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Nonprofits Battle to Get Charitable Deduction Extended to All Taxpayers

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10/12/2017

... with lawmakers remains unclear as Congress attempts what President Trump calls a "once- in -a-generation" tax overhaul. Nonprofits Battle to Get .....

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Vali Nasr Becomes Opinion Contributor for The New York Times

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10/17/2013

The New York Times has announced the addition of Vali Nasr , a Rockefeller Brothers Fund trustee, to its roster of opinion contributors. Dr. Nasr is one of more than two dozen newly appointed...

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Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, Dies

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07/25/2014

... "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, UJA-Federation of New York Supporter, Dies Alan “Ace” Greenberg, the former head of Bear Stearns, who raised hundreds of...

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Rachel D. Pardoe Appointed NYCT Program Officer for Health and People with Special Needs

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02/10/2015

... Rachel D. Pardoe joined The New York Community Trust in February 2015 as Program Officer for the Health and People ... Rachel covers The Trust’s grantmaking in the areas of health, children...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Addresses Road Safety Issues in Mumbai

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02/23/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies Addresses Road Safety Issues in Mumbai Billionaire media mogul and former New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was in India earlier this week, has vowed to give...

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Prudential and Goldman Sachs Developing World’s Largest Vertical Farm in Newark

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03/12/2015

... Financial Inc., and AeroFarms, together with the City of Newark and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority ... the closing of a $30 million project to redevelop a former industrial...

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New York Public Schools Fund Struggles to Secure Donations

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05/12/2015

... Fund for Public Schools, the nonprofit organization that former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his schools chancellors ... Mayor Bill de Blasio. The fund, which raised an average of $29 million a year over the...

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Jewish Board Inherits $75 Million in Deals from FEGS

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06/03/2015

Jewish Board Inherits $75 Million in Deals from FEGS Another Jewish social service agency ... City’s largest social service group. The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, or JBFCS, is taking over .....

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Torres: Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families

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08/22/2016

... Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families It has been said that history ... have seen record levels of homelessness on the streets, in the shelters and...

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Glenn E. Martin, Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Says He Met Some of America’s Best and Brightest While In Prison

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05/10/2016

Martin is a formerly incarcerated person, in a country where 70 million Americans have a criminal ... founder raised his powerful voice to show the injustice of the system as well as the obstacles those who are...

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Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich

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03/31/2017

... among American philanthropists. He continued the tradition of giving that ran from his grandfather, John D., the founder ... his father, John Jr.; and his oldest brother, John III. In his lifetime, Mr...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film

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05/01/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film The new film on the coal industry that ... the Ashes, highlights the challenges facing out- of -work miners, and it features groups that are...

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Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25

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06/20/2017

... “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25 The stretch of bone-dry, cracked land doesn’t look like much. But until ... Turner of Wright, Wyo. “It used to be, there was fish in there,” he says. Now it’s...

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Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies

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07/06/2017

Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies ... exist. But the man who used the "Tracker" alias, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, can be deposed — and is ... expands his...

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Casey Family Programs Report Finds NYC ACS Leader in Child Safety Practices

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07/10/2017

Casey Family Programs Report Finds NYC ACS Leader in Child Safety Practices This March, former Obama administration official David Hansell took the helm of New York City’s Administration for...

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Opinion: Congestion Pricing Won't Solve New York's Transportation Woes

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09/06/2017

... Woes Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent vague interest in congestion pricing as a solution to problems at the MTA may give new life to one of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s key policy goals,...

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

... the learning loss that often occurs when students are out of school for two months. It’s a serious problem. But ... slide without strong leadership. That’s now happening in New York. In July...

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Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill

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09/14/2017

Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill The Capitol Hill ... — his attempt to push single-payer health care, long one of his favorite causes. In a...

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