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30 Mar 2017

Is Immigration Detention the New Incarceration Boom?

Thursday, March 30, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Every night, approximately 40,000 immigrants — men, women and children —sleep in county jails, and federal and privately run prison facilities all over the United States, as part of a federally mandated detention bed quota totaling $2.3 billion...

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NYSHealth Report Finds Insurer-Hospital Contracts Hinder Competition and Transparency

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12/19/2016

... contracts with New York State hospitals. A hospital’ s market leverage—its bargaining power when negotiating ... providers. These contract terms can reinforce a hospital’ s market advantage and shield it from...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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28 Feb 2017

Prison Is The Most Unaffordable Housing

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... housing crisis in New York is just too big a problem for private donations to address, but several foundations are ... & Poverty Elizabeth Glazer, Director, Mayor’ s Office of Criminal Justice Kristin...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Social Justice

Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing

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02/06/2017

... oldest and largest family-governed foundations in the U. S ., Surdna is not just investing to further its mission, but ... up women and minority-owned contracting businesses. Surdna' s 2014 investment in...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Surdna Foundation

31 Mar 2017

Advocacy: A Compass for Today’s Terrain

Friday, March 31, 2017 -

8:30am to 4:30pm

... for a full-day conference to strengthen your foundation’ s voice and impact. Learn how to navigate the legal, ... amplify your work. Philanthropic organizations – whether private foundations, community...

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Social Justice

Meeting My Philanthropy Peers in This Incredibly Small, Incredibly Big World of Ours

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03/07/2017

... to attend the event as a representative of the Forum’ s network of regional and national philanthropy-serving ... the same operational and leadership issues as the Forum’ s U. S . members: how...

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On Cuomo’s Vital Brooklyn: Start With Existing Community Assets

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03/16/2017

On Cuomo’ s Vital Brooklyn: Start With Existing Community Assets By ... At a well-publicized event last Friday in Brooklyn’ s Crown Heights neighborhood, Governor Cuomo announced $1.4 ... to improved health...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $3 Million Fund for Coal Communities

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04/27/2017

... advancements have dramatically reduced employment in the U. S . coal mining industry, from 223,000 in 1979 to 82,000 in ... new documentary film we co-produced on the coal industry’ s impact on America, From...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Three Practical Tips for Spreading and Scaling Youth Programs

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05/11/2017

... As any educator who works with teens will tell you, that’ s no easy feat. That left Negron with a new challenge: how to ... has brought its program to 22 different colleges and private schools. Both groups say...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

Lata Reddy Elevated to Chair of The Prudential Foundation

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06/14/2017

... to Vice Chairman Mark Grier. The move affirms Prudential’ s shared value approach to integrating CSR with business ... A recent partnership with Leapfrog Investments, a private equity platform focused on...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Danielle Deane-Ryan Joins the Nathan Cummings Foundation as Director, Inclusive Clean Economy

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06/29/2017

... energy sector. In her new role, she joins the Foundation’ s leadership team working to advance solutions to the two ... and acting director for Stakeholder Engagement at the U. S . Department of Energy (DOE),...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions

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10/2017

... Drive Decisions. The new report documents $23 billion in private , public, corporate, and individual disaster-related ... • Grants awarded by 1,000 of the largest U. S . foundations totaled $158.1 million in 2015, a 30 percent ... received the highest number of grants. • Large U. S . foundations distributed $26.6 million for complex ...

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Report

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Disaster Relief

An Open Letter to the Hundreds of Millions of Americans Who Have Worked for, Volunteered for, Donated to, or Benefited from the Work of a Charitable Nonprofit: i.e., every living person in the USA.

Release Date:

11/30/2017

... of current and future generations by being America’ s conscience; take three minutes as soon as you finish ... nonprofits, houses of worship, and private foundations—have had from demands by candidates for...

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The Nonprofit Quarterly

The House and Senate Tax Bills Are Terrible for Nonprofits and the Communities They Serve

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12/06/2017

... attention to the fact that the tax plans passed by the U. S . House and Senate eliminate or reduce of the deduction for ... will result in a decrease in charitable giving in the U. S . by up to $13 billion...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Economic Security

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Philanthropy New York

The Scherman Foundation

Despite the Pall of National Politics, We Are Bending Toward the Light of Justice

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12/20/2017

... commitments to justice reform and Philanthropy New York’ s own work to foster a network of funders interested in ... become the Funders Summit on Justice Reform: The Nation’ s Eyes on Rikers . This gathering...

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PNY News

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Justice Reform

A Perfect Time For Fundamentals

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02/07/2018

... increase campaign effectiveness in Albany and New York’ s City Hall. We will be rounding out this semester with a ... you to all that participated in the first semester! What’ s next? Registration is now open...

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President's Message

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Philanthropy New York

Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Show Commitment to Next Generation of Progressive Philanthropists

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02/20/2018

... Philanthropists Over a year into Donald Trump’ s presidency, it can be tempting to see recent progressive ... one part of the broader philanthropic ecosystem, but it’ s a highly politicized space that'...

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