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Three Red Hook Nonprofits Are Finalists in Inaugural Brooklyn Community Foundation SPARK Prize

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11/28/2016

Twenty SPARK Prize finalists have been chosen among a pool of 150 applicants. Seventeen ae Brooklyn-based organizations, including three from Red Hook: Dance Theater Etcetera (DTE); Red Hook Initiative (RHI); and the Red Hook Community Justice...

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Six Recommendations for Shifting Philanthropy Forward

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11/28/2016

Sampriti Ganguli, CEO of Arabella Advisors, writes about ways philanthropy can adapt to a new administration.

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arabella Advisors

HSC Calls for Comments on Fair Labor Standards Act Effects on Nonprofits

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11/28/2016

As nonprofits prepare to comply with the new Fair Labor Standards Act rule on exempt employee status, which will take effect on December 1, the State is accepting comments on its own proposed rule, which would set an even higher threshold.

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Mellon Foundation and NEH Recognize College Professor for Book on Israel

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11/29/2016

Gary S. Schiff’s first book, “Tradition and Politics: The Religious Parties of Israel,” has been selected under a $773,761 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a “great humanities book.”

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Mellon Foundation President Talks About Diversity and Democracy

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11/29/2016

This country would not be its complete self if we didn't create a space for all who have actually come to play a role in defining its character, in shaping its history, and suggesting its future," explains Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis.

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Civic Engagement

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Mellon Foundation

Rockefeller Family Fund Calls ExxonMobil’s Conduct ‘Morally Reprehensible’

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11/29/2016

David Kaiser, a fifth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, and Lee Wasserman, director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, wrote an article in the New York Review of Books calling out ExxonMobil for “morally reprehensible conduct.”

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Family Fund

Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

Release Date:

11/30/2016

Who’s going big to change the world? Here are the ten most promising big bets.

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Pershing Square Foundation

Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'

Release Date:

11/30/2016

The winning librarians were recognized for their exceptional contributions to transforming lives and communities through education and lifelong learning.

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Century Foundation Senior Fellow Says Political Behavior Is Predicted by Past Political Behavior

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11/30/2016

Currently, older people are a reliable conservative voting bloc, but that does not mean they will be into the future.

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Civic Engagement

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The Century Foundation

With Support from Citi Foundation, Report Highlights Innovative Education Development

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11/30/2016

NYU Wagner and the Center for an Urban Future selected the 15 urban policy reforms after conducting hundreds of interviews with mayors, agency chiefs, policy experts, academics, business leaders, labor unions and philanthropic foundations.

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Citi Foundation

NY Women’s Foundation Projects Precarious Situation for Young Girls Dependent on Struggling Caregivers

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12/01/2016

Report finds that tens of thousands of low-income girls in NYC lack strong, consistent nurturance from well-supported and well-prepared adults.

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

Release Date:

12/01/2016

The City of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has been admitted to the group of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation and dedicated to helping member cities around the world become more resilient to physical, social, and...

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

MAC AIDS Fund Contributes $1 Million to New HIV Treatment Effort in Washington, DC

Release Date:

12/01/2016

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is set to announce a new effort to fight HIV and AIDS.

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

Wallace Foundation Supports Alvin Ailey Program to Inspire Young New Yorkers

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12/01/2016

The Ailey organization is launching a Young New York program in conjunction with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's annual holiday season at New York City Center (November 30 - December 31).

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The Wallace Foundation

Former Capital One Foundation President Forms Consulting Practice to Strengthen Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships

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12/02/2016

When Capital One Foundation President Carolyn Berkowitz stepped down earlier this year to pursue other opportunities, one question remained: Just what were those opportunities?

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A NYS Health-Funded Report in 'Consumer Reports' Offers National and Local Ratings of Health Cost Estimator Tools

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12/02/2016

This NYSHealth-funded report in Consumer Reports offers ratings of health cost estimator tools, both nationally and New York State-specific, that help consumers make better-informed decisions about their health care.

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Rockefeller Foundation Choses Lincoln Center to Manage its NYC Cultural Innovation Fund

Release Date:

12/02/2016

Lincoln Center announced today that they have been chosen by the Rockefeller Foundation to manage the foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund (NYC CIF).

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Driving Behavior Change Through Communications

Publication date:

11/2016

Commissioned by the Arcus Foundation and designed as an open resource for grantees and the wider conservation and social justice movements, the report showcases the issues often faced by those in both sectors. It includes an overview of behavior change theories, a compilation of successful behavior change campaigns, lessons learned, and tools for planning new initiatives.

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25 Jan 2017

Ask Charities Bureau Chief Sheehan Your Questions

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

James Sheehan was appointed by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to lead the New York State Charities Bureau in January 2014, and his first focus was the implementation and enforcement of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 , The NPRA was the...

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02 Feb 2017

Invisible No More: Native Realities in a Post-Election Era

Thursday, February 2, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock has attracted broad public attention with wider implications for the country as a whole. Reaching the eyes and ears of New Yorkers, this effort is rooted in historical and contentious struggles not only...