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Ford to Dedicate $1B of Endowment to Mission Related Investments

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04/05/2017

... allocation of up to $1 billion of its endowment, phased in over ten years, for mission-related investments ... of two decades, the world of philanthropy has been engaged in an important,...

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Economic Security

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

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04/06/2017

... at Centenary Stage, with new plays from writers from all over the country. Centenary Stage Company announces the 2017 ... feature professional casts and directors and be presented in the David and Carol...

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Report Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Smoking Still Kills Many Every Year

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04/06/2017

... Still Kills Many Every Year Smoking kills more than one in 10 people worldwide. A major new study in the medical journal Lancet found that, in 2015, 11.5% of ... China, India, Russia and the...

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Capital One, Howard Gilman, and Doris Duke Support City Parks SummerStage 2017 Season

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04/11/2017

... festival, presented by Capital One Bank, will showcase over 150 unique artists performing shows from a plethora of ...

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Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges

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04/14/2017

... incentives for students to choose private colleges over comparable public ones, according to a report ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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The Uphill Battle Of United Way NYC’s First Female President

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04/19/2017

... years ago, she was the first woman to hold the position in the organization’s 80-year history. She currently presides over a staff of 98 employees and oversees programming and revenues in...

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United Way of New York City

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The Century Foundation Says Not All Ideas on Lowering Health Insurance Premiums Are Equal

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05/04/2017

... All Ideas on Lowering Health Insurance Premiums Are Equal In the midst of a partisan divide on health policy, ... for those who purchase health insurance on their own in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Health...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Publishes “The History of the Giving While Living Ethic"

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05/31/2017

... the Giving While Living Ethic" When Chuck Feeney decided over three decades ago to transfer virtually all his personal ... Philanthropies, he said he was doing it out of a belief in Giving While Living –...

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NYC Youth Funders Accepting RFPs for 2017 Cycle

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06/02/2017

... What Arbor Brothers Is Seeking: Nonprofit organizations in the fields of education, youth, or workforce development Located in and serving primarily populations in New York, New Jersey, .....

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How to Build a Strong Local Food System

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08/29/2017

... Communities fed themselves with whatever was produced in the region, with farmers selling directly to stores and ... truck vegetables from Florida or California all year round in order to feed hungry people...

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Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School

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08/31/2017

Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School A dispute over who should lead an elementary school that serves almost ... Native American children has been resolved, just in time for the...

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Traces of Crime: How New York’s DNA Techniques Became Tainted

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09/05/2017

... of Crime: How New York’s DNA Techniques Became Tainted Over the past decade, the DNA laboratory in the office of New York City’s chief medical examiner emerged as a pioneer in analyzing the...

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Editorial: Falls Water Board Must Get A Handle On Its Procedures And Discharges

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09/06/2017

... Managers of large and complex operations put systems in place to promote efficiency and prevent accidents such as occurred in Niagara Falls a little over a month ago. Yet, a misunderstanding...

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Senate’s Obamacare Fixes Would Build on Heavy Lifting by States

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09/07/2017

... Heavy Lifting by States While Congress was busy bickering over repealing the health law, officials in red and blue states worked frantically to soothe anxious ... and insulate their markets from the ceaseless...

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What It's Like Aboard an NGO Ship Rescuing Hundreds of Migrants in the Mediterranean

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09/08/2017

... It's Like Aboard an NGO Ship Rescuing Hundreds of Migrants in the Mediterranean There are no sirens when the call comes in . No alarms or shouting. Just a calm voice over the radio...

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

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09/08/2017

... system of 54 initiatives, estimated to cost $850 million over four years. One in 5 New Yorkers in any given year will experience mental illness. One in 5 ...

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Patrick Gaspard, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at Open Society Foundations

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09/13/2017

... Obama and a national Democratic Party official, will take over the Open Society Foundations at the beginning of 2018. ... donor to liberal causes and supported Hillary Clinton in the last election. . . Patrick...

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Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money

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09/14/2017

Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money The Walton ... behind Walmart, pledged Tuesday to invest $2.2 million over the next two years in new charter schools...

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Opinion: After Primary Win, Accountability Begins For Eric Gonzalez

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09/14/2017

... has said he wants to make his office the most progressive in the country. We’re delighted to hear this, and our work now begins in holding him accountable. While the general election ... as our elected...

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