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Major philanthropies like the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation have invested deeply in finding a small number of great philanthropic investments—but they have been unusual.

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal on Patient Difficulties Accessing Medical Records

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09/09/2016

“Average people encounter a huge amount of difficulty,” said David Blumenthal, a former national coordinator for health information technology for the Obama administration, now president of the Commonwealth Fund. He said he had heard countless...

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What Makes for an Effective Program Officer?

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12/08/2016

Essential Skills and Strategies (ESS): Tools and Techniques for Effective Practice is an intensive peer learning program we offer each January to program officers and directors newer to the philanthropic sector

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President Of Montauk-Based Environmental Advocacy Organization Stepping Down

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02/02/2017

Concerned Citizens of Montauk (CCOM) recently announced that its President, Jeremy Samuelson, who has been with the organization since 2012, will be stepping down at the end of March, 2017, to join The Nature Conservancy as the Director of Mashomack...

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New York Foundation Welcomes Altaf Rahamatulla as Program Officer

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08/04/2017

... wrongful convictions using DNA testing. In both his professional and personal life, Mr. Rahamatulla has supported ...

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Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One

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10/04/2017

... the next big one? My answer is “No.” As a technology professional in disaster management, I’m constantly on the ...

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SeaChange Capital Partners to Help Facilitate Merger of Chicago Non-Profits

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12/18/2017

The two groups’ merger centers on combining their hands-on and skilled volunteer networks. Much of the work will involve consolidating their massive databases, an initiative funded by Forefront and SeaChange Capital Partners, two of the few entities...

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The New York Community Trust Awards $600K Grant for NYC Creative Aging Initiative

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01/05/2018

... Creative Aging programs in New York City. Taught by professional teaching artists, Creative Aging programs are ...

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UJA-Federation To Launch Largest Anti-Poverty Push In Its History

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01/31/2018

$35 million effort to create one-stop social service ‘hubs’ and digital food pantries.

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22 Feb 2018

LGBTQ Funders Social Network

Thursday, February 22, 2018 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Funders for LGBTQ Issues and Philanthropy New York are partnering to support an informal, local group of philanthropic professionals who are LGBTQ and their funder allies. We plan for this to be primarily a social networking group...

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New York State Health Foundation Funded Study Finds Most NY Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans

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03/01/2018

... of community-based providers across a wide array of professional types to address the health needs facing ...

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The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently

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04/13/2018

... its agenda in California’s capital and has worked with professional lobbyists. It’s been part of a number of ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds New Research on the Energy and Environmental Implications of the Digital Economy

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04/18/2018

The project is designed to create a multidisciplinary body of research on the energy and environmental impacts of sharing platforms, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technologies.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country

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05/02/2018

With grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies and oversight from the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity, the Department of Probation funded 19 community-based organizations to hire mentors for people ages 16 to 24

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Rockefeller President Cleared After Review Triggered by Employee Complaint

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06/22/2018

... and steered contracts and grants to individuals with close professional and personal ties to him. Completed in April, ...

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Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use

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06/22/2018

In the first 90 days of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine use, the risk of opioid-related overdose increases five-fold compared to opioid-only use among Medicare recipients, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of...