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Changing the Debate on Education Policy

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06/07/2012

By Lori Bezahler, President, Edward W. Hazen Foundation Over the past 15 years, education policy has gone from a bureaucratic backwater to a topic debated on the front pages of every city’s major newspaper. Where once we had...

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United Hospital Fund: Goals For State Regulation Of Risk Sharing Between Health Care Providers And Insurers

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11/19/2015

The United Hospital Fund published a report that focuses on the increasingly common “risk-transfer” agreements between health insurance plans and health care providers, along with the policy and regulatory challenges such arrangements present.

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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United Hospital Fund Issues Report on Pediatric Primary Care

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01/08/2016

Pediatric primary care is of utmost importance, ensuring that young children have his or her acute needs met, but also promoting the child’s full development—including physical, mental, and cognitive health.

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Children, Youth and Families

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How Arts And Culture Make New York A Place For All Of Us

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06/27/2017

Michele Kumi Baer, Program Associate at the New York Community Trust, writes, "we need a cultural plan that advances artistic practices and cultural institutions that serve New Yorkers who will be the most affected by proposed federal cuts, or we...

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The New York Community Trust

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Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital Economy

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06/29/2017

With $25.8 million grant, Microsoft Philanthropies joins forces with Markle to enable American workers to connect with businesses facing a shortage of skilled labor in an era marked by technology disruption.

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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United Hospital Fund's New Analysis Finds Drug Costs Significantly HIgher for Insurers in New York State

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07/06/2017

Prescription drug spending increased significantly for health plans participating in the Medicaid Managed Care and the commercial small group markets in recent years, according to a new report from United Hospital Fund (UHF).

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Health

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27 Oct 2017

Building Racial Equity with Race Forward

Friday, October 27, 2017 (All day)

Philanthropy New York, in partnership with Race Forward, presents Building Racial Equity with Race Forward , a six-month peer cohort learning experience designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work...

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The Uncertain Road Ahead for Culture in New York City

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08/14/2017

Michelle Coffey, Kerry McCarthy, and Michele Kumi Baer of the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust ask how NYC plans to fulfill many of the important efforts identified in the City's recently unveiled Cultural Plan.

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Here's How to End the Culture of Sexual Harassment

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01/16/2018

Published in The Baltimore Sun, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation CEO Rachel Garbow Monroe says it is time to take deliberate, verifiable and precise steps.

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Beyond Equity as a Trend, Toward Real Change

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04/24/2018

Maurine Knighton, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Kerry McCarthy, Program Director for Thriving Communities at New York Community Trust write "The idea of equitable distribution of resources has again...

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The New York Community Trust

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23 May 2019

Measuring What Matters: Funder Evaluation

Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 9:00am to Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 1:30pm

Funders often ask grantees to have assessment strategies in place. However, they don’t always practice what they preach in terms of evaluation. Philanthropy New York introduces a new three-part program series that encourages...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Headwaters Foundation, and The Whitman Institute Launch the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

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01/22/2020

Today, the Headwaters Foundation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and The Whitman Institute announce the launch of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, a five-year, peer-to-peer funder initiative with the goal of bringing greater vulnerability,...

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American Express and The New York Women's Foundation Partner Together on The Ambition Project

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02/11/2020

An open letter from the six women of the American Express Executive Committee reflects on the company’s progress, shares new commitments and programs and calls on leaders everywhere to proudly back women’s ambition.

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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05/11/2020

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund turned its back on the source of family wealth—and reaped the returns.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Environment and Climate Change

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Let's Get Explicit About Power

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09/24/2020

As DEI discussions increase in philanthropy, there remains one area where discussion seems to be lagging behind: power. Power is uncomfortable to discuss and the dynamics of who have power feel hard to change.

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Sixteen Major Donors and Foundations, Including the Ford Foundation, Commit Unprecendented $156 Million to Support Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous Arts Organizations

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09/24/2020

“America’s Cultural Treasures” initiative will provide multi-year grants to sustain vital organizations in the face of COVID-19 pandemic

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