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12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms

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10/03/2017

... The guidelines, which the Waterfront Alliance launched in 2015 , will soon go national, the nonprofit’s president and ...

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How this Slogan Has Defined Philanthropy for the Buffets and the NoVo Foundation

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12/12/2017

... co-chaired by himself and his wife Jennifer. As of the end of 2015 , according to the IRS, the foundation had $528 million ...

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Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums

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06/26/2018

... realized that first we needed hard data to show the extent of the problem. In 2015 , the Mellon Foundation partnered with the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), the American Alliance...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Nishka Chandrasoma as Vice President and General Counsel

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04/04/2019

... NY — The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Nishka Chandrasoma as its next vice president, secretary, and general counsel of the foundation. Effective immediately, Chandrasoma will ... the...

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Design Thinking for Advocates: Don’t Knock it Till You Try It

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02/23/2016

... New York Community Trust You’ve probably heard of design thinking by now. It’s an approach to creating ... for example. (Surely, you’ve seen those images of notes on colorful Post-its.) If you’re a buzzword...

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NYSHealth Releases First-Ever Payment Reform Scorecard

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05/01/2015

... Releases First-Ever Payment Reform Scorecard New York State is currently organizing an ambitious reform effort ... reinvesting in the Medicaid program. Similarly, a key goal of the SHIP is to ensure that,...

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Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

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03/04/2016

... to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20% An alliance made up of 11 major universities across the United States has knocked its goal of graduating more students — including more low-income ... made up of...

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Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill

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09/21/2017

... to repeal the Affordable Care Act, suggesting that its state -by- state block grants could create health care chaos in ... and a Balkanized, uncertain insurance market. In the face of the...

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“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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01/12/2011

... a keynote address by the Honorable Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans. In his remarks, the mayor outlined the role ... that don’t rely predominantly on federal and state funding. The entire past decade has...

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HSBC Gives $1.5M to Scale Up Horizons Learning Programs

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05/16/2017

... Learning Programs HSBC today announced a charitable grant of $1.5 million to help bring Horizons multi-year learning ... hours on Wednesday, May 17, by matching the first $100,000 of the public’s generous...

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Deutsche Bank, Ford, Rauch, Booth Ferris and Nellie Mae Foundations Support Reimagining Education Summer Institute at Teachers College

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08/08/2018

... learning in the racially and culturally diverse classrooms of the 21 st century. The Reimagining Education ... main objective is to deepen teachers’ understanding of race and culture in order to advance...

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Stonewall 50: Lessons in Unerasing Underrepresented Histories

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This June marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, a key turning point in the LGBTQ ... on LGBTQ history focused on lessons learned, the current state of the field, and how various...

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Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao Industry

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03/29/2018

Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao ... Its taste. Its texture. Its ability to become a suite of bonbons filled with caramel and dusted with sea salt. But .....

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Rauschenberg Foundation Appeals Ruling Awarding $24.6 Million to Trustees

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08/14/2014

... filed on Wednesday in Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal, reflected “the foundation’s commitment to ... protecting Robert Rauschenberg’s legacy and the ability of the foundation to do its work.” The...

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In Response to TCF Lawsuit, DeVos Begins to Release ACICS and ABA Documents

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02/22/2018

... filed by The Century Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education has started to release documents regarding two higher education accrediting agencies with a history of regulatory noncompliance: the...

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Elevating Feminist Leadership and Thought on International Women's Day

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03/08/2023

... on International Women's Day By: Sarah Edkins, Director of Communications, Rockefeller Brothers Fund. This piece was ... a specific program dedicated to women’s issues, many of our grantmakers have...

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Insights from “Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations and Building a Culture of Racial Repair”

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06/13/2024

... Role in Reparations and Building a Culture of Racial Repair” Commitments to fund racial equity have ... a special guest, highlighting her work with the New York State Community Commission on Reparations...

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Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices

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07/2019

... have joined forces to advance the learning and practice of equitable evaluation among our members. The joint effort, ... support the important equity-focused work to which many of our members are already committed by providing learning opportunities, resources and, eventually curricula, about equitable ...

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Excellence is the Best Strategy

Release Date:

12/10/2013

... Slutsky , President, The New York Community Trust Many of New York’s nonprofit groups are excited about receptive ... in a de Blasio administration that campaigned on promises of a more equitable city, but...

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