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Giving Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System

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11/26/2014

... in actually keeping people healthy, with many more resources focused on treating illness rather than preventing ... But with Thanksgiving approaching, I am also thinking about what's working in our health...

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Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites

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08/08/2017

... legal aid websites provide users seeking information about civil legal matters with important tools and resources . They provide basic information about common legal issues and connect users...

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Justice Reform

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Surdna Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund

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01/05/2018

... aims "to shift local power structures and put decisions about local development in the hands of residents." Surdna ... in up to 10 sites over four years. The Amplify Fund is all about giving...

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Community Development

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For Profound Change in America, Think Local

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01/29/2014

... to tap the arts to promote social justice through diverse voices and different modes of expression. On an island facing ... This post originally appeared on OSF’s Open Society Voices blog on January 16, 2014...

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Carnegie Funded Commission Releases Report on Financial Aid & The Future of Undergraduate Education

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05/11/2017

... to the educational challenges and opportunities facing Americans . In a final report to be released in fall 2017, the ... development of individuals, a broadly engaged citizenry, national prosperity, and...

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Education

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Sarah Brennan Joins Rockefeller Family Fund as Associate Director

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03/02/2022

... has created a forum for donors interested in learning more about oil and gas issues. The Funder Collaborative builds ... Collaborative on Oil and Gas was founded at a meeting of about two dozen foundation...

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Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)

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01/10/2013

... During the recent Philanthropy New York conference on resources for returning veterans , it struck me that very few ... to hear from other funders, advocates and policymakers about the issues facing our...

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11 Oct 2012

Avoiding Leaky Pipes: Enhancing Donor-Grantee Collaboration

Thursday, October 11, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

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... times, it’s only natural for donors to want their scarce resources to be well spent. In reality, the pipeline that brings resources from donor to grantee is often leaky, limiting the ... New York’s Family...

Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy

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12/04/2015

... More and better food on the table for the 49 million Americans who currently go hungry, or who don’t get the ... nutritional needs Smarter, more sustainable use of our resources through a system that produces...

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Food Systems

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Every Experience Builds Expertise

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08/16/2016

... Program , I had the opportunity this summer to learn about the philanthropic sector and be mentored by PNY’s ... obstacles in educational success because they lack the resources needed to prosper. Family...

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PNY 42nd Annual Meeting - Recordings

... organizational and personal learning. This panel talked about the challenges that emerge when we work to shift power, ...

Ford Foundation Appoints Bryan Stevenson to Board of Trustees

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02/17/2017

... His powerful 2012 TED talk, We Need to Talk About an Injustice , illuminates his lifelong commitment to ... Foundation “Genius” in 1995, received the ACLU’s National Medal of Liberty in 1991, and was inducted...

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Philanthropy’s Best

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24 Jan 2018

Through the Eyes of the Caregiver: “Care” Screening & Panel with Ai-jen Poo

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... of home care that is impossibly costly for middle-class Americans , even as the wages are unsustainably low for ... invites us to engage in public discourse and consideration about solutions that support care...

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The House and Senate Tax Bills Are Terrible for Nonprofits and the Communities They Serve

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12/06/2017

... advocacy or in lobbying on specific legislation. The National Council on Nonprofits has said, “For more than 60 ... and communities all across America. We are also concerned about the pressure these tax...

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Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, Named President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Release Date:

05/17/2018

... president of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation , the only national philanthropy solely dedicated to improving the ... , JAMA , and other important medical education journals about such topics as professionalism,...

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24 Jul 2018

Advancing Racial Equity for Corporate Success

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 -

10:30am to 12:30pm

By 2044, America will be a majority people of color nation. Yet, there are enormous inequities that people of color face in health, wealth, employment opportunities, etc. These opposing forces of rising diversity amidst persistent exclusion form a...

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Samsher (Sam) Singh Gill Named President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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01/11/2021

... University of Florida. They have two sons, ages 5 and 2. About the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation The mission of the ... and inclusive society. Established in 1996, DDCF supports national grant-making...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Alliance Building in a Hyper-partisan Environment

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02/25/2022

... the Police Executive Research Forum, the Truman Center for National Policy, and the American Business Immigration ... rely on immigrant labor. We have learned that it’s all about having the right messenger for...

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Philanthropy New York Members Join A Call to Action: Philanthropy's Commitment During COVID-19

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03/25/2020

... by this pandemic. Communicate proactively and regularly about our decision-making and response to provide helpful ... to those communities least heard, lifting up their voices and experiences to inform public...

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