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In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

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09/21/2017

Just like that, Pier 55, a $250 million floating park (cultural island? entertainment center? performing arts pier?) to be built over a dilapidated pier on the Hudson River, is no more.

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Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It

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09/22/2017

The Trump administration says many of the organizations that help people enroll in health plans on the federal insurance marketplaces don't provide enough bang for the buck, sometimes costing thousands of dollars to sign up each customer.

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Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

Attacks on women and gender identity have been central to the policies coming out of the Trump White House. To respond effectively, the philanthropic sector, too, must make gender justice, in addition to economic and racial justice, a core principle.

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Gender Justice

Opinion: A Cash Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing

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09/27/2017

... In the 1970s, for instance, Alaska started a Permanent Fund to share oil wealth. But the pace of experimentation has ...

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Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative

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09/27/2017

... years ago we reported on the creation of TheDream.US, a fund that provides scholarships for immigrant youth going to ...

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Immigration

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State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare

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09/29/2017

The recent announcement by the Trump administration to slash funding for enrollment assistance and marketing of insurance policies offered to individuals through the Affordable Care Act will not affect New York, the head of the state’s online...

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Nonprofits Scramble to Respond to the New DACA Deadline

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09/29/2017

Since President Donald Trump’s administration ordered an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Sept. 5, nonprofit providers across New York City have responded to those directly affected by offering legal services and other...

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Immigration

Johnson & Johnson Brings Better Sanitation to Homes in India

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10/06/2017

Johnson & Johnson's CaringCrowd's platform is dedicated to crowdfunding to improve global public health. Its latest project will introduce sanitation facilities to improve the health of families with young children.

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In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... ended, she has helped the theater raise $150,000 for a fund to aid its employees, $175,000 for cleanup and repairs, ...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

By funding the library system's surprisingly costly amnesty program, JPB calls to light a problematic and age-old obstacle to public library engagement: library fines.

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The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Hotel Industry To Reduce Food Waste

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11/14/2017

... Hotel Industry To Reduce Food Waste Today, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the American Hotel & Lodging Association ...

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Food Systems

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

Three major U.S.-based foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 million to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria, including the creation of an advisory commission to help guide reconstruction efforts.

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Disaster Relief

Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards

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11/17/2017

What Works Cities, a Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded program begun in April 2015, was named a 2017 Navigator Award recipient for demonstrable results in performance management, transparency, access to data and the adoption of best practices and data...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP

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11/28/2017

Socially conscious investors can look forward to two new exchange-traded funds that aim to direct capital to companies that do well by minorities and women.

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Partners with Lumina Foundation to Address Racism on College Campuses

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12/11/2017

The Lumina Foundation has announced grants totaling $2.5 million in support of community-building efforts designed to promote understanding, tolerance, and healing on college and university campuses. The foundation also will partner with Rockefeller...

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Jim Simons, the Numbers King

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12/13/2017

Jim and Marilyn Simons became major charitable donors in the nineteen-nineties, when they launched their foundation. The Simons seeks to heighten the foundation’s impact on the sciences.

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

The Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) today announced nearly $110,000 in grants for 11 innovative classroom STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic) projects in grades 6-12.

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Westchester Community Foundation Names New Board Chair, Members

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01/16/2018

The Westchester Community Foundation has elected Dale Akinla, II, CFP® financial advisor and wealth management professional, as Chair of the Foundation’s Board. Mr. Akinla has been a member of the Board since 2012. Mr. Akinla has held a number of...

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Community Development

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

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02/20/2018

... This month, the Surdna Foundation and the Andrus Family Fund pledged $800,000 to 21 organizations representing ... in 2017, and the involvement of the Andrus Family Fund , which engages hundreds of extended...

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