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At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa's Growing Cities

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10/15/2014

At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa's Growing Cities ... Around the world, countries have been challenged to recover from the 2007- 2008 global economic and financial crisis. .....

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NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning

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01/12/2015

... these qualities may seem more personal than academic, but at some schools, they’re now part of the regular ... be even more important than intelligence when it comes to students’ success in school. But critics...

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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

... the director of the Office of Public Private Partnerships at the NYC Housing Authority; Senior Vice President for ... Education. Most recently, Lifton served as the consultant to the Child Care and Early...

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Citi is Giving Women the Tools to Shatter the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap

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03/20/2015

Citi is Giving Women the Tools to Shatter the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap The gender gap ... three-times as many returns as their male-run counterparts from 2002 to 2014. “There’s a tremendous...

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Earthquake Rocks Nepal

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04/28/2015

Earthquake Rocks Nepal At approximately 2 a.m. EDT on April 25, a 7.8 magnitude ... city of Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Tremors and aftershocks were ... hinder full...

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Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children

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07/07/2015

... in afterschool programs has increased dramatically, from 6.5 million children in 2004 to 10.2 million today. Unmet demand has increased, as well. ... two more who are not – and whose parents would like them...

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Ten New York Nonprofits Selected as Semifinalists of 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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08/04/2015

... Nonprofit Excellence Awards. The groups are in the running to win $60,000 in prizes as well as tuition scholarships for ... A selection committee chose the 10 semifinalists from a pool of 56 applicants...

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Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge

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09/14/2015

... CEO Eva Moskowitz delivered a campaign-style speech to hundreds of the city's wealthiest business leaders. "I ... de Blasio sometimes gets picked on unfairly," she said, to laughter from...

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United Way of New York City Joins Cuomo and Other Leaders for Economic Justice

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09/18/2015

... hard working New Yorkers in poverty and has prevented them from finding a way out of it. This vicious cycle has left them at a permanent disadvantage and the time for change is now." ... the minimum wage...

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NY Observer Highlights Many PNY Members as Area’s Most Generous Companies

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10/28/2015

... large companies in the Tri-State area produce everything from cancer drugs to soft drinks, Q-tips to potato chips, can manage your wealth, insure your ...

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New York Community Trusts and Partners Fund Grants Bringing Digital Media Learning to More Youth

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11/04/2015

... and Partners Fund Grants Bringing Digital Media Learning to More Youth A group of funders is making 12 new grants, ... for teens," says Kerry McCarthy, senior program officer at The Trust. "Hive...

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Commonwealth Fund Offers Guidance on the Creation of a High-Performance Health System for the Sickest and Frailest

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11/10/2015

... Health System for the Sickest and Frailest New analysis from The Commonwealth Fund offers guidance on how to improve outcomes and lower costs for “high-need, ...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey: Healthcare Unaffordable for Many Even With Insurance

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11/20/2015

... Insurance More Americans have health insurance now than at any time in the past decade, but many are finding that ... bills that may come with using healthcare, according to results released Friday ...

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Former NYC Official & Former Philadelphia Mayor Named 'What Works Cities' Senior Fellows (Bloomberg)

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02/08/2016

... Cities (WWC) Senior Fellows, providing expert guidance to city leaders in participating What Works Cities as they expand their use of data and evidence to improve residents’ lives. The WWC Senior Fellows .....

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Hospitals in Accountable Care Organizations Are Larger and in Urban Areas

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03/09/2016

... (ACOs) that include hospitals in their networks to those that do not finds hospitals that are in urban areas, ... small share of Medicare patients are more likely to participate in ACOs than other hospitals...

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Commonwealth Research Cited by NYTimes on Reducing Bounce Between Health Plans

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03/23/2016

... Plans Millions of Americans are finding Obamacare to be unstable ground. Consider a young construction ... and must sign up for Medicaid. He had finally managed to control his diabetes with his primary care...

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Four Projects Supported by NY Community Trust Making Real Estate Cheaper for Artists To Live & Work in NYC

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04/01/2016

... NY Community Trust Making Real Estate Cheaper for Artists To Live & Work in NYC While finding affordable real estate ... These four projects — all of which won grants recently from the New York Community...

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Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?

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05/26/2016

... technology, and coordinating care outside office settings. To help uncover some of the day- to -day challenges primary care doctors face, Harvard Medical ... Fund feature article by Brian Schilling draws...

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New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond

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07/07/2016

New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond ... (ULI), a global research and education institute dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving...

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