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Brooklyn Principal wins Sloan Public Service Award and $10,000 Prize

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06/04/2014

[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation] April Leong, principal of Brooklyn's Liberation High School, will be honored at the 41st annual Sloan Public Service Awards for her efforts in improving the lives of older students.

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Morgan Stanley Launches Healthy Cities

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06/04/2014

Morgan Stanley is launching Healthy Cities, a philanthropy program designed to fuel innovation in coordinating the wellness, nutrition and play resources that can underpin a child’s healthy start in life.

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

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06/04/2014

[The Rockefeller Foundation] Foundations just make grants, correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Presents Third Installment of 'Stories of Brooklyn Insights'

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06/04/2014

ARTs East New York, the latest group to be featured in the series, is a storefront gallery and neighborhood hub that uses the arts to create community-led change.

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Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions

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06/03/2014

In partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago, Northwestern University has announced grants totaling nearly $1.3 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a program designed to advance the study of...

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Why Do Banks Care About Youth Career Readiness in New York?

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06/03/2014

JP Morgan Chase recently announced a $250 million initiative to bolster the skills of workers, with a big focus on young people and three months later, the Citi Foundation also announced its biggest initiative ever: a $50 million, three-year effort...

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'Docu-Ad’ Exposes Hardship of Those Without Bank Access

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06/03/2014

A new commercial from American Express, presented like an investigative nonfiction film, exposes the high costs of living outside the traditional financial system.

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Sam Goldman Named 2014 Winner of Charles Bronfman Prize

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06/03/2014

Sam Goldman, founder and chief customer officer of the solar products company d.light design, was named the winner of The Charles Bronfman Prize, which comes with a $100,000 award.

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New York Community Trust's HIVE Grants to Boost Digital Media Learning

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06/02/2014

Teens will record residents' stories to make a multimedia map of the Bronx; make, play, and remix wired steel drums; and use a rock camp, audio lab, and planetarium to learn about the science of sound-with grants from the Hive Digital Media Learning...

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Citi Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Student Mentoring Initiatives

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06/02/2014

The Citi Foundation has announced two grants totaling $2.1 million in support of initiatives designed to connect high-potential students from low-income households with mentoring and career counseling provided by early- to mid-career professionals.

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