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Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island

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05/15/2017

... locally. Several weeks ago, the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform—of ... Rikers Island, the 8,000-person jail in the East River of New York. While the decision...

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan

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08/30/2017

... system and the California-based automaker hoping to open new sites in New York, company executives said. “This is a new paradigm for the automotive industry and so we are ...

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Workforce Development

City Council Approves Zoning Plan to Revamp Far Rockaway with More Housing, Commercial Repairs

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09/08/2017

... Rockaway plan is only the second one to pass. Some 3,000 new apartments are expected to be built under the deal — ... mall, which will be redeveloped for housing and new stores. The city is set to spend $288...

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Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?

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09/20/2017

... Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit? The New Yorkers who live in that other city Mayor Bill de Blasio ... is how much credit he deserves for it. The percentage of New Yorkers living in poverty...

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Economic Security

De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

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09/21/2017

... out a $10 million plan to install as many as 1,000 new electric-car charging stations throughout the city by 2020. The plan, which aims to have one new charging hub in each borough by 2018, is part of a larger...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

NYCHA Plans Market-Rate Brooklyn Units

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10/02/2017

NYCHA Plans Market-Rate Brooklyn Units The New York City Housing Authority is planning a new development that would include market-rate housing on the ... Brooklyn neighborhood of East Williamsburg. The ...

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Housing and Homelessness

NYCT Announces Retirement of Patricia Jenny VP of Grants

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10/18/2018

... Announces Retirement of Patricia Jenny VP of Grants The New York Community Trust announces the retirement of Patricia ... program officer for housing, economic development, and the New York City environment...

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NGOsource

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03/2013

A project of the Council on Foundations and TechSoup Global, NGOsource employs a streamlined process (known as equivalency determination or ED) to determine if a non-U.S. organization is equivalent to a U.S. public charity and creates a central repository of certified EDs that will benefit both U.S. grantmakers and the international organizations they support.

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5 Questions for...Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides

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03/11/2013

... CEO Melissa Bradley discusses the Twenty-First Century Foundation Powered by Tides partnership, what her ...

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How Should Philanthropy Respond to Obama’s Speech on Black Men and Boys?

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08/15/2013

We’re pleased to have Shawn Dove, Manager of the Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement, discuss the effect of President Obama’s comments after the Trayvon Martin verdict and the steps philanthropy can take to address the...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Public Policy

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Community Development

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Open Society Foundations

Which Nonprofits Are Most Ready for Capacity Building?

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07/20/2012

TCC Group Senior Consultant Alice Hill shares her experience managing the Challenge Fund for Journalism (a funder collaborative of the Ford, Knight, McCormick and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism foundations) and learning some of the most...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Advancing Women in Science: A Groundbreaking Model

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08/27/2012

... Nessa Rapoport and Emily Milder of the Charles H. Revson Foundation discuss a Revson-supported initiative at ...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Engaging Future Philanthropic Leaders: An Innovative Model from WRAG

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02/26/2013

We’re pleased to have Arabella Advisors Associate Director Ginger Elsea talk about the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers’ Philanthropy Fellows Program, which connects students and foundations in the DC region to help funders increase...

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Leadership Development

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Workforce Development

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Arabella Advisors

Spending a Week on Food Stamps Taught Me a Lesson That Could Aid All Grant Makers

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04/07/2013

An op-ed by Simon Greer, CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation . The number of Americans who are too financially ...

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Economic Security

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Advocates for LGBT Equality Launch Freedom Fund to Support LGBT Russians

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11/26/2013

The Arcus Foundation , the Council for Global Equality and the Open ... by a committee comprising representatives from the Arcus Foundation , the Open Society Foundations, nongovernmental ...

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