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17 Jun 2010

How Democracy Works Now: The Senate Speaks

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street, NYC

... to design an immigration bill, the arc builds to the true story of the last great immigration legislative battles, led ... Kennedy, of 2006 and 2007. We will be featuring the 11th story called The Senate...

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New York City Takes Steps to Increase the Safety of Employees at Homeless Shelters

Release Date:

07/07/2015

Following the death of Ana Charle prompted the city to take additional safety measures.

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Housing and Homelessness

Children, Youth and Families

ASPCA Survey Finds Consumers Concerned About Farm Animal Welfare, but Confused by Food Labels

Release Date:

08/12/2016

... shopper is probably going to buy into this pleasant story of animals living the good life... ASPCA Survey Finds ...

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Member News

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Food Systems

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ASPCA

Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon

Release Date:

08/17/2016

... the real-life Shakespearean tragedy of the Baguazo, a story that isn't over yet. The outsized protagonists are .....

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Doris Duke Supports Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project

Release Date:

12/20/2016

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, launches the Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project (LLCVP).

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Member News

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies' Charles Feeney Gives Away the Last of His Fortune

Release Date:

01/06/2017

... a personal philanthropy, just the best known. This is the story of a man who made and kept that same promise. Nearly ...

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Civic Engagement

International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Janet Mock, Trustee at Arcus Foundation and Author of 'Redefining Realness,' Talks About Gender Identity

Release Date:

05/07/2014

... Foundation and author of "Redefining Realness," tells the story of her upbringing in Hawaii, where she and her family .....

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PhilTalks

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

The Surdna Foundation Discusses Good Governance in New CEP Report

Release Date:

05/02/2017

CEP’s advisory services team and the Surdna Foundation partnered to produce a new publication that shares stories of good governance at family foundations.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to Improving Local Schools

Release Date:

09/15/2017

That has been the mission of the Harlem Council of Elders, a group of 20-or-so seniors who have dedicated their golden years to Harlem schools. They have held the education department to task for dragging their feet on public records requests and...

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Sector News

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Aging

Education

City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... to the Department of Education. The new school, a four- story building set to include 969 seats, will rise at 40-11 ...

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Education

07 May 2014

Philanthropy New York's 35th Annual Meeting, with Hillary Rodham Clinton

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 -

12:45pm to 6:15pm

... all types of philanthropy and the progress of women and girls locally and around the world. Philanthropy New York is ... work toward the goal of full participation of women and girls at home and abroad, and...

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Issue-Based

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Public Policy

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Gender Justice

Three Practical Tips for Spreading and Scaling Youth Programs

Release Date:

05/11/2017

... an after-school program designed to interest teenage girls in computer science and digital design. Called “ Girls First Digital Studio ,” the program was both ... the Girl Scouts of America and the YMCA , to...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

Release Date:

12/12/2012

... by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and ... Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute, and the World Resources Institute with funding...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New York State Health Foundation Releases New Reports on the Potential of Accountable Care

Release Date:

04/10/2015

In New York, 27 provider organizations are now participating in Medicare's Pioneer ACO program.

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Member News

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

Publication date:

08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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Report

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Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

09/20/2017

In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...