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Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless

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08/29/2017

... Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’ s Homeless Not since the Great Depression has New York City ... shortage in affordable housing. The city’ s population of unsheltered...

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Housing and Homelessness

A Top State Education Policymaker Benefited From Integration. Now, He Wants To Bring It Back.

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09/06/2017

... segregation that coincidentally bears his name: Brown v. Board of Education. Against that backdrop, Brown’ s hometown of Kingston, New York began efforts to integrate ...

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Regents Approve Plan to Evaluate and Improve New York Schools

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09/12/2017

... Evaluate and Improve New York Schools The New York State Board of Regents on Monday approved a plan laying out the state’ s goals for its education system, as required by the sweeping ...

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The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy

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09/12/2017

The Back- of -the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy In an ... But starting this process presents some challenges. What’ s the first step? And how can you help others in your organization get on ...

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New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass

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09/13/2017

New York’ s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a ... classroom. The move could open the door to more teachers of color, who have failed the exam in disproportionate ... numbers since the state...

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Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’

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09/14/2017

... the Next Generation standards approved this week by the Board of Regents are “little more than a rebranding” of Common ... teacher groups is vowing to continue boycotting New York’ s...

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Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project

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09/15/2017

... nation. The Hudson River tunnels carry trains for Amtrak’ s Northeast Corridor, the nation’ s busiest railroad, and for NJ Transit, which averages 90,000 ... president has yet to commit to federal funding for...

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Community Development

Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

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09/26/2017

Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’ s Gone Too Far Their complaints flow on Reddit forums, on ... Silicon Valley has for years accommodated a fringe element of men who say women are ruining the tech...

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MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up

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09/28/2017

... Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up The big subway fix may be in a bit of a fix. An ambitious MTA plan to rescue the subway from collapse may get scaled back for lack of funding, the head of the MTA said...

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Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?

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10/04/2017

Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved? A land use proposal to ... Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights to create a mix of different types of housing and a state- of...

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It Didn’t Hit $1 Billion, but Rockefeller Sale Still Set High

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05/14/2018

... considerably shy at nearly $833 million. But the treasures of David and Peggy Rockefeller still set a high for the most ... of the prominent couple, together with Christie’ s savvy marketing...

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Race to the Top: What Grantmakers Can Learn from the First Round

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06/2010

The nation' s foundation community has provided critical financial and ... technical support to states applying for the first round of the U. S . Department of Education' s "Race to the Top" ... competition. Yet according to this issue brief from the Foundation Center , created from interviews conducted in .....

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Newman's Own channels money to broadcasters

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01/31/2013

Newman' s Own Foundation has announced grants totaling $2.4 million ... 13 public broadcasting stations and organizations. Newman' s Own Foundation has announced...

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Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

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05/20/2013

The country’ s only independent polling agency has been accused under a new law of overtly political activity, due in part to a series of grants it has received from the MacArthur ...

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New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million for Sandy Relief

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08/07/2013

Created with a lead gift from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation , and hosted by the Community Foundation of New Jersey, the fund is a collaborative effort of local ...

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Funders Launch National Conversation on A ‘Common Purpose’

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10/01/2013

At Independent Sector’ s annual conference, Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, revealed that RBF and six other major foundations — including the Rockefeller Foundation ,...

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Making IT Decisions

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12/2012

... routinely intersect with their organization’ s technology infrastructure. Whether you outsource or insource your foundation ’ s technology needs, it is critical to understand ... Services Operations Manager at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation , guided members through key elements to making ...

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Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy

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12/02/2013

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation President Nancy Roob shares with the Stanford ... to scale what works. In 2005, Nancy Roob became president of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF). She has...

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Sharon B. King, Noted Philanthropic Leader, Dies at 68

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10/27/2014

... as a program officer at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation , served as president of the Edward B. Hazen Foundation , and worked as a philanthropic advisor in the ...

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