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NY Times Common Sense Columnist Says Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing

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04/17/2017

... By law, tax-exempt foundations must spend at least 5 percent of their endowment every year on charitable purposes. In Ford’ s case, that amounts to over $600 million ... NY...

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NY State Health Foundation CEO: 1M New Yorkers Could Lose Health Coverage Under AHCA

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05/08/2017

... have their eyes on Albany, which will be under pressure to pick up some of the costs now covered by Washington. The ... the top Medicaid benefits in the country. . . “Today’ s vote to approve...

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NYS Health Foundation Co-Authors Column on Blocking Immigrants from Essential Services

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06/01/2017

... on Blocking Immigrants from Essential Services With over 3 million foreign-born residents, immigrants are vital to the health of New York City’ s economy and neighborhoods. The critical...

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Sloan Foundation Noted in Article on What Could Help Americans Work More Years

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06/13/2017

... of American workers in their 50s and 60s want, or need, to keep working past the traditional retirement age of 65 — ... or full-time. But after attending Columbia University’ s 2017 Age Boom Academy program...

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color By now it’ s clear the Trump era will be cruel to women. The President and Congress have proposed draconian ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

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07/06/2017

... Scott Duke Kominers, and their collaborators are hoping to transform the way scientists study urban environments - ... authored a study that uses computer vision algorithms to examine millions of Google Street...

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

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07/25/2017

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’ s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting ... new analysis of a decades-old study on the model. At age 2 , both boys and girls involved with NFP were found...

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Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

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08/17/2017

Rockefeller’ s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and ... neighborhood. Tassafaronga Village, a six-year-old, $52.8 million LEED Gold housing redevelopment project, is also an ... structures to...

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Seaport Museum's 110-Year-Old Lightship To Be Restored To Its Glory Days

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08/29/2017

Seaport Museum' s 110-Year-Old Lightship To Be Restored To Its Glory Days One ... announced on Monday that the city had contributed $4. 5 million towards...

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Bad Landlords Poised To Profit On De Blasio Plan To Turn Rent-Stabilized Buildings Into Long-Term Homeless Shelters

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08/30/2017

... of Homeless Services is quietly finalizing more than $98 million in contracts that would turn five apartment buildings ... homeless shelters, and maintain six more as cluster sites for at least the next three...

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Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War?

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09/08/2017

Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War? Pope Francis urged Colombians Wednesday to reject "vengeance" for the sufferings of their civil conflict and promote...

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

Opinion: New York’ s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job On Thursday, a million New York City children will return to school. ... loss that often occurs when students are out of school for...

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With DSH Cuts Looming, Cuomo Must Decide How to Allot Fewer Dollars

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09/13/2017

... Share Hospital cuts the industry has feared for years are scheduled to begin taking effect in less than ... the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That’ s 16...

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Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns

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09/21/2017

... concern that the company purchasing Fidelis Care for $3.75 billion said it will try to continue a policy for ... Catholic Church and a large Obamacare insurer that has 1.6 million...

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Gender Justice

Amazon Inks Office Space Deal on Manhattan’s Far West Side

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09/22/2017

Amazon Inks Office Space Deal on Manhattan’ s Far West Side Amazon.com Inc. plans to open an office on the far West Side of Manhattan and create more than 2 ,000 jobs in New York City. The retail...

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How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them

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09/22/2017

How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them Understanding the different giving habits of ... $390 billion awarded to charities last year. The lion’ s share was from high net worth...

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The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm.

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09/26/2017

The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm. It was evening ... an exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the city’ s premier showcase for African-American art...

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Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for nonprofit leaders racing to ensure giving incentives remain intact as lawmakers try to ... 25, and 35 percent — while leaving...

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Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale

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09/29/2017

Trump’ s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale Owners of ... complex – which President Trump has a small stake in – for less than fair-market value in a deal “riven with ... own a 15.4 percent limited...

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