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Rockefeller Study Shows Female CEOs Get Blamed for Failure More Frequently Than Men

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10/26/2016

It’s not your imagination or a just a hunch: Female chief executives are treated differently by the media than their male counterparts, a new analysis of press coverage of CEOs confirms.

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Gender Justice

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Q&A: Judith Rodin Makes An Impact On Investing And Giving

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11/02/2016

How important is Judith Rodin? Ask one of the 20,000 New York public school students who got to see the Broadway hit "Hamilton" because of her and they might say she is life-changing.

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New York Community Trust Announces Gold, Silver and Bronze Winners of Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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12/06/2016

New York Community Trust Announces Gold, Silver and Bronze Winners of Nonprofit Excellence Awards The 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Presentation and Best Practices Workshop was held Friday, December 2nd at the New York...

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The New York Community Trust

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John A. Hartford Foundation Supports Report on Disconnect Between Docs and Patients On Advance Planning

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12/08/2016

While clinicians said talking with patients about end-of-life decisions early was important, patients stated that healthcare providers generally failed to do so effectively, according to a new report from a trio of healthcare foundations.

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Five Organizations Selected to Receive First Spark Prize

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01/10/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the five organizations selected to receive its first annual Spark Prize, the only honor of its kind celebrating excellence and impact in Brooklyn’s thriving nonprofit sector.

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Bank of America Grant and Volunteers Support Partnership with Eva’s Village

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01/25/2017

Eva’s Village, a Paterson, NJ, anti-poverty, nonprofit organization, partners with local businesses and community groups to raise funds for its 20 integrated anti-poverty programs.

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After Cuts in Funding from DoE, Learning Leaders Shuts Down Despite Support from Funders Like NYCT, Pinkerton

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02/17/2017

Learning Leaders, a nonprofit that trains volunteers to work in hundreds of low-income schools across the city, will shut down next month because of difficulty obtaining enough money from the city Department of Education, the organization announced...

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The New York Community Trust

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Supported by Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Visual Arts of NJ Explores New Jersey Parks

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02/24/2017

More than two years in the making, Park Wonder: Rediscovering Four New Jersey Landscapes will open at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey on April 20, 2017.

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation Supports First App Launched by Museum of the City of New York

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03/06/2017

The Museum of the City of New York launches its first-ever app, A Walk Through Gilded New York , a digital companion to the critically acclaimed exhibition Gilded New York.

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William T. Grant Foundation Appoints Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to Board of Trustees

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07/12/2017

The William T. Grant Foundation today announced the appointments of Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to serve as members of its Board of Trustees. Both have been longtime advocates and voices for vulnerable children and youth.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?

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08/29/2017

How to provide long-term care for a fast-aging population poses one of the more convoluted challenges of the American labor market. In his new book, “Who Will Care For Us?,” to be published next month by the Russell Sage Foundation, MIT Professor...

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Businesses Donate Over $157 Million to Harvey Relief Efforts

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09/05/2017

Corporate giants are making big contributions to disaster relief organizations to help victims of Tropical Storm Harvey. The storm is expected to leave behind billions of dollars in damages.

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LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There's an Effort to Change That

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09/06/2017

Teachers sit at square tables in a college classroom here poring over primary and secondary sources about the civil rights icon Bayard Rustin.

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Gender Justice

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NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming

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09/07/2017

Berklee, a music education program, is taking over a legendary New York recording studio, bolstered by $6 million in city funding.

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Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks

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09/11/2017

"Never forget" became a national rallying cry after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Education

The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers in Dead-End Jobs

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09/12/2017

Pressed for workers, a New Jersey-based software company went hunting for a U.S. city with a surplus of talented employees stuck in dead-end jobs.

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Workforce Development

'Hand In Hand' Telethon Raises More Than $44 Million For Hurricane Survivors

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09/13/2017

A-list celebrities came out in droves on Monday night to take part in the "Hand in Hand" hurricane relief benefit, which raised more than $44 million for the victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

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New York City Education Department to Improve Response to Public Record Requests

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09/14/2017

After sustaining criticism for its sluggish responses to public records requests, New York City’s education department says it will provide more realistic timelines for responding to requests.

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Education

De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

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09/21/2017

Mayor de Blasio rolled out a $10 million plan to install as many as 1,000 new electric-car charging stations throughout the city by 2020.

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