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Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban

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07/14/2015

Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban An upstate New York energy company has filed an application to drill a ... N.Y., near the Pennsylvania border, signed an agreement with the energy company Tioga Energy...

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

... is stark in most major metropolitan areas, according to new data analyzed by Rutgers University 039 ;s Paul Jargowsky in a new report for the Century Foundation.... Century .....

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Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow

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10/07/2015

... over the past two decades. Her best-selling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness ... will continue her advocacy efforts while working on a new book that addresses the...

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In Memoriam: J.M. Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan

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01/25/2016

... Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan Richard D. Kaplan of New York and Palm Beach died on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, ... and senior trustee of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a private New York-based foundation noted for its...

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Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification

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03/03/2016

... process. Developers from all over the globe are hunting New York City, looking for deals that will allow them to ... by the Ford Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The New York Community Trust, and the...

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Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper

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03/18/2016

... Delaware released a report showing offshore wind energy in New England would be far less costly under projects that are ... 33 percent less than previous offshore wind contracts in New England by 2023. That...

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Bloomberg, Others Give Hopkins $125M for Cancer Research that Helped Jimmy Carter

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03/30/2016

... million in donations to Johns Hopkins University for a new institute focused solely on the therapy and accelerated ... Bloomberg, the businessman, philanthropist and former New York mayor, has agreed to donate...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Obamacare Is Helping Millions Get Needed Healthcare

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05/25/2016

... are getting healthcare they couldn’t previously get, a new nationwide survey indicates. And consumers are broadly satisfied with the new coverage, despite some cost challenges and an ongoing...

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NY State Health Foundation Grants Available to Brownsville Residents to Help Improve Community Health

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06/09/2016

... platform In Our Backyards, or ioby, is partnering with the New York State Health Foundation to provide training and ... safer, improve access to fresh food or introduce new education programs...

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Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove

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06/21/2016

... support and promote many LGBTQ organizations and issues in New York. PAPER, in collaboration with American Express, talked to Lucas about Stonewall 039 ;s plans for the future, his hopes for...

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Novo Foundation and Goren Group Announce Winner of Women's Building International Design Competition

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07/14/2016

... conversion of the former Bayview Correctional Facility in New York into a hub for the girls’ and women’s rights ... decades, the girls’ and women’s rights community in New York has wanted a physical home where...

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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

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07/18/2016

... Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test A new UCSF study finds that some of the most popular apps for ... popular mHealth apps are basically useless, according to a new study out of the...

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NYCT, Jonas Center, John A. Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs

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07/20/2016

... country’s aging population; the need to care for people with chronic conditions, such as arthritis and obesity, and ... about their conditions; and the increased number of people with health insurance, as a...

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Supported by Rockefeller and Bloomberg, Climate Finance Project Finds Solutions for Low-Carbon Growth

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07/26/2016

... to solve these worldwide challenges. It is engineering new solutions and supporting the development of new finance instruments that unlock private investment for ...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... school, seeing them as the quickest route to jobs. A new study finds the streamlined, focused curriculum that ... is also the reason many poor students drop out, however. A new study of 150 black youths from...

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Carnegie Corporation Seeks Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks

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09/23/2016

... Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks The Carnegie Corporation of New York, in partnership with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, ... up by government and industry. Projects should demonstrate...

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Supported by Verizon Foundation, Three High School Students Graduate from 'Girls Who Code' Program at NJIT

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09/27/2016

... "Girls Who Code" summer Immersion program offered at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Makhdoom, Bryant, ... and Cohen were among 40 young women from throughout New Jersey who...

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Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

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10/06/2016

... feel that they can 039 ;t depend on family to help them with financial needs, from big-ticket items like college ... smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward...

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Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing

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10/11/2016

... solve large-scale environmental problems, we were faced with a big question: how could a foundation of our size be ... are needed to achieve our mission globally? We started with two core principles. First, as...

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Design High Schools for the 21st Century

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10/12/2016

... and Saskia Levy Thompson, Carnegie Corporation of New York This article was first published on The Hechinger ... City shut many of its large high schools, replacing them with small, personalized schools...

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