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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500K to Support Solar Energy in Developing Countries

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10/20/2016

GivePower Foundation, a non-profit organization that uses solar energy technologies to deliver essential community services to the developing world, was awarded a second $500,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Writes About the Privilege of Being Privileged

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10/20/2016

If people are concerned about privilege, of course, there’s an obvious solution—just give it up: spend out your wealth, roll up your sleeves, and get involved in building alternatives which don’t start from the same position.

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18 Nov 2016

Community Building With NYC Public Libraries

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9:00am to 11:00am

Did you know that New York City’s public libraries serve more people than all of the city’s professional sports teams and major cultural institutions combined? With over 200 branches in nearly every community across the five boroughs, the libraries...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Brings More Data to NGOs in Africa

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10/19/2016

Post-conflict countries can, and often do, remain in disarray long after the bullets stop flying. NGOs working in these regions attempting to get resources to where they’re needed are often met with a severe lack of data.

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The New York Women's Foundation Honors Saru Jayaraman, Dina Habib Powell and Laurie M. Tisch

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10/19/2016

Approximately 300 guests attended the celebration on October 13, 2016, which raised nearly $600,000 to support The Foundation’s mission to achieve sustained economic security and justice for New York City’s undeserved women and girls.

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Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

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10/19/2016

School districts and charter schools across the country increasingly are pursuing socioeconomic integration, with data on those efforts suggesting positive outcomes for both low- and middle-income students, a report from the Century Foundation finds.

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Pershing Square Supports Social Entrepreneurship and Mobile Healthcare

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10/19/2016

At the heart of CareMessage is the service mission of a nonprofit, but with the goal of building successful, scalable software that more closely resembles that of a for-profit organization.

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Pershing Square Foundation

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United Hospital Fund Report Examines Impact of ACA on New York's Insurance Markets

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10/18/2016

Enrollment in New York’s Individual Market increased sharply but net income fell in 2014.

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Wallace Video Series Shows How Illinois Revamped Requirements for Preparation of Principals

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10/18/2016

The four-part video series, "A Bold Move to Better Prepare Principals: The Illinois Story," begins with the tale of how the state of Illinois and its partners, including universities, districts and teachers' unions, accomplished this change.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50M to Museum of Science

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10/18/2016

Everyone around here knows Michael Bloomberg as the kid from Medford who went on to do big things. He built a multibillion-dollar company and served as a three-term mayor of New York.

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NYSHealth Awards Grants $1.2M to Empower Health Care Consumers

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10/18/2016

A grant to MergerWatch will support an in-depth review of New York’s Certificate of Need process and identify opportunities for consumer engagement and protection in this era of health care consolidation.

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New York Health Foundation

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Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project

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10/18/2016

Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ latest project, Silent Voices, harnesses the power of young people to be instruments of change, giving voice to those who have been silenced or marginalized by social, cultural or religious circumstances.

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Funders Who Value Diversity, Use This Resource

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10/18/2016

Earl Lewis, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, writes about new book, "Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society," a resource for intellectual discussion about building bridges across diverse...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Nicole Gueron to Board of Directors

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10/17/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the election of Nicole Gueron, co-founder of the law firm Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP, to its board of directors, effective September 30, 2016.

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Simons Foundation Supports Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Era

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10/17/2016

A partnership-based funding model — 200 libraries in 24 countries plus the support from the Simons Foundation — is sustaining exchange among libraries.

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Communications/Media

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Funds Primer to Guide Students on College Choices

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10/17/2016

The Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences received $2.2 million from Carnegie Corporation of New York for this initiative.

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Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension

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10/17/2016

Forty-eight percent of all Americans aged 18 to 30 have zero in retirement savings and no access to a traditional pension.

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Economic Security

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NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals

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10/17/2016

A new survey of children’s and teenagers’ eating habits at fast-food restaurants suggests that consumption levels of sugary drinks are closely tied to their automatic inclusion in “combo meal” packages.

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New York Health Foundation

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Women in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Economic Development Program Secure Marriott Deal

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10/13/2016

The graduates of the training program through the non-profit, Bloomberg Philanthropies supported Relationship Coffee Institute are providing the Marriott with locally grown coffee from their own coffee cooperatives.

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