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Follow a Community Organizer Teaching Undocumented Immigrants Their Rights

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10/02/2017

... crackdown sending shock waves through communities of undocumented New Yorkers, Saul Lopez understands the fears they face. The organizer at Make the Road New York runs...

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City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City

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10/04/2017

... High School in Long Island City The city will construct a new high school with room for nearly 1,000 students in Dutch Kills, according to the Department of Education. The new school, a four-...

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The MoMA Goes to Paris

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10/04/2017

... to Paris On October 11, some 200 works from the Museum of Modern Art go on view in Paris, at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. According to MoMA director Glenn Lowry, the exhibition is a way for the New...

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Simons Foundation Genomic Database Tool Used in Breakthrough Autism Study

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10/13/2017

... Database Tool Used in Breakthrough Autism Study In the new study, researchers used a huge genomic database created ... Research Initiative. The scientists compared the genomes of 516 individuals who had...

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Don’t Say “When Did You Stop Caring About Children?” and Other Guidance for Child Advocates

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09/23/2010

... services and structures designed to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and youth. But even as they fight ... individual awareness and collective responsibility. My New York-based strategic...

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The NonProfit Times 2013 Power and Influence Top 50

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08/20/2013

PNY members Kathy Calvin, CEO of the United Nations Foundation; Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund ; American Express Foundation President Tim McClimon; ...

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Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?

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01/11/2013

An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation. It’s no surprise that ... LaPierre and the NRA think that increasing the presence of armed police and security in schools will be good for...

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Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million

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05/29/2013

Most of the eleven grants were awarded through the foundation's ... across several ongoing initiatives, with the majority of funding going toward work in its most recent initiative, ... six newest grants in...

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Red Cross Awards $1 Million to Staten Island Foundation for Sandy Recovery Efforts

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08/14/2013

... the foundation's Hurricane Sandy Nonprofit Recovery Fund and help support community-based organizations providing ... for seniors, mental health services and coordination of on-the-ground volunteers in...

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth

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08/03/2013

... seven grants totaling nearly $1.7 million are in support of researchers and organizations working to understand and ... for seven projects that will contribute to our goals of furthering the understanding...

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Springboard for the Arts Receives $750,000 From Surdna Foundation

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07/08/2014

... St. Paul and Fergus, Minn., will use the funds for a range of programs that further its mission to cultivate vibrant ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute Evaluate Rebuild by Design

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09/04/2014

... United States. The evaluation focuses solely on Phase I of Rebuild by Design, but it demonstrates that collectively ...

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Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million

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09/12/2014

... have donated $25 million to Stony Brook University, one of several large sums the pair has given to the public ... funds math and science research and has given millions of dollars to SBU. This most recent...

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First Payment Made Toward Detroit's 'Grand Bargain'

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12/12/2014

... — was sent to two retirement systems this week as part of the city’s exit from bankruptcy. The Foundation for ... funds from 12 foundations and the Detroit Institute of Arts, made the payment on Wednesday,...

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Detroit Institute of Arts Hits Its Grand Bargain Goal

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01/08/2015

Detroit Institute of Arts Hits Its Grand Bargain Goal Less than a year after ... $100 million to the so-called grand bargain rescue fund at the core of the city's...

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After-School Enrollment Up, but Still Shy of Lofty de Blasio Goals

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01/16/2015

After-School Enrollment Up, but Still Shy of Lofty de Blasio Goals The de Blasio administration ... for middle-schoolers this year — but still fell short of its lofty goals, a Post review found. On Wednesday...

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Verizon Foundation Launches Diabetes Study

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05/29/2015

... to study whether mobile technology can improve the health of diabetes patients. The foundation is putting up $427,700 to help fund the year-long program. Participants include two ... County with Type 2...

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ASPCA Grants Nearly $1 Million for Initiatives to Encourage Pet Adoptions

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09/04/2015

... was offered by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), will immediately provide $520,000 to the County of L.A. Department of Animal Care & Control, and $400...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $5.6M to Enable Residencies for Playwrights

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04/11/2016

... which operates alongside ArtsEmerson in the Office of the Arts at Emerson College, will administer nearly $5.6 million in ... Foundation that will enable residencies for playwrights at 18...

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