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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

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01/29/2013

The recently created New York State Ready Commission has been tasked with finding ways to ... We’re pleased to have Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia...

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Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?

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07/30/2010

... focusing on the current climate in the New York State legislature, how it affects the work of the nonprofit sector, and how funders and advocates can ... to produce change in Albany. We are pleased to have one...

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The New York Community Trust

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Reflections from Jeffrey R. Solomon

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05/21/2010

Since co-writing The Art of Giving , Jeffrey Solomon, President of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies , has ... audiences have provided him with key reflections on some of the issues...

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To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

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08/16/2012

... on New York, where Governor Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation are drafting final regulations on fracking in our state . We held a recent members briefing where several ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation

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03/2009

... began implementing a strategy that focused on boosting its state ’s bioscience economy and relied heavily on building ... sector. This case study illustrates the benefits of taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation’s ... Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation ...

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Economic Security

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Nearly $27 Million in Quarterly Grants

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01/04/2013

... United States and around the world working in the areas of education, immigration and international affairs. At its ... New York City on December 13, 2012, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Board of...

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Media Development In The Developing World

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01/04/2013

... and independent news outlets in countries with a history of media oppression. The news business may be down, if not completely out of favor, here in the United States and the rest of the...

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Media Development Investment Fund

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards More Than $19.2 Million in Grants

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03/29/2013

... in New York City on March 7, 2013, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Board of Trustees approved 26 grants totaling $19,206,100. Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided...

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2013 Black Male Achievement Fellows Announced

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06/12/2013

... with Echoing Green, have announced the 2013 class of Black Male Achievement Fellows. The Open Society ... social entrepreneurs dedicated to advancing the lives of black men and boys in the United States. The...

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To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy

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05/22/2013

Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian delivered this address ... Policy and Management at Brandeis University’s class of 2013 on Sunday, May 19. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a ... a word...

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New Ford CEO Understands What Triggers Social Change

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07/26/2013

... Katherine McFate praises the Ford Foundation’s selection of Darren Walker as its next President. The Ford ...

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09 Jul 2012

Conversation for Grantmakers: Update on the Cultural Data Project

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12:00pm to 1:00pm

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... Cultural Data Project (CDP) has been growing in New York State since its launch in 2009. Over 1,800 organizations ... accept data from the New York State CDP as one part of their grant...

Live From Independent Sector Conference: Innovation Coming Faster, Needs Collaboration

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09/30/2013

... CEO Lorie Slutsky were among the speakers at the opening of the Independent Sector annual conference. Innovation ... and since life is evolving we “live in a constant state of innovation...

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Rebuild by Design: A Post-Sandy Regional Analysis

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01/2014

This report provides an overview of both the research findings and the design opportunities that grew out of the second stage of Rebuild by Design . The ideas it contains were developed ...

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2014 Soros Justice Fellows

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05/15/2014

... The Open Society Foundations has announced the 2014 class of Soros Justice Fellows. The fourteen fellows from six states will receive a total of $1.25 million in support of their work on a...

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Social Justice

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Dodge Foundation President Weighs in on NJ Sewer System Challenges

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03/13/2015

State Moves to Deal with Dirty Problem -- Raw Sewage in ... deal with long-standing pollution problems from hundreds of sewer systems that spew raw sewage into many waterways, ... the Hudson, Passaic, and Delaware...

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

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01/06/2016

... eligibility to all adults with incomes under 138 percent of the federal poverty level (about $16,000 for an individual or $33,000 for a family of four). So far, 30 states and the District of...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study on Common Core

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10/12/2016

... and the William T. Grant Foundation have awarded a team of researchers from the University of Michigan, Brown University and Stanford University nearly ... the first phase of a five-year...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies Provides a $3.25 Million Grant to Cornell Law School for Death Penalty Center

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10/28/2016

... Penalty Center The center will focus on the application of international human rights norms that favor abolition of the death penalty in the United States and other ... gathered at Cornell Law School Oct. 25...

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