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The Haitian Earthquake: Response, Relief & Recovery

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01/14/2010

... disaster in the days ahead for more information. Tell us what your foundation is doing—please send us information about your support for Haiti. The Haitian Earthquake: ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

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03/19/2015

... abandoning the oil business. But that is exactly what some of his heirs did last fall. The Rockefeller ... all fossil-fuel investments. The decision was not just about a family moving away from its legacy but...

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Wallace Foundation Launches 'Building New Audiences for Sustainability' Initiative

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04/16/2015

... and there’s a lot of conventional wisdom out there about the reasons why. A frequent scapegoat is the lack of ... of ways to occupy one’s so-called leisure time, or what ’s left of it. Looking at ways to solve...

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Arts

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New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program

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09/21/2015

... walking tours, and free weekly cell phone recordings with " What 's in Season" at the Greenmarket. On select Wednesdays of ... public.For weekly recipes, produce updates and information about...

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Food Systems

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Commonwealth Fund Advice: It’s Important to Read the Fine Print of Healthcare Coverage

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12/16/2015

... to pay before their insurance kicks in. Yet, confusion about what services are covered by health plans is affecting ...

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Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record

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01/12/2016

... trouble turning a profit without deep annual cuts, how about becoming a nonprofit?” That was the question posed ... for a struggling business, that’s pretty close to what the storied Philadelphia Inquirer and...

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Communications/Media

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NoVo and Ms. Foundations Support Grantmakers for Girls of Color Funders Convening

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03/02/2016

... toward a new dialogue and movement among funders to chart what ’s needed, create opportunities for collaboration, and ... a shared vision to shift the philanthropic sector. Learn about the Grantmakers for Girls...

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Gender Justice

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Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’

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04/18/2016

... formal training on how to talk to patients and families about end-of-life care. The survey, released Thursday by ... of physicians frequently or sometimes feel unsure of what to say when broaching the subject...

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Carnegie President Says Humanitarians Can Have Impact on Refugee Crisis

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04/26/2016

... action, 27 percent did so after hearing a personal story about refugees. " What is encouraging is that the research shows that although .....

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Conservative Activist O’Keefe Targets Liberal Foundations, Foiled By Open Society Program Staff

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05/23/2016

... protests against Donald Trump by secretly funding what it called a “rent-a-mob.” Geraghty, who is ... from unfamiliar callers to her e-mail inbox. She was about to review several messages when she noticed that...

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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS What can microbes from space tell scientists on Earth? The world is about to find out as experts are currently analyzing fungi ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn

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01/04/2017

... sixty years. All were there to answer the key question, “ What is our shared vision for Crown Heights?” Over the next three hours, they built community, talked about moments that made them proud to live in in...

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How Cuomo's Special Prosecutor Order Is Playing Out, 19 Months Later

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02/28/2017

... Special Prosecutor Order Is Playing Out, 19 Months Later About 19 months ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an ... which Cuomo himself held from 2007 through 2010 -- bypass what many came to see as an inherent...

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Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions

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06/05/2017

... lapses in their coverage. In previous posts, I have talked about the high costs and meager coverage associated with ... let’s explore who might end up in a high-risk pool, what their experiences might be, and...

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NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders

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06/22/2017

... Their Clout: Empower Community Funders Some who worry about the rising influence of billionaire philanthropists, ... of lots of new money flowing into the social sector. What 's a cause for concern, though...

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Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?

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08/30/2017

... of the collective, O’Sheena Smith, 38. It’s a warning about gentrification, which the artists worry is coming to ... of chalk and a prompt encouraging passersby to write what gentrification means to them. . ...

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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

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09/13/2017

... an experience meant both to inspire artists and to infuse what were seen as artless environments with creativity. In ... and government organizations, to allow them to both learn about and to have a voice in...

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Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum

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09/20/2017

... members of Congress, including a few female lawmakers, about how the women looked, as opposed to what they had accomplished, seemed way out of line. . . ...

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In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

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09/21/2017

... Hudson River, is no more. A lot of people are very upset about its demise, angry at an opposition group that hit the ... But I would argue that the fundamental failing of what became known as Diller Island was...

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