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Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?

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09/20/2017

... Should De Blasio Get the Credit? The New Yorkers who live in that other city Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about so ... he deserves for it. The percentage of New Yorkers living in poverty has declined...

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Economic Security

DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible

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09/21/2017

... Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible At a meeting in Jackson Heights, under the rumble of the 7 train, about 40 DACA recipients learned that their fate in this country depends on one date: March 5,...

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Immigration

Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

... expects to gather about 350 educators and advocates in Queens on Oct. 12 and 13. . . Charter-School Operators, ...

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Education

Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success

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09/27/2017

... how good a school is? Test scores? Culture? Attendance? In the new federal education law (the Every Student Succeeds ...

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Senate Republicans Say They Will Not Vote on Health Bill

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09/27/2017

... vote on the measure and effectively admitting defeat in their last-gasp drive to fulfill a core promise of ... be able to do that this week, but it still lies ahead of us , and we haven’t given up on that...

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Health

Can You Ask for Salary History in Your State?

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09/27/2017

Can You Ask for Salary History in Your State? Your lawyer might agree with Miss Manners that ... from asking prospective staff about salary history, in an attempt to foster pay equity among men and women. But .....

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Gender Justice

Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows

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09/28/2017

... Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows Americans who were left ... and people without college degrees — saw large gains in net worth over the past three...

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‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City

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10/02/2017

‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City They have prior criminal records but now aim ... and their tactics helped to drive down crime in East New York and the South Bronx, two neighborhoods analyzed...

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Justice Reform

School Systems Prepare for Puerto Rican Students

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10/03/2017

... unique, difficult and unprecedented situation that none of us has experienced before,” Julia Keleher, Puerto Rico’s education secretary, told staff members in a letter Friday. . . School Systems Prepare for...

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Education

Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education

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10/13/2017

... CEO Sundar Pichai announced the goal Thursday morning in Pittsburgh, the city where he arrived in the U.S. from India 24 years ago. Pichai also unveiled a ...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Organizations Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health

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04/20/2018

... $3.3 trillion GDP would give it the fifth-largest economy in the world. It is also the world’s seventh-largest ... strategies to cope with extreme weather events. In the process, these institutions seem to be...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Commonwealth Fund

New Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds Americans Suffering Health Coverage Insecurity Along with Job Losses

Release Date:

04/21/2020

... Along with Job Losses More than 22 million people in the U.S. have filed unemployment claims since the beginning of the coronavirus economic shutdown in March. Since most people get health insurance through...

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The Commonwealth Fund

08 May 2019

Are Housing Vouchers Contributing to Racial and Economic Segregation for Families with Children? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... choices about where to live, including the chance to live in lower-poverty, higher-opportunity neighborhoods and help ... can think about these findings and their investments in their communities...

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

Housing and Homelessness

Measuring What Matters: Funder Evaluation

Funders often ask grantees to have assessment strategies in place. However, they don’t always practice what they ... series that encourages funders to look internally at their foundation ’s values, practices and...

28 Feb 2012

Thinking Out of the Box: Meeting Challenges with Creative Leadership

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 -

7:00am to 12:00pm

... Symposium VI" presented by the Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New ... affecting nonprofits Join Philanthropy New York in a Collaborative Program presented...

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24 Oct 2012

CEO Interview Series with Christopher Oechsli, Atlantic Philanthropies

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 -

4:15pm to 7:00pm

... future of philanthropy. Moderated by Darren Walker (Ford Foundation ) , the live interviews will feature CEOs who are ... advancing some of the most interesting, innovative change in the sector. Think “Inside...

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18 Apr 2013

Five Months Since Landfall: What Are We Learning from Hurricane Sandy?

Thursday, April 18, 2013 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Webinar

... how private philanthropy has played a leadership role in Superstorm Sandy and what it is doing to sustain recovery ... with The Center for Disaster Philanthropy and The UPS Foundation . This program is “...

12 Sep 2013

Igniting the Spark: Effective Next Generation Boards

Thursday, September 12, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

... and perspectives of younger family members being trained in this way for governance and grantmaking. A Philanthropy ... ." Presenters Sarina Dayal, Junior Board Member, Tarsadia Foundation Shirish Dayal,...

12 Sep 2013

Igniting the Spark: Effective Next Generation Boards

Thursday, September 12, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

... and perspectives of younger family members being trained in this way for governance and grantmaking. A ... Presenters Sarina Dayal , Junior Board Member, Tarsadia Foundation Shirish Dayal , Executive Director...

17 Oct 2019

Exiting Responsibly: Making Wise Choices As You Wrap Up - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, October 17, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* Being the non-family staff leader of a multi-generational family foundation is a privilege and honor. The path to...