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Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice

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04/09/2014

Governor Cuomo named Tow Foundation Executive Director, Emily Tow Jackson, to the Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice, which will provide concrete, actionable recommendations regarding youth in New York's criminal and juvenile justice...

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Children, Youth and Families

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NY's Joan Mitchell Foundation Invests $20 Million For New Orleans Arts Center

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06/12/2014

By the time it completes work, the foundation will have invested roughly $20 million for an artists' retreat, where promising painters and sculptors from across the country can commune together In New Orleans to hone their skills.

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Arts

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19 States May Be Violating Laws Requiring Them To Assist Consumers With Health Care Choices

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06/25/2014

A Commonwealth Fund analysis finds that 19 states may be in violation of laws requiring them to assist consumers understand their insurance options under the Affordable Health Care Act.

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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City's Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success"

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07/13/2014

Evaluators are calling an "extraordinary success" an initiative launched in NYC in 2008, with support from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, to make more fresh fruits and vegetables available in low-income neighborhoods.

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Citi Foundation Pledges $10 Million To "My Brother's Keeper"

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07/21/2014

... To "My Brother's Keeper" As part of a group of funders making additional commitments to the White House's "My .....

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Economic Security

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New Komen Head Says Organization's Mission is To Save Lives

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07/18/2014

The new head of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure says the organization is singly focused these days on its mission of saving lives from breast cancer and the controversy that engulfed the group 2 1/2 years ago when it stopped funding Planned...

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Susan G. Komen Greater New York City

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Private-Public Partnership Commits $350 Million For Affordable NYC Housing

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07/30/2014

... Bill de Blasio said the private capital was critical to making good on his $41 billion plan to create or preserve ...

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Community Development

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Atlantic Philanthropies Offers Best Practices For Winding Down

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08/13/2014

At the same time the Atlantic Philanthropies is working on giving away all its money, it's taking in a great deal of knowledge that could be helpful to other foundations "considering or already implementing a limited-life strategy."

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

Release Date:

09/08/2014

Students and teachers are always being evaluated, but the principals that lead them should also be scrutinized. The Wallace Foundation has earmarked $75 million to create programs to recruit and train stronger principals.

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Confidence Index Finds that National Debt is Top Priority for Voters

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09/30/2014

... long-term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to address America’s fiscal challenges, shows that ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Lead Coalition to Get Low-Income Students Through College

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10/28/2014

... administers the SAT and has a decidedly mixed record on making college more accessible, says his top priority is ...

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New York State Health Foundation Survey Reports 92% of Newly Insured Obamacare Users are Happy with Coverage

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11/11/2014

... on Nov. 15, state officials have a vested interest in making sure things go smoothly. The success of health care ...

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New York Health Foundation

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F.B. Heron Foundation Funds Feasibility Study on Impact Investing in Western NY

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02/11/2015

... to help answer that question. The firm specializes on making connections between the public and private sectors to ...

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

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03/06/2015

The study found that volunteers can boost reading proficiency in low-income schools.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Volunteerism

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation'

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04/03/2015

The goal of the initiative is to build civic literacy and engagement.

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Technology

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Commonwealth Fund Reports Millions Could Lose Coverage in Latest ACA Challenge

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04/03/2015

... coverage, premiums would increase dramatically — making insurance unaffordable for many in the individual ...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Weighs in on What Nonprofits Will Look for in Potential Employees in 2020

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04/09/2015

A 2012 study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that the U.S. nonprofit sector grew an average of 2.1% between 2000 and 2010.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Workforce Development

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New York Life Foundation Backs Pilot Program for Future Entrepreneurs

Release Date:

04/20/2015

... to develop skills in problem solving, decision- making , time management, public speaking, financial literacy, ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal Explores Health Data Security in WSJ Editorial

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05/01/2015

According to David Blumenthal, President of the Commonwealth Fund, it will be impossible to revolutionize heath care unless the security issues are addressed.

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