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No Shortcuts to Power: Supporting Organizers to Stay, Lead, and Win

Release Date:

05/13/2025

... Due Respect, and Rickke Mananzala , President, New York Foundation In this moment, community organizations and ... and meet essential needs. With support from the New York Foundation , Robert Sterling Clark...

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

Release Date:

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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Carnegie Corporation of New York Issues RFP for Innovative Approaches to Peacekeeping

Release Date:

09/15/2015

The joint Public-Private Partnership on Peacebuilding will provide grants of up to $1 million to one to three consortia to conduct projects involving a U.S., a Norwegian, and at least one Southern/emerging power partner.

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New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond

Release Date:

07/07/2016

The grant will help communities be better prepared against rising seas, flooding, and other natural disasters.

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The New York Community Trust

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Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

Release Date:

06/28/2017

William T. Grant Foundation supported research at Stanford which found African-American and Latino students who completed self-affirming writing exercises in middle school took more challenging courses and were more likely to enroll in college,...

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Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?

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08/30/2017

In East Harlem, the city is considering a change in zoning rules, encouraging developers to build and allowing them to build bigger. In exchange for the new construction, the neighborhood would get concessions from developers (some form of...

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Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal

Release Date:

09/07/2017

For many scientists they are a worrying sign of a “new normal” in which extreme weather events become more intense as a result of manmade climate change.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Zuckerberg May Sell Up to $12.8 Billion in Facebook Stock to Fund Work in Education, Science, and Advocacy

Release Date:

09/25/2017

Mark Zuckerberg said he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, plan to sell 35 million to 75 million shares of Facebook stock in the next 18 months to pay for their work in education, science, and advocacy.

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Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

Release Date:

09/25/2017

A tool to help predict whether someone who’s been arrested will reoffend does not factor in race. But it could consider convictions.

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

The Fatal Stabbing In A Bronx Classroom Was Horrific — But Also Extremely Rare

Release Date:

09/28/2017

The fatal stabbing at a Bronx school comes amid continuing debate over school safety and the use of metal detectors in schools — but also as serious crimes in schools are at near-record lows.

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Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania Provide Resources to Support Tree Of Life Synagogue Victims

Release Date:

10/29/2018

In response to the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday, GWP is compiling resources for those interested in providing support.

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There's Something Rotten in the State of Development Funding

Release Date:

11/16/2015

This Insights piece originally appeared on The Rockefeller Foundation blog . It is reposted here with the permission of The Rockefeller Foundation . There's Something Rotten in the State of ... by Saadia...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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United Hospital Fund and Members of Home Alone Alliance Support Videos for Family Caregivers

Release Date:

03/23/2017

Developed by Alliance members -- the AARP Public Policy Institute and the U.S. Veterans Administration, this initial series – available in English and Spanish, seeks to provide family caregivers of those with mobility challenges simple, concrete...

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Health

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Commonwealth Fund Explains Why the House Repeal Bill Is Unlikely to Stabilize Insurance Markets

Release Date:

03/13/2017

... Insurance Markets Congress established the Medicare Part D program in 2003, creating for the first time a freestanding ... enacted stabilizing measures —a generous reinsurance program to cover high-cost cases...

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03 Feb 2016

It’s PUBLIC Transit: Funders Look at New Initiatives to Connect NYC’s People & Places

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign Kevin Ryan (Moderator), Program Director, New York Foundation Veronica Vanterpool , Executive Director, ... Campaign The breakfast will be co-hosted by New York Foundation...

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Public Policy

19 Jul 2012

Fracking in New York: A Donor Briefing

Thursday, July 19, 2012 -

8:45am to 10:45am

... sponsored by New York Community Trust , Sherman Foundation and North Star Fund , in collaboration with Grace Communications Foundation , 11th hour project , and Environmental ... Davis , (moderator), 11th hour...

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A Recap of PNY's 35th Annual Meeting Featuring Hillary Clinton

Release Date:

05/19/2014

... PNY staff, probably a dozen amazing professionals at Ford Foundation , the Steering Committee of Funders of Women and ... special thanks to our moderator of that session, Pinkerton Foundation 's Rick Smith...

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President's Message

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Gender Justice

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The Pinkerton Foundation

2017 NoVo Social Emotional Learning Innovation Fund Award Winners Announced

Release Date:

07/17/2017

... Fund Award Winners Announced Today Education First, NoVo Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors announced ... said Jennifer Buffett, co-president of the NoVo Foundation . “These teachers and districts...

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