Community Development

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Environment and Climate Change

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The JPB Foundation

Bloomberg Report: 'Data Gap' at City Halls Across the Nation

Release Date:

03/10/2016

Lack of training and resources challenge U.S. municipalities trying to improve their decisionmaking processes, according to a new What Works Cities report. Bloomberg Philanthropies funds What Works Cities.

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Capital One-Funded Report: Women Entrepreneurs On the Rise in NYC

Release Date:

03/04/2016

The Center for an Urban Future found a dramatic surge in women entrepreneurs in New York City, showing that the number of women-owned businesses grew four times as fast as male-owned businesses during the past five years.

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Gender Justice

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Capital One [Corporate]

Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification

Release Date:

03/03/2016

WNYC's 'There Goes the Neighborhood' takes an in-depth look at gentrification in Brooklyn and the integral role that race plays in the process.

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Communications/Media

The New York Community Trust

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Mellon Foundation

Ford Foundation

New Mortgage Program Big Boost for Detroit Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations)

Release Date:

02/19/2016

A new program to help Detroit home buyers finance purchases will guarantee 1,000 mortgages in a city where banks have been skittish about lending because of deeply depressed property values.

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Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation

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Ford Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits

Release Date:

02/11/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation has rolled out a new vision, mission and strategy over the past year. The organization launched a focus on three core areas -- youth, neighborhoods, and nonprofits.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Brooklyn Org

Former NYC Official & Former Philadelphia Mayor Named 'What Works Cities' Senior Fellows (Bloomberg)

Release Date:

02/08/2016

What Works Cities, founded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, named former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and former New York City Chief Analytics Officer Mike Flowers 2016 What Works Cities (WWC) Senior Fellows. They will be providing expert...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)

Release Date:

01/05/2016

Tisch Fund leaders write about an an innovative public-private partnership that brings agriculture, parks, farmers' markets and more to areas in need of good food, education and jobs.

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Food Systems

CrainsNY Looks at Helmsley-Supported DATA2GO.NYC

Release Date:

12/18/2015

New data reveals a yawning chasm in life expectancy among the city’s residents, with startling implications. But, surprisingly, the relationship between life expectancy and health insurance across neighborhoods is not statistically significant,...

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Health