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More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers

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07/28/2017

... Cities employed a "chief resilience officer." As of late July, there were officially 79 within the ... namesake cohort — most of which have survived local political transitions...

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Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School

Release Date:

08/31/2017

Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School A dispute over who should lead an ... wanted a nation member who was a teacher at the school to become principal. The local school board,...

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Education

Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most

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09/05/2017

Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most The sky-high cost of ... jobs. From a distance, the jobs picture looks great. The local...

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Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - We Need a Marshall Plan for Future Disasters Like These

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... Like These When superstorm Sandy struck my home state of New York in 2012, it dealt a severe blow to communities that were unprepared for a major flooding ... was destroyed and lives were ruined because...

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New Pre-K Center Slated to Open on Upper East Side in 2019, Officials Say

Release Date:

09/19/2017

New Pre-K Center Slated to Open on Upper East Side in 2019, Officials Say A universal ... with about 18 seats each, according to the Department of Education and the local...

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NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings

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09/20/2017

NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings New York ... the bill would be aimed at increasing participation in local government. “It’s really hard to get parents to...

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Children, Youth and Families

Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project

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09/25/2017

Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project For Barry Diller, the turning point came ... film and theater producer Scott Rudin, who he had enlisted to help plan the programming, provided an...

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De Blasio Says No Notice Needed from City when Entire Hotels Get Rented to Shelter the Homeless

Release Date:

10/13/2017

... No Notice Needed from City when Entire Hotels Get Rented to Shelter the Homeless Despite criticism from local elected officials, Mayor de Blasio said Thursday the ... Queens press conference. The city does...

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The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Recognizes Young Volunteers from Every State

Release Date:

10/17/2017

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Recognizes Young Volunteers from Every ... Secondary School Principals (NASSP), was created in 1995 to recognize the exemplary volunteer work of middle...

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Learn About The Isivivana Centre, An Atlantic Philanthropies Grantee

Release Date:

01/22/2018

... in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. It was built to house activist organizations, including many Atlantic grantees. Members of the local community can also access the library, watch...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces New David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center

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06/05/2019

... Rockefeller Creative Arts Center The Pocantico Center to Adapt Historic Orangerie for Cultural and Sustainability Programming Today, The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) announced plans...

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Westchester Teens Represent UJA-Federation of New York at Tree of Life Commemoration

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11/01/2019

Westchester Teens Represent UJA-Federation of New York at Tree of Life Commemoration J-Teen Leadership, ... UJA-Federation of New York as a teen delegation to Pittsburgh on...

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Jewish Interests

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ASPCA & Lil BUB’s Philanthropy Isn’t Just Fluff

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10/29/2014

By Adam Liebling, Director of Grant Compliance and Communication, ASPCA There have been trends in recent years to make philanthropy more competitive , democratic , and ... of New York and the...

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Animal Welfare

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2020 Open Society Fellows Developing Approaches to Counter Economic Inequality

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02/06/2020

2020 Open Society Fellows Developing Approaches to Counter Economic Inequality NEW YORK—Responding to growing global agitation over the effects of concentrated wealth, the Open Society...

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We are In a Time of New Suns

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10/19/2022

We are In a Time of New Suns By: Taryn Higashi, Executive Director, Unbound ... by the Center for Effective Philanthropy in August of 2022. The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s report, ... an urgent problem and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Unbound Philanthropy

Here Are The Leaders Of STOP: Bloomberg's $20 Million Tobacco Watchdog

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08/14/2018

Here Are The Leaders Of STOP: Bloomberg's $20 Million Tobacco Watchdog STOP has just started and aims to bring new meaning to the phrase "asking for a light," when ... on March 7...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

New Supporting Organization to Oversee "Grand Bargain" Funds

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07/06/2014

New Supporting Organization to Oversee "Grand Bargain" Funds The Ford Foundation will be part of a new nonprofit, the Foundation for Detroit's future, .....

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The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World

Release Date:

11/17/2014

The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World Ploughshares opposes America’s development of a missile-defense system and contributes funds to scores ... The fund identifies itself...