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At Ford Event, de Blasio Says Cities Must Innovate Since Feds and State Won’t

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03/30/2016

Mayor de Blasio appeared to abandon any belief that higher levels of government have any interest in helping New York City grapple with income inequality.

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Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club

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03/30/2016

Open Society Foundations, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world, are leaders in the recent paternity-leave movement gaining momentum at corporations large and small, giving 6-month paid paternal leaves for employees.

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Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda

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03/30/2016

Peter J. Beshar, Vice President and General Counsel of Marsh & McLennan and member of the John Jay College Foundation's Board of Trustees, will be honored for his service to the college, along with the Tow Foundation for its work on juvenile and...

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Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work

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03/30/2016

The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have prepared a $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington for high-level nuclear-security talks.

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Helmsley Trustee Becoming Known as ‘Israel’s Santa Claus

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03/30/2016

Renowned New York attorney Sandor “Sandy” Frankel serves as one of four trustees of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, earning him the nickname “Israel’s Santa Claus.”

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NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women

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03/29/2016

As Women's History Month 2016 draws to a close, some might be tempted to think that our work is done – it is not. The work of gender equity continues. NY Women's and Novo foundations are noted for philanthropic investment in programs for women and...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Launches Initiative to Protect Refugee Children in Greece

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03/29/2016

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, in partnership with the European Programme for Integration and Migration, is launching a grant initiative to support nongovernmental organizations working to protect refugee children arriving in Greece.

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Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

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03/29/2016

A new study from Sandia National Laboratories assesses how much the city of Norfolk, its region and the nation would suffer in damages to national assets and lost economic activity if it does nothing to address rising sea levels.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results

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03/28/2016

A program to increase the vocabulary of poor children in Rhode Island, using technology to count every word spoken, is not achieving results expected. But whether the pioneering program is a national model or just an interesting concept hasn't been...

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Revson Foundation Supports Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology

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03/28/2016

The nine-month pilot program, which organizers hope to extend, is funded by a $35,000 grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation and addresses the underrepresentation of women and minorities in leadership, production and creative roles across all...