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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller's Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience

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01/28/2015

... confirmed to her that “it was the most important work we could do”. Hence, the emphasis on the foundation’s 100 ... book. “In a time as turbulent as ours,” she writes, “ we have no choice: we...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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NYSHF Energizes Entire Communities with Healthy Neighborhoods Fund Initiative

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02/02/2015

... Foundation Vice President Jacqueline Martinez Garcel: “ We ’ve made a commitment to address health inequities in ... able to invest in open spaces for people to exercise. So we ’ve made this commitment to...

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New York Health Foundation

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Citi and Goldman Sachs Launching Projects with NYC to Boost Women Business Owners

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03/12/2015

... buy it. But she hasn’t figured out how to sell it. “ We ’re going to teach you how to take that amazing mole and get into the stream of commerce. We ’re going to introduce you to the people at Etsy so you .....

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Gender Justice

Workforce Development

NY Juvenile Justice Funders Urge State Officials to 'Raise the Age'

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06/18/2015

... Majority Leader Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Heastie: We are writing as funders with over a hundred years of collective experience on juvenile justice issues. We ’re excited that this year’s adopted budget...

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Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation

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Justice Reform

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Long Island Community Foundation

The Tow Foundation

New York Foundation

Andrus Family Fund

The David Rockefeller Fund

Arcus Releases Statement Responding to United States Supreme Court Marriage Ruling

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06/26/2015

... that our neighbors will know, see and respect us for who we are" said Kevin Jennings, Arcus' Executive Director. ... here in the United States is a major step forward, and we congratulate the many...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Public Policy

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

F.B. Heron Foundation Leads Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact Investment

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07/02/2015

... letter issued last month, Clara Miller wrote, “In 2014, we continued to push forward on our core operating principle ... that “all investing is impact investing,” meaning that we believe that all investments (...

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Impact Investing

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want

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12/01/2015

... Independence—It’s What Older People Want We already know what older people want. A study from the ... of us want to live in our homes and communities as we age, and, if possible, to avoid dependence on others...

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Aging

The John A. Hartford Foundation

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JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy

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01/19/2016

... For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy We believe every young person deserves a pathway to economic success. That’s why we ’re announcing a new $75 million investment to expand ... State...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Jonas Center for Nursing & Veterans Healthcare Celebrates 10 Years & 1,000 Scholars

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02/05/2016

... lack appropriate faculty[ii]. “Over the last decade, we have brought together numerous foundations and ... the results of those collaborations have far exceeded what we ever thought we could...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

Veterans

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Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)

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02/26/2016

... by a complex circuit, and in order to understand it, we need to identify all the molecules involved,” says ... at Rockefeller. “Amylin caught our attention when we were profiling a set of neurons in the...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building

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07/05/2016

... that do not include the actual costs of the projects we ’re funding….At Ford, we have been willing participants in this charade. Our policy ... actual costs to administer a project. And to be honest, we...

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Ford Foundation

With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics

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10/21/2016

... antipathy toward racial and ethnic minorities. However, we believe this focus on racial resentment obscures another ... of white Americans’ attitudes and candidate preferences, we found that Trump’s success...

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William T. Grant Publishes How Social Science Research Can Improve Youth Outcomes In The Real World

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05/17/2017

... to the economic and social well-being of our nation, we need to complicate these binaries. Put simply, the ... methodological rigor to those questions. In this essay, we argue for the critical need to reach...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations

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08/17/2017

... in the festival's history, a dedicated evening of dance. " We are thrilled to celebrate 25 years of the beloved Charlie ... of City Parks Foundation. "In honor of this milestone we have expanded...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Howard Gilman Foundation

Capital One Foundation

Collective Impact Without Borders

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08/29/2017

... approach to solving complex social problems—in 2011, we have deepened our understanding of what it takes to ... impact principles across geographies and cultures, we would like to share what we...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation's CEO Interviewed in Funder Spotlight

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09/07/2017

... featuring funders embodying trust-based philanthropy, we sat down with him to get the scoop: TWI: What was the ... to the table — knowledge, boots on the ground — and if we can approach our grantees as...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers?

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09/12/2017

... student achievement. “The question for us is, ‘How do we make pre-K better, as fast as we can?’” said Josh Wallack, a deputy chancellor for the ... study. “This study will point us in the right direction,...

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Education

Health at A Planetary Scale

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09/14/2017

... years ago, there were about 1 billion of us; today, we number more than 7 billion. We have harnessed vast amounts of energy, cleared countless ... reconfigured entire coastlines and built vast cities. ...

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Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna

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09/14/2017

... with Maryn McKenna In her 2015 TED Talk, “What Do We Do When Antibiotics Don’t Work Anymore?” journalist ... tells the audience, didn’t die of the lifestyle diseases we do now, but of simple injuries that led...

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