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Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’

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09/05/2017

... has not exceeded 10 percent of students for four years in a row. Seventeen of these schools — which enroll nearly ... program, which has spent $582 million on teacher training, social services and an extra...

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Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks

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09/11/2017

... to one survey, only about 20 states include anything in depth about the events of that fateful day in their high school social studies curriculum. And when they are taught, critics ...

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Amid Hurricane Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked

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09/12/2017

... Against Domestic Violence. Disasters leave physical and social environments in disarray and are likely to increase any person’s or ...

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NYS Health’s Event Recap: Reporting in the ‘Fake News’ Era: A Conversation With Health Reporter Charles Ornstein

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09/13/2017

NYS Health’s Event Recap: Reporting in the ‘Fake News’ Era: A Conversation With Health ... break through the clutter of a growing, unfiltered social media landscape; what they need and want from health ... and...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?

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10/06/2017

... Holding Philanthropists Back? When I think about social and racial equity and how it shows up — and how it doesn’t — in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, I wonder what’s ... with donors. And it’s going...

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Delaware Juvenile Justice Reforms Signed into Law

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10/13/2017

... to divert juveniles away from the criminal justice system in Delaware—where about 3,000 juveniles are arrested per ... aim to ensure juveniles have access counsel, to increase social services for youth and to...

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Learn About The Isivivana Centre, An Atlantic Philanthropies Grantee

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01/22/2018

... Philanthropies Grantee The Isivivana Centre is a social justice and community center in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. It was built to ... local community can also access the library, watch films...

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Live Now From The Century Foundation: Diversity Matters: Getting Public School Choice Right

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05/15/2018

... integration using the hashtag #DiversityMatters on social media. Live Now From The Century Foundation: Diversity ...

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New York Foundation Interns Talk About The Role of Youth in Organizing

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09/05/2018

New York Foundation Interns Talk About The Role of Youth in Organizing This short film features the stories of four ... explored is how youth are putting their political and social beliefs into action and at the...

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Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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01/15/2019

... is the Chairman of General Atlantic LLC, a firm he joined in 1980 at its founding and helped to establish as a leading ... non- profit and educational institutions. He is active in helping social...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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10 Jan 2020

Thriving in the Digital Age: Are You Ready to Be a Funder in 2030?

Friday, January 10, 2020 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... up restricting the space for free speech and association. In this first of a series of conversations on what funders need to know in 2030, come hear experts, advocates and funders discuss how ... structural...

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05 May 2021

New York City Aging Funders Network - Spring Meeting

Wednesday, May 5, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging and services for older ... New York members funding or interested in the area...

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United Way of New York City Names Elwanda Young as Interim President & CEO

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09/03/2012

... Interim President & CEO of the United Way of New York City in September 2012, having previously served the organization ... as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In that capacity, she was...

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Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D. Resigns as President of Foundation for Child Development

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08/22/2013

... to her faculty position at Georgetown University. " In partnership with the Board, Deborah has guided FCD through a rigorous year- long strategic planning process that has positioned the Foundation to...

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26 Jan 2013

CEO Workshop: Transforming Your Role and Impact in the Foundation and Community

Saturday, January 26, 2013 -

7:30am to 5:00pm

This special one-day preconference session, to be held in conjunction with the Council on Foundation's 2013 Family ... be more effective leaders within their organization and in the community. Who value...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Confidence Index Finds that National Debt is Top Priority for Voters

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09/30/2014

... a monthly measure of public attitudes about the nation’s long -term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to ... Americans want to see more action from their leaders in Washington as they head to the...

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Studio Museum in Harlem Unveils Design for Expansion

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07/06/2015

Studio Museum in Harlem Unveils Design for Expansion The Studio Museum in Harlem, whose ambitions have long been checked by the limitations of its 1914 building, ...

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Arts

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Citi Foundation and Technoserve Partner for Economic Opportunity in Africa

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07/20/2015

... and Technoserve Partner for Economic Opportunity in Africa As entrepreneurship takes center stage in Africa this month at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, ... these problems by drawing on the Citi...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ms. Foundation Launches Campaign to Define 21st Century Feminism

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10/23/2015

... Feminism What does feminism mean to you? For a long time, I did not consider myself a feminist. In fact, for most of my life, I did not consider myself a ...

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