2014

E-TEAM - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series

Thursday, May 1, 2014 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

... of the Emergencies Team — or E-Team — the boots on the ground division of a respected, international human rights ...

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Social Justice

Marlon Williams

... his career, Marlon Williams has specialized in leading initiatives where success requires the mobilized coordination ... He has most recently served as the Assistant Director for Public Sector Innovation at...

Ford Foundation Appoints Don Chen New Director of Metropolitan Opportunity

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01/05/2015

... Notably, Chen has led the creation of three influential initiatives since joining the foundation—Promoting ... Cities. He oversaw the implementation of the first two initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area,...

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Community Development

Health

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Can Flexible Funding Become Our New Normal?

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07/15/2020

... the Citi Foundation recently commissioned Funding from a Place of Trust . The report, produced by Synergos, sheds ... support is a form of “trust capital.” A trust- based relationship is established when...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation Awards $2.7 Million to Artspace for Creative Placemaking

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01/14/2013

Minneapolis- based Artspace Projects, Inc. has announced a $2.7 million ... to revitalize communities through the arts. Minneapolis- based Artspace Projects, Inc. has announced a $2.7 million ...

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Arts

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19 May 2015

Economic Inequality and Mobility: Looking at the Evidence to Inform Philanthropy’s Actions

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... that different experts have pointed to including tax policy , favorable treatment of hedge fund earnings, stalled ... its effects on our society has turned up the volume on the public conversation. But has the...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Workforce Development

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New York City

Tides Announces Janiece Evans-Page as New Chief Executive Officer

Release Date:

10/23/2020

... Janiece has invested nearly 30 years driving strategic initiatives that optimize economic and societal value,” ... partners and catalysts that can bring their work to ever higher levels of impact,” said Evans-...

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