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The New York Community Trust Awards $600K Grant for NYC Creative Aging Initiative

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01/05/2018

... in NYC. Lifetime Arts, Inc. announced today the receipt of a $600,000 grant from The New York Community Trust (NYCT) in support of a ... staffs of over 250 senior centers, 50 arts...

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Arcus Winter Grantees Work for LGBTQ Equality Across the Globe

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01/05/2018

... the rights of LGBTQ persons across the globe and through a variety of channels is the goal of the grants in the winter Arcus Foundation portfolio. From working with transgender and intersex groups to faith...

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Gender Justice

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Video Shows How a New State Prison Policy Hurts Nonprofits Like Books Through Bars in New York

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01/10/2018

Video Shows How a New State Prison Policy Hurts Nonprofits Like Books Through ... The ability to send books to prisoners will grind to a halt throughout New York unless the state Department of ... of NYC Books...

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New Tax Law Might Force Newman's Own to Put Itself up for Sale

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01/10/2018

... provision in the tax code. The household brand is facing a tax bill of up to 200 percent on the majority of its ... of a securing a last-minute legislative fix, potentially as...

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Research Funded By The Russell Sage Foundation Shows Why Paid Family Leave Laws Could Hurt SNF Census

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01/11/2018

... Research shows that statewide paid family leave laws have a slew of benefits for both employees and employers across industries, from higher worker morale to health improvements among ... — and the results...

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Supported By The Prudential Foundation, the National Fund For Workforce Solutions Selects Four Cities to Participate in Job Quality Initiative

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01/19/2018

... and growth while improving key conditions for workers such as learning new skills, higher wages, better benefits, ... incentive bonuses, and opportunities for advancement. “ From our work with thousands of...

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New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger

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01/22/2018

... same financial dilemma: pay rent or buy food for dinner. A team of researchers from the University of Houston and Temple University say that food insecurity among college students is forcing a...

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Food Systems

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UJA-Federation To Launch Largest Anti-Poverty Push In Its History

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01/31/2018

... for the unemployed and under-employed trying to dig out of a life-crippling hole. Now, a decade later, the one-stop social-service approach is back this time as a way to...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Supported By The Taft Foundation, Rising Tide U Launches New Online Program, The Autism Advantage

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01/31/2018

... The Autism Advantage Rising Tide U (RTU), providing a road map for families who believe starting a business is their only way to help loved ones with autism ... lifestyle. "With The Autism Advantage, we...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Maintains A World Class Art Collection In a Westchester Basement

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02/05/2018

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Maintains A World Class Art Collection In a Westchester Basement Who ... it's all inside the lower level of Kykuit , also known as the John D. Rockefeller Estate,...

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A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect

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02/07/2018

A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness ... Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect A new study led by vision researchers at UB’s Jacobs School ... progressive and irreversible retinal...

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New Commonwealth Fund Survey Sheds Light on Seniors' Opinions of Their Health Care System

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02/08/2018

... the international average. How Canada Compares: Results From The Commonwealth Fund's 2017 International Health Policy ... out of 5 Canadian seniors surveyed described their health as "excellent,...

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UJA-Fed NY Launches Digital Resource to Support Disability Inclusion in Congregational Life

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02/13/2018

... Life It has been established that involvement in a religious community enhances quality of life for people ... It is indeed a broad mandate for a congregation to start from...

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Tell Them We Are Rising: A Documentary Film Breaks New Ground, Andrew W. Mellon Program Associate Emma Taati Interviews Director Stanley Nelson

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02/13/2018

Tell Them We Are Rising: A Documentary Film Breaks New Ground, Andrew W. Mellon ... Stanley Nelson Founded to educate a population newly freed from legal slavery, Historically Black Colleges and...

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"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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02/16/2018

"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the ... for their new book, Big Impact: Insights & Stories from America’s Non-Profit Leaders. Among other topics, he...

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Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors

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02/22/2018

... drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a sequential manner. The results in animal models so far ... In our bodies right now, there are normal cells mutating from their typical form and function...

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New York State Health Foundation Funded Study Finds Most NY Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans

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03/01/2018

... quality care to veterans in the community, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Scoring the civilian medical ... study found that most providers fell short on items such as being familiar with the...

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New York Health Foundation

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NYCT's Patricia Swann and Kerry Mccarthy Write About the Power and Possibility of the ‘Black Panther’ Moment

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03/06/2018

... Panther’ Moment Black Panther” is being hailed as a watershed moment in cultural history for African ... arts, and to show a new generation of diverse young people from all...

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The New York Community Trust

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2018 Award in Pain Scholars

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03/07/2018

... Medical Center and Candice Paulsen of Yale University as 2018 Award in Pain Scholars, recognizing emerging leaders ... Pain Society , will receive grants of $50,000 annually for a period of up to three years...

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