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Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital Economy

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06/29/2017

... announced a three-year partnership to expand Markle’ s Skillful initiative , a data-driven approach to connecting ... not a four-year college degree. In response, Microsoft’ s corporate giving arm Microsoft...

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United Hospital Fund's New Analysis Finds Drug Costs Significantly HIgher for Insurers in New York State

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07/06/2017

United Hospital Fund' s New Analysis Finds Drug Costs Significantly HIgher for ... Pressure: Prescription Drug Spending Trends in New York’ s Medicaid Program and Small Group Market tracked drug ... cost...

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27 Oct 2017

Building Racial Equity with Race Forward

Friday, October 27, 2017 (All day)

... play a defining role in our personal and our community’ s trajectory, goals, experiences and outcomes. As grantmakers ... to effect some level of change within an organization’ s culture or grantmaking...

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The Uncertain Road Ahead for Culture in New York City

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08/14/2017

... is not clear how an overwhelming majority of the plan’ s 50 strategies will be put into action. Indeed, turning ... materials for potential city grant recipients. CUNY’ s Center for Urban Research, supported...

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Here's How to End the Culture of Sexual Harassment

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01/16/2018

Here' s how to end the culture of sexual harassment by Rachel ... Second, companies also need to do more to promote women’ s leadership roles in the workplace. In 2017, the number of ... will no longer be...

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Beyond Equity as a Trend, Toward Real Change

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04/24/2018

... in 2013, whereas only 19 percent of Yancey Consulting’ s NYC-based sample did in 2017; One third of the ... Charitable Foundation and the New York Community Trust’ s programs to fund the arts are now taking...

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23 May 2019

Measuring What Matters: Funder Evaluation

Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 9:00am to Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 1:30pm

... funders to look internally at their foundation’ s values, practices and strategies in service of building a ... participants will begin by exploring their foundation’ s values and underlying mission elements...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Headwaters Foundation, and The Whitman Institute Launch the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

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01/22/2020

... others in adopting trust-based practices. The Project’ s Steering Committee—helmed by leaders from Durfee ... messy. But within the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project’ s community of grantmakers, there’ ...

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American Express and The New York Women's Foundation Partner Together on The Ambition Project

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02/11/2020

American Express and The New York Women' s Foundation Partner Together on The Ambition Project An open ... Express Executive Committee reflects on the company’ s progress, shares new commitments and programs...

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Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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05/11/2020

... “Oil is obviously a definitional part of my family’ s past,” said Rockefeller. “But it has no place in our ...

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Let's Get Explicit About Power

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09/24/2020

Let' s Get Explicit About Power By: Kim Walker, Director of ... experiencing homelessness downtown. • There’ s not enough affordable housing in the city center. • ... others, or more deeply interrogating your...

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Sixteen Major Donors and Foundations, Including the Ford Foundation, Commit Unprecendented $156 Million to Support Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous Arts Organizations

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09/24/2020

... and regional initiative to recognize “America’ s Cultural Treasures.” Together, the funders will grant ... ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has devastated America’ s arts and culture landscape. The funding...

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The Wallace Foundation Names Melkeya McDuffie as Chief Human Resources Officer

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10/13/2020

... Clark, who will retire at the end of 2020. As Wallace’ s chief Human Resources Officer, McDuffie will lead efforts ... develop staff, and sustain and strengthen the foundation’ s commitment to equity. “We are...

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Marissa Tirona Named Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees' New President

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11/02/2020

... 23, 2020. Tirona will succeed Daranee Petsod, GCIR’ s founding president, who announced last year that she will ... and experience to take GCIR to new heights,” said GCIR’ s board of directors in a message to...

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Sozosei Foundation Announces Inaugural Summit in December

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11/19/2020

... by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The Foundation’ s initial priority is to spark creativity, innovation, and ... Foundation: Pete Earley, Author, Crazy: A Father’ s Search Through America’ s...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Divesting from Fossil Fuels

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12/18/2020

... from future fossil fuel investments. The Foundation’ s Board of Trustees recently approved this new policy, prompting the Foundation’ s investment team to start taking steps that are expected to ... fuels to...

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The Long Island Sound Funders Collaborative has granted $377,250 in 2020 to nine nonprofits through its Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund at the Long Island Community Foundation

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12/29/2020

... effort to pool investments and expand the Collaborative’ s grantmaking. They support projects that address pressing ... The Eder Family Foundation, Inc., Fairfield County’ s Community Foundation, The Fred I...

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15 Leaders of Color Selected for Pinkerton Leadership Network

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03/03/2021

... programs run by people of color in the foundation’ s portfolio. Roughly one-third of the 300 programs funded by ... by Robert Allan Pinkerton, Chairman and CEO of Pinkerton’ s Inc, then the nation’ s...

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Why New Yorkers should be proud of the 2020 Census Results

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05/06/2021

... the count for this census have much to be proud of. Here’ s why: We could have lost two seats. Based on birth, death, ... efforts of a few senior level state officials, the state’ s attempts to provide funding...

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