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Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration

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02/23/2016

Halley Potter, a Century Foundation fellow, and Kimberly Quick, a policy associate, write about school integration issues throughout the nation in this op-ed for The New York Times.

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Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia

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03/15/2016

Asia Society will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2016 with special exhibitions and signature events across the Society's global network that kick off this week in New York.

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NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women

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03/29/2016

As Women's History Month 2016 draws to a close, some might be tempted to think that our work is done – it is not. The work of gender equity continues. NY Women's and Novo foundations are noted for philanthropic investment in programs for women and...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks

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04/29/2016

Kathy Reich will guide the foundation's BUILD efforts in the United States and across its 10 global offices to implement sector-leading approaches to supporting the sustainability, vitality, and effectiveness of organizations and networks that serve...

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New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond

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07/07/2016

The grant will help communities be better prepared against rising seas, flooding, and other natural disasters.

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The New York Community Trust

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Community Development

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CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise

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07/12/2016

Over the next three years, we will raise the minimum pay for 18,000 employees to between $12 and $16.50 an hour.

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Economic Security

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Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others

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07/15/2016

Warren Buffett has donated roughly $2.9 billion more Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to five foundations, as part of the billionaire's plan to give away almost his entire fortune.

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients

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12/09/2016

The U.S. healthcare system is failing patients with complex medical needs, many of whom struggle to access the coordinated medical, behavioral, and social services they need to manage their conditions and avoid costly hospital visits, an issue brief...

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Health

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

An overemphasis on criminal justice undermines K-12 education, writes Edward W. Hazen Foundation president Lori Bezahler for Ed Week.

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

... to share, access, and reuse high-quality and free educational content across the Web. Wikimedia Commons ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Mellon Foundation Supports African, Latin American and Native American Collections Research at Princeton

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02/14/2017

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Princeton University a grant of $300,000 to support three years of specialist research in targeted areas of the collections as part of the Art Museum’s multiyear Collections Discovery Initiative.

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Arts

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Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

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03/17/2017

As the philanthropic arm of an insurance company, the Aetna Foundation has a special appreciation of what happens when the underlying causes of poor health go unaddressed—namely, all of society gets hit with higher healthcare costs.

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Health

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George Soros, Steven Rockefeller, Abigail Disney and Some Of New York's Wealthiest Tell State Government To Raise Their Taxes

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03/21/2017

Some of the wealthiest New Yorkers are asking the state to raise their taxes.

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NY Times Common Sense Columnist Says Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing

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04/17/2017

Last week, the foundation announced that it would commit $1 billion to investments that “earn not only attractive financial returns but concrete social returns as well,” as it said in a news release.

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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

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04/25/2017

Long Island’s economy could have had an infusion of $24 billion in 2014 alone were it not for racial inequities resulting in an income gap faced by African-American residents, according to a report released Monday by the Urban League of Long Island.

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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04/26/2017

Carnegie Corporation of New York today announced 35 recipients of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie fellowships, with awards totaling $7 million.

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Workforce Development

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

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05/19/2017

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found that African- Americans and Latinos have less financial security than whites and will rely on fewer sources of income during retirement.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Economic Security

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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

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06/06/2017

A rumpled 60-something legal scholar who has taught animal-rights law at Harvard and Stanford, Steven Wise founded of the Nonhuman Rights Project, which calls itself “the only civil rights organization in the United States working through litigation...

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Animal Welfare

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

While Trump pursues his dystopian vision for America, some progressives want to abandon so-called “identity politics.” But that would only further marginalize women at greatest risk in the current political environment and who have long been the...

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