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15 Jan 2016

The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice: Lessons from the Campaign to End the Racially Biased Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC

Friday, January 15, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:30am

In 1977, New York decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Yet between 1995 and 2010, the NYPD made more than 530,000 arrests for low-level possession, including 50,000 in 2010 alone.

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Artist Catherine Opie Elected to Warhol Foundation Board

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12/15/2015

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts today announced the election of artist Catherine Opie to the Warhol Foundation Board of Directors.

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Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

New research from the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University shows an area of the brain - long associated with negative behaviors - can also influence kindness and what might be called charitable giving in humans.

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Century Foundation Releases Proposals to Strengthen ACA

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12/15/2015

Health care experts Harold Pollack and Timothy Jost identify 19 steps that federal, state, and local actors can take to ensure that health care in America is accessible and consumer friendly.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards its First Resident-Led Grants to Projects in Crown Heights

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12/15/2015

The Brooklyn Community Foundation, with its Crown Heights Advisory Council, announced the 11 projects that will receive $100,000 collectively through its new Neighborhood Strength initiative.

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Justice Reform

Urban Institute and JP Morgan Release Issue Brief on Workforce Programs

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12/16/2015

Although making employers a part of public workforce programs is not a new idea, there is mounting evidence that employer engagement leads to better outcomes for jobseekers.

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A Sensible Makeover for the Ford Foundation Workspace

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12/16/2015

The Ford Foundation plans a $190 million renovation of its building, 320 East 43rd Street in Manhattan, that is expected to close it for two years and will bring it to current workspace standards and styles.

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Commonwealth Fund Advice: It’s Important to Read the Fine Print of Healthcare Coverage

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12/16/2015

Findings from the most recent Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability Tracking Survey reveal that two of five adults with private coverage are unaware that their health plan fully covered preventive care services—and fully half of privately...

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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

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12/16/2015

Among the greatest challenges we're faced with today, is the growing health divide in underserved communities, writes Garth Graham, M.D., president of Aetna Foundation.

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Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

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12/16/2015

More than two dozen youth from across Central Brooklyn gathered for the first part of a 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge presented by Central Brooklyn State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Blue 1647 hosted at the Nigerian American Muslim...

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21 Jan 2016

New York Grantmakers in the Arts: A Conversation on Capitalization for the Arts

Thursday, January 21, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Join New York Grantmakers in the Arts for a discussion on the broad needs for and uses of capital in the arts.

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Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up

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12/16/2015

Lisa Cowan, Programming Consultant to PNY's Education Working Group reports on school leaders' discussion about kids who start high school way behind.

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Asked and Answered, With Implications for Philanthropy

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12/16/2015

In this column last June, I wondered “Is Overhead Having a Moment?” I took a look at several developments, including the U.S. OMB Uniform Guidance on Overhead mandating state and local contracts with nonprofits that use any amount of federal funds...

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PNY News

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24 Mar 2016

Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Do you understand and take advantage of all of the options that are available to you when choosing to make grants around the world? Do you have unwarranted fears? Learn how to navigate the legal and programmatic issues in making grants outside the...

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What's Driving Variation in New York's Hospital Spending and Prices? (NY State Health Foundation)

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12/17/2015

James R. Knickman, President and CEO of the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth), writes about price variation in the New York health care system.

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New York Health Foundation

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Grant Foundation Shifts Research Focus, Invites Studies that Improve Use of Research

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12/17/2015

Grant Foundation seeks to support studies of how to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth.

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William T. Grant Foundation

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For CEIP, Don’t Call It a Comeback

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12/17/2015

PNY's Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy Committee is now the Committee for Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy, a change reflecting the need to revisit the organization's role as a change agent to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the...

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Peterson Foundation Calls Tax Extenders Legislation Fiscally Irresponsible

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12/17/2015

Commenting on the large, year-end legislative package before Congress, Michael Peterson, of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said the costly and unfunded bill is a step in the wrong direction.

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Mellon Foundation Supports Scholarship on America’s Immigration History, including Interactive Graphics

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12/17/2015

American Panorama, a detailed graphical representation of immigration history, was created by the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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