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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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When a Successful Program Can’t Expand, It’s Time to Grow a Network

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11/23/2015

When a Successful Program Can’t Expand, It’s Time to Grow a ... for its program, the consortium coordinator and a research project on student outcomes.) The...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Pinkerton Foundation

15 Jan 2016

The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice: Lessons from the Campaign to End the Racially Biased Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC

Friday, January 15, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:30am

... research demonstrates that young white men are more likely to use marijuana. Marijuana possession became the top arrest charge in the city. In 2010, advocates launched a multifaceted campaign to...

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F.B. Heron Foundation Earmarks Entire Endowment for Social Impact Investments

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10/21/2014

... income inequality also was on the rise. So she took a rare, if almost unheard of, step in the foundation ... typically only 5% of endowment principal is doled out to charity every year.Heron would move its...

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F.B. Heron Foundation

02 Feb 2017

Invisible No More: Native Realities in a Post-Election Era

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9:00am to 11:00am

... attention with wider implications for the country as a whole. Reaching the eyes and ears of New Yorkers, this ... land rights, but about the United States’ relationship to the land itself, and its people -...

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Aisha Moodie-Mills Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

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10/16/2019

... 16, 2019 – Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Aisha Moodie-Mills to its Board ... effective Friday, September 27, 2019. Moodie-Mills is a political...

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Rockefeller Foundation President Reflects On America's Most Pressing Challenge Jobs And Economic Opportunity

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10/16/2017

... together people who grew up in the Detroit area, as I did, to re-engage with the city and learn how they can help it ... the city that gave America the notion of what makes a good job – one where if you work...

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New York Magazine Profile, "The Rockefellers vs. the Company That Made Them Rockefellers"

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01/08/2018

... when he opened his first oil refinery in Cleveland. Within a few decades, Standard Oil controlled more than 90 percent ... the family’s oil money into a broader empire — building Rockefeller...

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10 Apr 2018

Brooklyn DA Gonzalez Previews ‘Justice 2020’ Report, Talks Trends in Reform Movement

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

... the system,” they decide who gets charged and with what. A culture of associating incarceration with public safety has led to a ballooning of our jail population and increased racial ... the...

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30 Oct 2019

Unfinished Business: Sustaining the Momentum of Justice Reform in NYS

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... pre-trial criminal justice reforms in more than a generation, due to the advocacy efforts of community-based groups, directly ... Strategies to maintain momentum Ways to...

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Released by the United Hospital Fund - Lessons from the Great Recession: How Medicaid Enrollment Patterns of a Decade Ago Can Inform Policy During the Pandemic

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06/09/2020

... the Great Recession: How Medicaid Enrollment Patterns of a Decade Ago Can Inform Policy During the Pandemic NEW YORK, ... impact of state and federal actions taken then, in order to shed light on what ...

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Teagle Foundation and Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Partner to Strengthen Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts

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11/12/2020

... Foundation and Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Partner to Strengthen Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts The ... Four out of five community college students hope to earn a...

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Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of America’s crisis

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01/14/2021

Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of America’s ... have used extreme force, if not live bullets, to keep the building secure. We know for sure...

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Ford Foundation

13 Sep 2012

Performance Review: Evaluating the Family Foundation CEO

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

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Little has been written about how to review the performance of family foundation CEOs. The job carries a unique set of roles and responsibilities, including the special skills required to...

Nominate Your Colleagues for the PNY Board of Directors

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12/11/2013

... nominations for our Board of Directors. We have two slots to fill in May 2014, and five slots coming up the following ... our organization. We seek individual grantmakers who at a minimum: • Hold a...

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Bloomberg Takes Public Innovation Initiative to Europe

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06/13/2014

Bloomberg Takes Public Innovation Initiative to Europe Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in Berlin last week to support the European edition of the Mayors Challenge ... Berlin hope ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Economic Security

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KACF Expands to San Francisco

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06/19/2014

KACF Expands to San Francisco The Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) has announced plans to open an affiliate in San Francisco. The San Francisco ... to more communities that could...

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Korean American Community Foundation

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JPMorgan Expands ‘The Fellowship Initiative’ To Help Disadvantaged High Schoolers Get Into Top Colleges

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06/21/2014

JPMorgan Expands ‘The Fellowship Initiative’ To Help Disadvantaged High Schoolers Get Into Top Colleges ... which JP Morgan Chase launched in NYC four years ago to help disadvantaged high school students get into...

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Critic Calls Grants Aligned With Government Programs "Crony Philanthropy"

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07/07/2014

... for policy research at the Manhattan Institute, says that a $10 million commitment from UBS to help underserved students attain a college education is an ... he takes issue with UBS for...

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Eight Cities Receive Grants To Reduce Number of Uninsured Children and Families

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07/14/2014

Eight Cities Receive Grants To Reduce Number of Uninsured Children and Families Eight ... each from the National League of Cities (NLC) under a program funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies that seeks to...

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