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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Organizations Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health

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04/20/2018

... and Improve Health If the U.S. health care system were a separate country, its $3.3 trillion GDP would give it the ... to air pollution. The environment shapes our health system as well: recent catastrophes...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Atlantic Philanthropies Publishes “The History of the Giving While Living Ethic"

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05/31/2017

... Atlantic Philanthropies, he said he was doing it out of a belief in Giving While Living – the idea that individuals ... Benjamin Soskis writes that Giving While Living is a more complex phenomenon than that...

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Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart

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05/15/2015

... State Health Foundation It’s just six subway stops between where I live, in Murray Hill, and the East Harlem ... expectancy in East Harlem is only 76 years. That’s a staggering disparity, brought into sharp...

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09 Jun 2022

The Youngest are Most At-Risk: Early Childhood Development in Complex Crises - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, June 9, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... and explosive remnants of war are children. COVID- 19 disrupted schooling for 94% of the world’s children. These statistics from UNICEF paint a startling picture of the impact of environmental disasters .....

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A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

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09/26/2017

A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids In 2013, the New York city council approved a plan for a gleaming new development in the Willets Point section ...

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Three Prominent Foundation Leaders Join Foundation Center Board of Trustees

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04/20/2015

... for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation; and Ana Marie Argilagos, a senior advisor at the Ford Foundation, began their terms of ... joined the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York City as president in 2013. The...

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18 Mar 2013

Measuring What Matters: Indicators of College and Career Readiness

Monday, March 18, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... have increasingly highlighted the challenge of maintaining a college educated work force in the US: both the economy and American society increasingly require more than a high school diploma. And, across the...

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12 Oct 2017

ESSA: How Much Will it Change School Testing, Equity, Diversity and Discipline Practices?

Thursday, October 12, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... in struggling schools. This flexibility was seen as an opportunity for states to think past test scores and ... New York’s Education Working Group , is excited to host a discussion with Chancellor Betty...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports New Service to Aggregate Life Sciences Preprints

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04/18/2017

... and consistency across these services. In February 2017 , ASAPbio received a $1 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to develop a new service to aggregate...

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Phillip Brian Harper Named New Program Director for Higher Learning At The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/27/2020

... School of Arts and Science at New York University, as its new Program Director for the Foundation’s Higher ... expanded access to those disciplines while implementing a new strategic direction for the...

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Ford, Mellon, Doris Duke, Kellogg, and MacArthur Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy

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06/11/2020

... Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, fielded a stream of phone calls from the heads of dozens of ... wrote in a letter last month to Ford’s board. “Covid- 19 has created...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $4.7 Million to Fund Three Studies on Dietary Interventions for Crohn's Disease

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11/16/2020

... IBD ONset in Individuals at Risk (PIONIR) trial is funded as part of the Prevention portfolio. “Previous studies ... If successful, the OATS study will demonstrate how a safe, non-invasive, tolerable, and...

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13 Jun 2024

Insurance And Mother Nature: How Does Losing Insurance Options Affect Disaster Philanthropy? - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, June 13, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... is an incredibly helpful resource for families after a disaster, but not everyone can afford it. Many mortgage ... are just a few of the states facing an insurance crisis. As climate change...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee

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05/15/2017

The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee The Nathan Cummings Foundation ... Cummings Foundation Board Chair Ruth Cummings. “We found a wonderful partner who shares our passion for...

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Insights from “Responding to the Moment: Participatory Approaches in Philanthropy”

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09/19/2024

... Sabrina Hargrave, Vice President for Programs at Brooklyn Org . Brooklyn Org has been using a participatory grantmaking model for almost a decade, inviting...

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Capacity Building Begins At Home

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06/04/2009

... invested resources more wisely in their own capacity to do a more effective job. Spending time and money on capacity ... more and more technical assistance and non-monetary help, as a big...

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9 Leading Nonprofit Groups Urge Foundations to Dig Into Endowments to Support Charities

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04/02/2020

... Foundations to Dig Into Endowments to Support Charities A group of nine philanthropic membership and advocacy ... to require funders to be willing to up their spending even as their endowment values plummet,...

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Aisha Moodie-Mills Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

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10/16/2019

... woman to lead a national LGBTQ organization in her role as President and CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Fund and Institute. ... than 300 nonprofits in Brooklyn and beyond. Learn more at www ...

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25 Jan 2024

Funder Briefing on #WHY15 & JustPay Campaigns Amidst Historical Budget Cuts in NYC

Thursday, January 25, 2024 -

11:30am to 12:30pm

... Council spearheads the #JustPay campaign , advocating for a living wage for the dedicated nonprofit workers whose contributions create a stronger New York. We invite you to join us and explore .....

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