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ASPCA Awards $8.9 Million to Animal Welfare Organizations in First Half of 2013

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07/29/2013

Altogether, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals made 847 grants to 636 organizations in 49 states ... “The ASPCA is dedicated to providing grant...

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08 May 2014

Community Food Funders Annual Gathering

Thursday, May 8, 2014 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Please join us to celebrate another year of organizing funders to transform ... The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC Tracie McMillan , Author of The American Way of...

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Food Systems

Engaging Teens Through "Hunger Games" and Skateboarding Culture

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06/25/2014

... Grants totaling $663,000 from The New York Community Trust to boost digital media learning will provide NYC teens the ... video game, and create digital maps and videos of local skateboarding...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Announces Detroit Service Corps to Strengthen City's Nonprofit Community

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11/04/2014

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Announces Detroit Service Corps to Strengthen City's Nonprofit Community JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced a new five-year program that sends teams of top-performing employees...

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Ten Librarians Honored by Carnegie for Outstanding Public Service

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12/03/2014

... were honored with this year's Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award for ... librarians join a distinguished group of award recipients. To date, only...

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The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far

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10/05/2015

... Natasha Felix sent her three sons, ages 11, 9, and 5, out to play with a visiting cousin, a young girl, in a fenced ... them all from the window. While they were outside, a local preschool teacher showed up at...

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New York Community Trust to Receive $650K from AG’s Settlement with Fraudulent Clothing-Bin Operator

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10/30/2015

New York Community Trust to Receive $650K from AG’s Settlement with Fraudulent Clothing-Bin Operator Three local organizations are in hot water after the state attorney ... boxes that drove more than $10 million...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies-Backed Report: U.S. Electric Sector Expected To Hit Lowest CO2 Emissions In 20 Years

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11/05/2015

... Report: U.S. Electric Sector Expected To Hit Lowest CO2 Emissions In 20 Years The U.S. electric ... since 1995 this year, partly due to the widespread closure of coal-powered power plants...

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide With President Obama poised to act on his own authority to try to stem gun violence, his ... and...

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Citi Director and NYC Commissioner Jointly Advocate for Helping Immigrants Become Citizens

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01/14/2016

... ceremonies are often emotional events, and the integration of immigrants has shaped the face of America. Less widely ... economic effects of naturalization on immigrants and their ...

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities

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10/21/2016

JPMorgan Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities JPMorgan ... opportunity in disadvantaged neighborhoods. As part of the firm’s $125 million, five-year PRO Neighborhoods ... for...

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‘Grassroots Means No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector

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08/29/2017

‘Grassroots Means No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector “I am so tired of dealing with ‘grassroots’ organisations here in Haiti. ... the white guy in the room offers it. It is at play when...

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NYN Media Homeless Shelter Tracker

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09/11/2017

NYN Media Homeless Shelter Tracker With the number of New Yorkers lacking permanent housing at an all-time high, ... York City Mayor de Blasio announced an ambitious effort to open 90 homeless shelters across the...

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Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

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09/13/2017

... ticking. Community Boards 4, 5 and 7 have until October 30 to vote on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue in the western Bronx. It’s the first stage ... and does not come with...

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Standing Up For Housing Equality

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09/13/2017

... headlines and ending in deadly violence as a result of white nationalists, neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan members ... own multi-day tent city sit-in and demonstration march to call attention to...

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Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books For all of Sunset Park’s celebrated taquerias, dim sum parlors and ... popular destination in that neighborhood might just be the local branch of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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With Its 'No Dancing' Law Verging On Repeal, New York Legitimizes Its Nightlife

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09/21/2017

... Last night, at the nightclub and circus-arts space House of Yes in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Mayor Bill ... and city employees, de Blasio joked that the soon- to -be-appointed...

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Opinion: A Cash Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing

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09/27/2017

... Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing These days, to achieve maximum buzz, a policy idea needs the right combination of utopian promise and real-world possibility. You can make ... basic income has...

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In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines

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09/28/2017

... for transgender rights, and Rory Philbrick is one of the faces working behind the scenes of this community’s ... activities, sends Philbrick and others as representatives to events in...

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