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Brooklyn Community Foundation Picks 20 Nonprofits for 2016 Spark Prize

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10/12/2016

... first and only honor of its kind celebrating changemakers in the borough’s thriving nonprofit sector. The Spark Prize ... to $600,000 to outstanding Brooklyn-serving nonprofits. A diverse committee of...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study Examining Student Involvement in Racial Justice Movements

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10/14/2016

... Foundation Supports Study Examining Student Involvement in Racial Justice Movements A new study, funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, from North Carolina State University, the...

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Coalition Rallies against Cuomo’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Subsidies

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10/28/2016

... Rallies against Cuomo’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Subsidies A coalition of more than 100 government watchdog, ... subsidize three upstate nuclear plants with $7.7 billion from electric ratepayers over the next 12...

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East Harlem Gets $10K Grant to Preserve Nation's First Little Italy

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11/11/2016

... Italy The United States 039 ; first Little Italy is getting a preservation boost. The Pleasant Avenue area in East Harlem got a $10,000 grant Thursday from...

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Community Development

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

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11/17/2016

... Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed From The Commonwealth Fund: A new survey of adults in the U.S. and 10 other high-income countries finds that ...

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Health

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

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11/28/2016

Three Red Hook Nonprofits Are Finalists in Inaugural Brooklyn Community Foundation SPARK Prize Twenty SPARK Prize finalists have been chosen among a pool of 150 applicants. Seventeen ae Brooklyn-based...

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Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'

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11/30/2016

... of 2016 039 ;I Love My Librarian Award 039 ; Today 10 librarians from across the country were honored with this year 039 ;s I Love ... and lifelong learning. The...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Health Foundation for Western and Central New York Names New President

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01/25/2017

... Foundation for Western and Central New York has recruited a new president from a Manhattan-based foundation. Nora OBrien-Suric will join the foundation in February ...

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Simons Foundation Releases Statement on Executive Order on Visas and Immigration

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02/14/2017

... united with the scientists and institutions we support in their opposition to the recently announced executive ... order on visas and immigration to the United States from seven Middle Eastern countries. The...

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Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation

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03/13/2017

... Allen Foundation, Knight seeks ideas on “topics ranging from , but not limited to, the role of algorithms in news consumption, methods for separating facts from ... authentic to the...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs

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04/17/2017

... Society’s back list of monographs has gained funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The financial support jointly from the National Endowment for the Humanities-Mellon ...

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UFT May Have to Dramatically Slash $182M Budget

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09/05/2017

... slash its $182 million budget — anticipating a Supreme Court ruling that would bar mandatory “union dues” from government workers’ paychecks to support union ... activities, The Post has learned. The ruling...

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MCC Signs $500M Compact with Nepal to Improve Power and Roads

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09/15/2017

... Power and Roads The Millennium Challenge Corp. signed a $500 million compact with Nepal on Thursday, the agency’s first compact in South Asia and a symbol, said some at the ceremony, of .....

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Mark Zuckerberg Clashed With Facebook Execs Over Letting Employees Work On His Philanthropy

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10/02/2017

... to abandon the idea early last year after opposition from senior executives. Zuckerberg 039 ;s desire for his two ... work on non-Facebook related projects was discussed during a February...

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Harlem's Black Churches Cash in on Gentrification

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10/10/2017

Harlem 039 ;s Black Churches Cash in on Gentrification Churches are losing members but gaining profits from gentrification. Nearly two dozen churches have either ... more than $50 million over...

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