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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

The Foundation’s board and staff met to consider the question: how can we stand alongside our grantees and philanthropic partners and respond to current societal challenges with leadership, urgency, and impact? Its board made the unanimous decision...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Finds that the GOP Health Care Act Would Reverse Gains Made by Community Hospitals

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05/05/2017

As House Republicans savor their major victory Thursday in narrowly passing their highly controversial and little-understood plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, it’s instructive to consider some of the highly positive fiscal...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

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05/08/2017

For cities and urban planners the issues surrounding how much autonomous vehicles could change the way we live and the shape of our communities in the coming decades is very significant.

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Community Development

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Russell Sage Foundation Publishes "Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty"

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06/01/2017

Americans think of suburbs as prosperous areas that are relatively free from poverty and unemployment. Yet, today more poor people live in the suburbs than in cities themselves.

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Economic Security

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Sarah Eagle Heart to Receive 2017 American Express NGen Leadership Award

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07/26/2017

... Award. Sarah is receiving the award as an emerging leader under age 40 who has already demonstrated significant ...

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Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines

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08/10/2017

The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, which operates as an independent subsidiary of Mastercard, focuses on the application of data to a range of issues for social benefit.

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The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy

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08/25/2017

Even though the influence of women in philanthropy is not a novel idea, this new study shows that this influence will only continue to grow.

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Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot

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08/31/2017

By ordering a review of all possible “symbols of hate” in the city, Mayor de Blasio is once again grabbing national attention while simultaneously putting himself in a tricky situation.

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Community Development

Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement

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08/31/2017

Groundswell, a Brooklyn-based community arts nonprofit, partners with local youth and community stakeholders to turn public walls – in NYCHA developments and elsewhere – into public works of art.

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New York Business Coalition Denounces Trump Move On DACA

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09/06/2017

The organization of the city's largest businesses, Mayor Bill de Blasio and other New York leaders condemned President Donald Trump on Tuesday for his decision to phase out an Obama program protecting undocumented immigrants.

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Immigration

A Secret Weapon In The Fight Against Islamophobia

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09/06/2017

There is a boom in Muslim-led nonprofit work that counters ideas of Islam as foreign and dangerous. And all of them are connected by an invisible thread: Pillars Fund.

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Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?

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09/22/2017

A framework for understanding the roles you can play in a movement for social change.

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High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

At the United Nations, His Excellency Prof. Alpha Condé, President of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union, convened a high-level meeting to strengthen the partnership with the private sector and discuss opportunities created by Africa’s...

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Back-and-Forth on DACA Leaves Young Immigrants ‘Just Dangling’

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09/25/2017

Recipients of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, program have felt a whiplash of emotions since Sept. 5, when, after months of uncertainty, the Trump administration announced it would be ending the program.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

Attacks on women and gender identity have been central to the policies coming out of the Trump White House. To respond effectively, the philanthropic sector, too, must make gender justice, in addition to economic and racial justice, a core principle.

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Gender Justice

Opinion: Construction Safety Bill Would Hurt Minority Workers

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09/26/2017

Some recent op-eds and statements have claimed that the only opponents of Intro 1447-C are developers or “real estate industry forces.” I am against Intro 1447-C because I know that it could take away job opportunities from black and brown...

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Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks

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09/27/2017

Artists and museums are often in the thick of free speech debates, and in two recent controversies, the protesters seem to be winning.

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