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19 Oct 2015

Learning From Transformational Women Leaders: Leymah Gbowee & Sophia Bracy Harris

Monday, October 19, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Join us for an exciting public dialogue between two extraordinary black women leaders who will share their groundbreaking work to organize grassroots women into a force for peace and equity in their respective communities.

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Gender Justice

Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program

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10/07/2015

Elizabeth Alexander is an award-winning poet, essayist and playwright.

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Arts

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Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow

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10/07/2015

Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer and legal scholar.

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Civic Engagement

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JPMogan Chase Announces New Initiatives to Create Affordable Housing in the South Bronx

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10/07/2015

The investments will help support the construction of 200 affordable housing units in the South Bronx.

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Housing and Homelessness

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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

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10/07/2015

The report is the first study of its kind to examine how state policy could be effective in helping to produce higher quality principals.

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The Wallace Foundation

Jessie Smith Noyes At Top of the List of Family Foundations Who Fund Social Justice Work

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10/07/2015

The Noyes Foundation devotes 74 percent of grant dollars to social justice causes.

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Gender Justice

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New Leadership at the Pershing Square Foundation

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10/08/2015

Paul Bernstein will step down as CEO at the end of the year, and Olivia Tournay Flatto will assume the role upon Bernstein's departure

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Welcomes New Board Member: Janice O’Connor

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10/15/2015

Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation is pleased to announce that Janice O’Connor has joined the Board of Directors.

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship Shows Successes

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10/16/2015

$100,000 fellowship has seeded groundbreaking innovation in private/non-profit partnerships, municipal financing, faith-based organizing and a new class of Fellows was announced.

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Community Development

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Social Justice

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

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10/16/2015

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund along with the Ford, Hewlett, Kresge, Packard, and Robert Wood Johnson foundations awarded surprise $1.1-million unsolicited grants to two organizations that help grantmakers -- the Center for Effective Philanthropy and...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Attempts Murdoch Ouster at News Corp. Annual Meeting

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10/16/2015

Laura Shaffer Campos, of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, failed to lead a shareholder revolt to diminish the Murdoch family's control on News Corp.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Communications/Media

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Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies

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10/08/2015

Questions abound regarding how best to sunset. When should the spend-down begin and end? What practical challenges does it entail?

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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Finalists Selected for Bloomberg's C40 Cities Awards

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10/08/2015

The C40 Cities Awards provide global recognition for cities demonstrating world-leading policies and programs that reduce emissions and improve sustainability.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens

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10/09/2015

The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed-use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 units set aside for artists, according to the New York Community Trust, which awarded the...

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The New York Community Trust

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Housing and Homelessness

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Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse

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10/09/2015

When compared to 12 other industrialized nations, Americans shelled out the most cash on health care services, but they fared worst in terms of life expectancy, according to the Commonwealth Fund findings.

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The Changing Face of Philanthropy

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10/12/2015

Paige Blansfield and Nina Chung kick off a new series by the 2015 cohort of the Young Leaders Breakfast Club.

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American Express

Doris Duke Foundation

NYS Health Foundation Publishes Report on Expanding Health Insurance Access for New Yorkers

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10/13/2015

The report examines the successes and challenges that Enrollment Network grantees have experienced as they sought to improve health insurance coverage for vulnerable populations across New York.

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New York Health Foundation

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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

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10/13/2015

For-profit colleges that have been accused of fraud are still receiving U.S. funds.

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