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Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls

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02/05/2016

Teresa Younger, Ms. Foundation, president and CEO, has been renewing the conversation about feminism and has launched a 52,000-mile “listening tour” with stops throughout the country.

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Gender Justice

Pinkerton, Kaplan and NY Community Trust Staff to Be Honored by City & State

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02/05/2016

The media company, City & State Reports, and New York Law School announced this year's Corporate, Foundation and Family Philanthropy honorees.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Pinkerton Foundation

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Rauch Foundation and Others Publish Report that Quantifies Long Island’s Housing Needs

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02/05/2016

Regional Plan Association, HR&A Advisors Inc., and the Rauch Foundation released new research this week highlighting the high demand for multifamily housing on Long Island and proposing solutions to meet the demand.

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Housing and Homelessness

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The Rauch Foundation

Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

The Mellon Foundation grant will support of efforts to increase the number of Latino professors in the humanities at U.S. colleges and universities.

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools

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02/04/2016

Safe schools are a critical concern, writes Deborah N. Archer, Professor of Law, New York Law School, and board member of Brooklyn Community Foundation.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Social Justice

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Brooklyn Org

Produce Buyers & Sellers Support Food Safety Research Campaign (Target Corp.)

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02/04/2016

The fresh produce supply chain is supporting the Center for Produce Safety's Campaign for Produce Safety, as retail and foodservice buyers and producers announced commitments to fund produce-specific food safety research.

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Food Systems

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Target Corporation

New Publication Examines the Funding Model For Public Research Universities (Carnegie Corp.)

Release Date:

02/04/2016

Public research universities continue to devote most of their resources to their core activities: teaching and research. Despite this prioritization, as states have continued to reduce their contributions to public research universities, tuition is...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust

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02/04/2016

The lives of New York senior citizens are the subject of a year-long project called Exceeding Expectations, which is run by the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and led by journalist...

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Aging

Health

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The New York Community Trust

Arabella Advisors Hires Managing Director of Advocacy, Scott Nielsen

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02/04/2016

Scott Nielsen, who has years of experience helping foundations develop and evaluate advocacy initiatives, has joined Arabella as managing director of advocacy.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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NonProfitTimes Calls on Foundation Leaders to Demand Presidential Candidates Address NP Issues (Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)

Release Date:

02/04/2016

The NonProfit Times' editorial notes that as the nation's presidential candidates talk policy, the charitable sector never gets its due, and asks foundation leaders to steer the conversation.