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Report Shows Some Success For NYC's Young Men's Initiative

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07/28/2014

A program started during former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, and which received support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and Open Society Foundations, was successful at increasing job placement and internship attendance for at-risk males...

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ASPCA Grants $1.5 Million To Boost Spay/Neuter Training

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07/28/2014

The ASPCA is providing $1.5 million to co-fund a new PetSmart Charities® Humane Alliance Spay/Neuter Training Center, located in Asheville, N.C.

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American Households Lost More Than One-Third Of Value Over Past Decade

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07/26/2014

The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical American household has declined by more than a third over the past 10 years, according to a study underwritten by the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators

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07/25/2014

The Simons Foundation has selected 16 scientists as the Simons Investigators in 2014 to support their studies in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the mathematical modeling of living systems.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions

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07/25/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation fund holders directed over $200,000 in grants—more than 90 percent going to Brooklyn nonprofits—for the first six months of 2014, a 10-fold increase over the same period last year.

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Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, Dies

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07/25/2014

Alan “Ace” Greenberg, the former head of Bear Stearns, who raised hundreds of millions for the UJA-Federation of New York over his decades of involvement with the organization, and who instilled the importance of giving to charity in his employees,...

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More Technology Investment Needed To Boost Outcomes of Social Change Groups

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07/25/2014

If foundations want social change groups to have more impact, they need to step up investments that will help them make better use of technology, writes Geraldine Mannion, of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, along with three co-authors, in an...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with several organizations to train future principals for the city's schools.

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Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

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07/24/2014

Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...

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So many working groups, so many ways to engage!

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07/23/2014

In the first issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition (formerly Philanthropy Connects), PNY's Michael Remaley gives the uninitiated the run-down on all the various local issue-base working groups we support.

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