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Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

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01/03/2014

... puts resilience front and center, Mayor Bill de Blasio can accomplish both. Resilience is the ability of people, ... preventable, but the degree of destruction and devastation can be... Mayor must focus on...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

10 Apr 2014

Leading Through Change: Advice from and for Seasoned CEOs and Their Boards

Thursday, April 10, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... How do they know when it is time to move on, and how can they work with the board to prepare the donor family for ... departure? What are the ways that family foundation boards can ensure the continued...

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Report Outlines Internet and Broadband "Vision" for LGBT Community

Release Date:

06/26/2014

... in all aspects of life and according to a new report, they can do more. The LGBT Technology Partnership & ... , describes how, among other things, these technologies can contribute to identity formation...

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The Palette Fund

Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films

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01/22/2015

... (often imbued with unconscious or implicit bias) that can seep into our languages and behaviors, which can turn into acts of bias, microaggressions, or exclusion. ...

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

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02/03/2015

... a problem, a field, an issue or a set of stakeholders can have a powerful effect on the impact it can achieve. And while situations vary, there are better and ...

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TCC Group

OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

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02/12/2015

... the accessibility of the Internet. "We know that you can fill in some of these gaps more effectively than any government, and you can spark change more agilely than most governments ever .....

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Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation Partners with NFF to Build Financial Health of Arts Organizations

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03/12/2015

... served by a well-capitalized sector where organizations can access — and their supporters can provide— the right kinds of support." Mellon Foundation .....

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Nonprofit Finance Fund

Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

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03/31/2016

... serve financially fragile populations. “Credit unions can play a more active role in improving the financial lives ... the potential for life-changing personal impact but that can also provide long-term...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation

New Study Examines How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities

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11/04/2016

... placemaking" and is a working illustration of what can and can 't be learned from different impact-measurement .....

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Arts

Supported by Mellon Foundation, Hybrid Publishing Platform Launches In Beta Form

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04/07/2017

... version of Manifold , a publishing platform it hopes can straddle the gap between traditional and experimental ... including how to better serve authors whose work can ’t fit between the covers of a book. With...

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Mellon Foundation

Opinion: Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause

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08/30/2017

... of Mexico last winter never dropped below 73 degrees. You can probably guess how many previous times that had happened: ... warms — which has also been happening in Texas — it can carry more moisture. . ...

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Opinion: Nonprofits Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate

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09/05/2017

... comes up in Washington, business groups do all they can to show how their interests are in line with those of ... rising costs that for-profit businesses and governments can more easily absorb . . . Opinion:...

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise? Can millimeters of sea level rise or increments of warming on ... level rise and about half the warming from 1880 to 2010 can be traced back to just 90...

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

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09/21/2017

... hub will include 20 “fast-charging” stations, which can power up vehicles in 30 minutes, instead of the eight hours it can take on lower-level chargers. “The easier we make it ...

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Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth

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10/03/2017

... Center for homeless mothers and their children, says you can see this shift in increasing ticket prices and ... director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Albany: "How can we get those people into the club...

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Supreme Court Weighs Immigrants’ Rights to Have Detention Reviewed

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10/04/2017

... deportation are entitled to have their detentions, which can stretch for years, reviewed by a judge. The justices were ... to periodic hearings before a judge to decide whether they can be released on bond...

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Immigration

To Combat Islamophobia, Start Where You Are

Release Date:

03/23/2016

... for my neighborhood. Bay Ridge Brooklyn has always been home to people from all parts of the world. It ranks just ... to respond as well. From our positions in philanthropy, we can amplify the message that...