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Landlords Are Sitting on Empty Apartments in Affordable Buildings, says Official

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10/21/2016

... poorly maintained apartment buildings are challenging New Yorkers' chances of finding affordable housing at a time when they need it ... held a rally Tuesday to highlight how the abundance of...

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Housing and Homelessness

Study Supported by Surdna Shows Tech Companies Exploit Public Subsidies

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10/25/2016

... and localities are giving cash-rich tech giants an average of $2 million per job for data centers the companies must ... other that more than half the states have even enacted new data center-specific tax...

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Community Development

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Wallace Foundation Supports a Transgender Story Told Through Opera

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11/11/2016

... and Ella Fitzgerald. But the location isn't the only new thing about Seattle Opera's As One,which will be ... a chamber opera with only two singers, tells the story of Hannah, a transwoman, and her...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

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11/17/2016

... But More Improvement Needed From The Commonwealth Fund: A new survey of adults in the U.S. and 10 other high-income countries ... cost is a barrier to getting care. In 2016, 33 percent of U.S...

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Community Garden at Doris Duke’s Former NJ Estate Donates Tons of Organic Produce

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11/21/2016

... Garden at Doris Duke’s Former NJ Estate Donates Tons of Organic Produce Duke Farms, the 2,700-acre former estate of globe-trotting philanthropist Doris Duke, is one of the largest preserved...

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Food Systems

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Three Red Hook Nonprofits Are Finalists in Inaugural Brooklyn Community Foundation SPARK Prize

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11/28/2016

... Twenty SPARK Prize finalists have been chosen among a pool of 150 applicants. Seventeen ae Brooklyn-based organizations, ... Red Hook Community Justice Center (RHCJC). The SPARK Prize of $100,000 will be...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $2.3M in Grants to Nonprofits Serving Youth, Girls of Color

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12/14/2016

... $2.3M in Grants to Nonprofits Serving Youth, Girls of Color Brooklyn Community Foundation announced $1.9 million in new grants through its Invest in Youth initiative, ... for 16- to 24-year-olds, particularly...

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Gender Justice

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Simons Foundation Supports Study That Finds Bacteria Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments

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12/19/2016

... Bacteria Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments New research shows a certain oxygen breathing limit for ... species don’t survive in low oxygen except some hardiest of organisms. Recently, some MIT...

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Science

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Supports SDG Philanthropy Platform

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03/13/2017

... trillion bill. Enter the SDG Philanthropy Platform , a new collaboration between philanthropy and the international ... through coordination and collaboration and to address some of the challenges that have...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Rockefeller, Arabella Advisors Collaborate on 'Risk Management for Philanthropy-a Toolkit'

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03/20/2017

... 'Risk Management for Philanthropy-a Toolkit' An important new report has developed a framework for understanding and valuing the role of risk in contemporary philanthropy. The Open Road Alliance...

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Edna McConnell Clark's Nancy Roob Gives Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy

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03/30/2017

... Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy In 10 Years: A New Normal for Philanthropy At this year's TEDxPennAve in .....

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Rockefeller Foundation Survey Reveals Insight into the College Skills Gap

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05/01/2017

... 2017 survey by the Rockefeller Foundation noted that half of recent college graduates are not using skills they learned in college at work, and 86 percent are learning new skills outside of...

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Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years

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05/31/2017

... Walker said the international foundation has hired a new program officer who will be based in the city later this ...

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Arcus Supports First Group for LGBTQ People with Special Needs

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08/24/2017

... for Pride (SNAP), is not just the first organization of its kind in the state of New Jersey – but the first in the entire country. SNAP was ...

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NYC Education Department Failed To Track $84M For Disabled Student Services

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08/28/2017

... vendors for services to students with disabilities, a new audit charges. In the report to be released Monday, ... 2016. As a result, Stringer said, the city made thousands of bad payments for bogus treatments...

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CEO Pay at Large Nonprofits Increases 4%

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09/12/2017

... time since before the Great Recession, according to a new compensation report from GuideStar. Still, the raises remain below those of the mid-2000s, when at some large nonprofits they crossed ...

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DOE Expands Comfort Dog Program In NYC Schools

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10/02/2017

... In NYC Schools After a successful year, the Department of Education (DOE) will be expanding its Comfort Dog Program by adding 30 new schools across the city — nine of them in Brooklyn. The...

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Schneiderman Vows To Sue Over Clean Power Plan Repeal

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10/10/2017

... to replacing it – the Trump Administration’s campaign of climate change denial continues, once again putting industry special interests ahead of New Yorkers’ and all Americans’ safety, health...

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Revson Foundation Report Encourages Philanthropic Support of Local Journalism

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02/09/2018

Revson Foundation Report Encourages Philanthropic Support of Local Journalism A new report from the Charles H. Revson Foundation makes the case for philanthropic support of journalism, though its...

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