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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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UJA-Federation of New York Screens Holocaust Film Premiere in Long Island

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01/03/2017

... Coast Cinema at LIU-Post for UJA-Federation of New York’ s Long Island screening of Debbie Goodstein’ s Holocaust sequel film, "Echoes from the Attic." Goodstein’ s...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Arts

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Strengthening Protection of Patient Medical Data

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01/11/2017

... is transforming, and there hasn’t been any change in U. S . health privacy laws since 1996. A new report from The Century Foundation reveals companies have built a ... secondary market in anonymized patient...

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ESSA Explained: Inside the New Federal K-12 Law

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01/13/2017

... Succeeds Act rolls back much of the federal government' s big footprint in education policy, on everything from testing and teacher quality to low-performing schools. ... leeway to states in calling the...

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Shatterproof Awarded $600,000 Grant by Helmsley Charitable Trust

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01/31/2017

... devastation of addiction, has received a $600,000 grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The ... Shatterproof to support its work in protecting loved ones from addiction to illicit...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Doris Duke Supports Research That Discovered New T-Cell Subtype

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02/07/2017

... marginal tissues has been found in dungeon samples taken from patients with rheumatoid arthritis. To detect a newly ... investigate group led by Harvard Medical School scientists from Brigham and Women’...

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Rockefeller Foundation Starts News Site to Spur Resilience Work

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02/15/2017

... Starts News Site to Spur Resilience Work Rockefeller' s new platform, Zilient, wants to expose leaders to solutions that will help cities and countries bounce back from disasters. Because natural and man-...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation

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02/22/2017

... Racial Justice Recommendation A recent $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will help Georgetown ... this past September of a report containing recommendations from the university’ s...

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Social Justice

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research on Planetary Evolution

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03/16/2017

... An enormous young planet approximately 300 light-years from Earth has given astrophysicists a rare glimpse into ... HD 106906b, was discovered in 2014 by a team of scientists from the U. S .,...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2017 Soros Equality Fellows

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03/21/2017

... the field of racial justice. The seven fellows, chosen from over 1,000 applicants representing a diverse array of professions- from the arts and advocacy to journalism and documentary ... creating an ad...

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Social Justice

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Soros-Funded Charities Targeted By Trump-Inspired Crackdown In East Europe

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03/23/2017

... own crackdown on foreign-funded charities drove Soros' s foundation out of Russia two years ago. And now, with ... in Eastern Europe say they have also drawn inspiration from the United States,...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative

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03/30/2017

... New Critical Theory Initiative Using a $1.02 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Northwestern will ... program plans to change that by working with professionals from the Global South, which...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Female Playwrights at Centenary Stage Company

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04/06/2017

... Series is back at Centenary Stage, with new plays from writers from all over the country. Centenary Stage Company announces ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Arts

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Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California

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05/11/2017

Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’ s Freedom in California As the NoVo Foundation gets into its grantmaking from the $90 million in funds established to support young ... since 1993, will be the recipient of new...

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Gender Justice

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NYS Health Foundation Releases Snapshot of Veterans and Health in New York State

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07/13/2017

... and Health in New York State Who are New York State' s veterans? Where do they live? When did they serve? And ... call New York State home. The aggregated data, compiled from recently released information...

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New York Health Foundation

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Serving Up Success: Citi Foundation Grant Funds FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs

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08/25/2017

... FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs A grant from Citi Foundation helped Florida International University ... at below-market rates. The target audience: entrepreneurs from low- and moderate-...

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Community Development

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To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding

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08/30/2017

... afternoon, Charlene Davis sat in a dimly lit room across from the holding cells on the lower level of Bronx Criminal Court. A phone on her desk lit up with calls from family members, often frantic, asking...

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Justice Reform

Opinion: How A Pied-À-Terre Tax Could Help Solve New York City's Housing Crisis

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08/31/2017

... How A Pied-À-Terre Tax Could Help Solve New York City' s Housing Crisis It’ s not an understatement to say that ... in the region will have to increase 50 percent from its current rate...

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Housing and Homelessness

Brooklyn District Attorney Candidates Differ on Immigration Policy

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09/06/2017

... and bringing charges, during an interview with WNYC' s Brian Lehrer. He said the policy only applies to low-level ... low-level offenses can be very critical to prevent them from getting citizenship,...

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Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health

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09/08/2017

... is trying to tackle some of the stigma that keeps people from seeking help, or from offering help. It seeks to educate New Yorkers about ...

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