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The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Announces New Program Officer for Democracy, Hannah Furstenberg-Beckman

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08/31/2022

... with private foundation and nonprofit clients on election reform , voting rights, and civic engagement initiatives. Her ... Previously, Hannah worked on issues of criminal justice reform and educational...

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Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up

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12/16/2015

... and nationally, more than a quarter of NYC students do not leave high school with a diploma, even after 6 years. ... York’s Education Working Group hosted “Catching Up: What High Schools Are Doing to Move Kids...

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Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking

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05/16/2013

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Environment and Climate Change

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $41.5 Million in Grants

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07/20/2013

... are to organizations working in the areas of education, health , the arts and social welfare, and will also go in part ...

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Aetna Foundation Launches $4.5 Million Healthier World Innovation Challenge

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01/07/2015

... a new $4.5 million initiative designed to use digital health innovations to improve chronic health outcomes in vulnerable communities. We know that technology can serve as a powerful health...

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Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort

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09/27/2017

... have been able to enroll in high quality affordable health care offered by the New York State of Health Marketplace in the form of Medicaid, the Essential ... Plan or commercial plans. Studies demonstrate that...

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Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize

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01/25/2018

... efforts to advance innovation using data to improve the health of populations and the performance of health systems. The prize was created to draw attention to, ... and use data to achieve measurable...

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How We're Addressing the Overhead Fiction

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11/24/2015

... history of the Ford Foundation has been our investing in what I think of as the three I’s —groundbreaking ... are party to a charade with terrible consequences— what we might call the “overhead fiction.”...

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A Crash Course in the Foundation World: Reflections on Philanthropy New York’s Philanthropy 101

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09/23/2022

... Communications Officer, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Why do foundations exist? For a love of humanity and the public ... debate in the foundation world. Back in my native UK, what we call ‘charity’ looks...

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Immigration Arms Race Begins on Capitol Hill

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09/12/2017

The Trump administration’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is sparking a legislative arms race on Capitol Hill.

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Immigration

Following Years Of Political Tumult, Charters Are A Non-Issue In Mayoral Race

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10/10/2017

Four years later, as the mayor coasts toward reelection, he isn’t saying much of anything about charters.

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Caroline Kennedy Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees

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03/09/2018

... as a distinguished diplomat, an advocate for public school reform , and a best-selling author, Caroline Kennedy is an ... a diplomat, an author, a champion of education, education reform , and civics — a citizen...

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Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond

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10/01/2018

The Century Foundation convenes higher education experts, lawmakers, faculty, and advocates to discuss and debate the next big thing in college affordability.

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Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 1

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08/28/2015

... Program , designed to offer advocates space, time, and resources to work together in generating ideas for shoring up ... in the cultural sector. It is important to keep in mind what Race Forward facilitators...

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The New York Community Trust

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Toyota Named Among of World’s Best Companies on Addressing Water Concerns

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10/22/2015

... that are on the path to sustainably managing water resources . They are taking action to mitigate corporate ... quality. One risk in investing is not knowing what you own. Looking at water issues through CDP...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Environment and Climate Change

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How Collaboration Can Spur Innovation and Spread Good Ideas (Part I)

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07/14/2016

... new ideas. They become more efficient. They increase resources , and innovation flourishes. End of story. Right? ... we’re helping our grantees get past the competitive, “ what ’s in it for me?” mindset that...

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize

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02/06/2019

... funding offers flexibility, letting awardees deploy resources where they are most needed, whether investing in ... Miller of Coworker.org, a 2015 Innovation Prize winner. “ What we so appreciated about the J.M...

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Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

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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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