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Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code

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09/01/2015

... to be different at a graduation ceremony last week on NJIT' s campus that was the culmination of the Girls Who Code ... the world because you’ve learned to code,” said NJIT President Joel S...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Festival That Will Show Sneak Preview of PBS "Hamilton" Documentary

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09/06/2016

... for the Humanities, will host a sneak preview of "Hamilton' s America," a documentary film that delves into the life ... Hamilton and the making of Lin-Manuel Miranda' s Pulitzer Prize and...

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Soros-Funded Charities Targeted By Trump-Inspired Crackdown In East Europe

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03/23/2017

... by Moscow appears to follow a template set by Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose own crackdown on foreign-funded charities drove Soros' s foundation out of Russia two years ago. And now, with .....

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Podcast: Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities

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04/10/2017

... Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities When President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 law that created the ... Foundation, which has steadfastly kept up the family’ s commitment to the liberal arts...

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Cuomo, Schneiderman Say They'll Sue to Protect "Dreamers"

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09/05/2017

... Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, policy if President Donald Trump succeeds in ending the program. The ... to act if it wants to retain or change the program. The president might have a formal...

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My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation

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09/07/2017

My Brother’ s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation My Brother’ s Keeper, a White House initiative that later spun off into a ... and killed in 2012. As he attended his final MBK event as president...

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‘Brooklyn Prime’ Campaign Aims To Bring Amazon Headquarters To NYC

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09/13/2017

... Campaign Aims To Bring Amazon Headquarters To NYC Amazon' s announcement last week that is seeking proposals for siting ... company. In an open letter to Amazon, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and...

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The Holocaust Museum Sought Lessons on Syria. What It Got Was a Political Backlash.

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09/20/2017

... rod for the fierce debate over the Obama administration’ s role in the Syrian civil war. The museum is facing ... now in its sixth year. Museum leaders and the study’ s authors had sought lessons on how a...

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Health Bill Appears Dead as Pivotal G.O.P. Senator Declares Opposition

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09/26/2017

... G.O.P. Senator Declares Opposition A last-ditch attempt by President Trump and Senate Republicans to dismantle the ... are now all but certain to conclude Mr. Trump’ s first year in office without fulfilling...

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Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.

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09/27/2017

Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U. S . President Trump plans to cap refugee admissions at 45,000 ... . . Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U. S . ...

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Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums

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06/26/2018

Measuring Staff Diversity at America' s Art Museums As the Mellon Foundation considered how best to ... curatorial staff across the nation, Executive Vice President Mariët Westermann realized that first we...

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How We Can Advance Support for Racial Equity and Racial Justice Funding

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03/03/2022

... are strategically positioned to influence a funder’ s racial equity and racial justice funding. But in three ... impact racial equity and racial justice grantmaking, it’ s important to first define these...

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02 Oct 2014

How Philanthropy Can Act to Stop the Ebola Crisis

Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 1:00pm

... Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. What are New York City and State doing to prepare and address the ... Last Mile Health Bob Ottenhoff, (Moderator) President and CEO, Center for Disaster Philanthropy...

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Exchanges, Exchanges Everywhere: Understanding the Role of Private Exchanges

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02/06/2014

by David Blumenthal, M.D. , President , The Commonwealth Fund Just when we thought ... health plan choices than many have had before. That’ s a lot of exchange stuff to get under our belts, without ... buying...

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A Critical Catalyst: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

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01/30/2013

... to Hurricane Sandy into a long phase of recovery, many new questions arise: what have we learned? What could we have ... issues that came up during the course of the Commission’ s analysis: 1. Evacuation...

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What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today

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01/30/2017

... Brooklyn Community Foundation In 2002, I moved to Brooklyn' s Flatbush/Midwood neighborhood. As an immigrant and a recent ... of our grantee partner Arab American Association of New York shared her own...

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The Issues We’re Taking to the Hill

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02/21/2018

... to the Hill By Michael Hamill Remaley, Senior Vice President , Public Policy & Communications Last month, I wrote in this column about Philanthropy New York’ s 2018 Policy Slate , which...

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Building long-term partnerships with nonprofits to scale impact: Lessons from sustained funding relationships

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10/25/2021

... Lavelle Fund for the Blind, and Brad Turner, Vice President & General Manager of Global Education and Literacy, ... change is more of a long-term investment. The fund' s work with the nonprofit...

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