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Can We Still Improve Philanthropy?

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07/17/2009

... CRITERIA? Criteria presents 10 benchmarks that are “the most critically important issues for foundations ... many of these issues, others not so much. Seven benchmarks are quantitative: funds benefiting lower-...

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McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign From Bloomberg Over Coal Policy Stance

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08/14/2014

... coal use in the U.S. McConnell, who is running for re- election and campaigning as pro-coal, responded to a question ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the Traditional CEO Search

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11/13/2014

Kofi Appenteng outlines the CEO search process that led to Darren Walker being named CEO of Ford Foundation.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

Funded by a $32 million gift from Michael R. Bloomberg, Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, management, and innovation in cities across America and around the...

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students? It’s been said that a ... the deep political divisions laid bare by the November election , there is an emerging consensus that we...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Century Foundation Report Cited in Washington Post Article on Syria Policy for Trump’s America

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12/12/2016

The United States should continue to fight Islamic State, but not so single-mindedly and recklessly that it endangers other key U.S. interests.

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

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02/28/2017

... conflict of interest faced by district attorneys who are assigned to investigate and, when warranted, prosecute ...

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Justice Reform

De Blasio Searches for Corrections Chief as Rikers Resurfaces

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08/30/2017

... he will push the decision until after the November election . The mayor has been under pressure to find a new ...

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Women Lose Ground In The New York City Council, Even If Chin And Ayala Win

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09/14/2017

... Even If Chin And Ayala Win A day after the primary election , two women are holding on to razor-thin leads for New York City Council ... close to completing an upset in lower Manhattan. The races are...

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With Its 'No Dancing' Law Verging On Repeal, New York Legitimizes Its Nightlife

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09/21/2017

... of the nightlife industry and local communities, and are modeled after similar initiatives in London, Amsterdam ...

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Community Development

How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

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12/12/2017

... support partners leading up to the crucial 2018 mid-term election , which will determine party control of Congress and ...

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NYS Health Foundation and The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Release New Reports on Strengthening Nutrition Education for New Yorkers

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01/17/2018

... Education for New Yorkers Nutrition education programs are designed to increase healthy food choices and improve ... why stronger support is needed for them. Recommendations are included for expanding the...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Distinguished Writer, Poet, Scholar, and Arts Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President

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02/07/2018

The Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have elected Elizabeth Alexander to be the Foundation’s next President, effective March 2018. Alexander will succeed Earl Lewis, who has served as President since 2013.

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Ninth Annual Fiscal Summit Will Outline Urgent Need for Fiscal Reset following Recent Tax and Spending Legislation

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05/01/2018

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation will convene the 2018 Fiscal Summit: Debt Matters on Thursday, May 10, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. As campaigns for the 2018 midterm elections get underway within a rapidly changing policy...

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PNY Members Among Those Named Crain's 50 Most Powerful Women in New York

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06/03/2019

Announcing the 2019 Most Powerful Women.

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Ford Foundation Appoints Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees

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06/20/2019

The Ford Foundation announced today that Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode have been elected to serve as members of its Board of Trustees.

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15 May 2025

Philanthropy New York's 46th Annual Meeting: Philanthropy For Our Time

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1:00pm to 6:00pm

... is currently facing existential threats, foundations are grappling with how they can show up as reliable and ... of philanthropy's actions or inactions at this moment are critical. If foundations ...

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Don’t Say “When Did You Stop Caring About Children?” and Other Guidance for Child Advocates

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09/23/2010

... and Company As state budget deficits and competition for resources mount, child advocacy groups and their funders ... litany of data reporting on seemingly intractable problems are hurting rather than helping...

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