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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

... of the founding fathers of behavioral economics, won the 2017 Nobel prize in economics for his influential work on how ... fond of thinking about humans as robots who always made choices that maximized their...

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Philanthropy’s New Tool for Action and Impact: Operating Archetypes Launched by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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04/27/2022

... model, gives funders an analytical way to align the right resources and capabilities for enhanced impact.” “Every ... to strategize how they engage with grantees, partners, and communities to create that...

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New Humanities in Place Program at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million to Organizations Doing Place-Based Work

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09/30/2021

... our nation’s public and cultural landscapes in the years ahead : Keeping & Shaping Our Places - The Mellon ... and critical time to direct much-needed and deserved resources to shaping these landscapes and...

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Cuomo Says Penn’s ‘Summer Of Hell’ Was Prevented

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08/31/2017

... response. I want to thank the railroad, the MTA and the hard -working men and women who got it done and proved that when we have the right resources , management, and cooperation at every level...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Opportunity Collective Increases to $15 Million Commitment to Support BIPOC-Owned Businesses

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02/02/2021

... organizations from across sectors to share best practices, resources and ideas to address global challenges, including ... inequities that exist in our society are, especially to communities of color, where...

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Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - April 2023

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04/21/2023

... legislation, putting the comfort of the white majority ahead of knowledge that provides a foundation for ... critical to understanding the ebb and flow of our nation's resources and why some ...

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Public Housing Residents Ask the Crowd to Fund Sustainability Projects

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10/13/2017

... of the Rockaways was a food desert before Superstorm Sandy hit New York in 2012, and after the storm, access to fresh, healthy foods only got more limited when some retailers didn’t recover. Wanting to help...

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Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley

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08/03/2016

... Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan. Sullivan added that rising temperatures affect the Hudson in many ways. "We see sea level rising ; we see more intense storms," he continued. And he .....

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Hurricane Season is Here, Sandy is Not Over

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10/31/2014

... found work, and put their savings into purchasing a home in Far Rockaway--one of the last affordable ... the days after Sandy. Cowan worked around the clock to get resources to vulnerable families in Red Hook...

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U.S.-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits

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06/04/2015

... Among them is Kate Barnes, a program officer overseeing coastal and marine grant making at the MacArthur Foundation, ... Cuba "has a really good history of protecting its natural resources , and that could...

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The Latest Nutrition Grantmaking From Newman's Own

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11/28/2016

... Grantmaking From Newman's Own Paul Newman was a man ahead of his time. While everyone now grasps the idea of ... social enterprise businesses, Newman's Own was a novelty when it launched in the 1980s...

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NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation

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01/29/2016

... Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation Twenty years ago, when Hali Lee was the executive director for a ... serving victims of domestic violence, she discovered how hard it was to raise money for her cause...

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Median Pay For CEOs In Health Care Companies Higher Than Any Other Industry

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05/27/2015

Commonwealth Fund research cited in analysis of America's rising healthcare costs... In 2014, Stephen Hemsley, CEO of ... insurance company UnitedHealth Group, reportedly took home more than $66 million in...

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10/28/2014 - Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality in NYC - Presentations

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10/2014

View related materials presented during the program, "Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality in NYC."

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Leadership in Government Fellows

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03/02/2020

... and others, about how to make policy change during a time when public confidence in government has reached historic ... about how to better navigate government and leverage its resources to advance economic...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Backs Global Type 1 Diabetes Prevention Initiative

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04/28/2015

... institutions will initiate and continue observation of hundreds of thousands of newborns and children across the ...

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Sample Job Descriptions: Vice President of Programs

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11/2013

... on PNY's Jobs Board . We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site. Sample Job .....

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New York State Health Foundation Report Finds NY State Premiums Are Among the Highest in the Country

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04/02/2018

... premiums are already among the highest in the country, and rising fast. The foundation’s “ data snapshot ” ... relatively low, leapfrogged the national average in 2016, when the average jumped 36 percent (from...

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