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“Poor” is Washington’s Four Letter Word

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01/21/2015

... as the feature article for the January 2015 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. I listened to President Obama’s State of the Union address last night ... the “middle class”...

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PNY News

PNY Members Explore Barriers Placed on Black Girls in School

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02/10/2015

... Explore Barriers Placed on Black Girls in School President Obama’s November report on Women and Girls of Color was an important step, inviting attention to reduce ... the path to college and careers. On...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Natasha Lifton Joins The New York Community Trust as Senior Program Officer for Children, Youth, and Families

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03/16/2015

... services and welfare. Lifton has served as the director of the Office of Public Private Partnerships at the NYC Housing Authority; Senior Vice President for External Affairs at Seedco;...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey: Healthcare Unaffordable for Many Even With Insurance

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11/20/2015

... the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund. The telephone survey of 2,700 insured adults found that even those with ... insurance, which is the most common form of coverage in the country, have trouble affording their...

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Health

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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 ... The newfound momentum reflects a strategy to steer clear of...

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Public Policy

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools, but Critics Want More

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01/25/2016

... the added funding, no school will get less than 87 percent of its “Fair Student Funding” allocation, the mayor said. ... that increase was not sufficient, said Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who has...

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Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough

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03/24/2016

... “We are improving security at our nuclear facilities,” President Obama told the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. ... Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the United States stores most of its weapons-grade uranium...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Public Policy

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Microsoft Joins Bloomberg, JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American History

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03/25/2016

... JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American History Microsoft Corp. has donated $1 million to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture,...

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Aetna Foundation

Proteus Fund Serves as Fiscal Sponsor for LGBT Nonprofits and Initiatives

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01/26/2017

... progressive groups could dry up under the administration of President Donald Trump, a new fund backed by two national ... to fill the gap. Called the Emergent Fund, the pot of grant money is...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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MAC AIDS Fund Supports Efforts to Spread the Word About HIV Prevention For African-American Women

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01/27/2017

... them sexual health options and also embarking on a path of research,” says Linda Blout, president of Black Women’s Health Imperative, a nonprofit ...

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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Health

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New York Community Trust Weighs in on Distribution of Post-Trump Donations to Nonprofits

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02/06/2017

New York Community Trust Weighs in on Distribution of Post-Trump Donations to Nonprofits In January, the New ... “hate crimes and New York City residents’ fears of deportation, discrimination, arrest, and poverty...

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NY Community Trust Mentioned in City Lab Article About Advocacy Groups Assisting Refugees

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03/13/2017

... and other undocumented immigrants have seen an infusion of resources following the Trump administration’s announcement, earlier this month, of a four-month moratorium on refugee admissions. (After the .....

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Immigration

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Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion

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08/21/2017

... Financial Inclusion In this interview with the Business of Giving, Shamina Singh, president of the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, discusses how ...

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Economic Security

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Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’

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08/29/2017

... Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’ A Northeastern University researcher who was ... publicly “because I found it to be a stark reminder of the ongoing politicization of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship

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08/29/2017

Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship Around the time of World War I, two organizations set out to mold young ... a century later. But in a blistering letter this week,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot

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08/31/2017

Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot Elected to lead the ... to Germany in July to speak at a rally during a meeting of world leaders, only to be criticized for leaving New York ... stand or...

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Community Development

Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights

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08/31/2017

... to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights Canada’s idea of a fair trade deal seems very different from President Trump’s. Just two days before heading into the first round of negotiations over...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

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09/05/2017

... Administration Officials Say ABC News has learned that President Donald Trump plans to phase out the Deferred Action ... you are not already protected by the program, you are out of luck, although applications...

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Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?

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09/06/2017

... are still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with a combined annual revenue of $1.4 trillion sent a powerful message to the world: U.S. President...

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