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De Blasio unveils 60-person transition team

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11/20/2013

Mayor-elect Bill De Blasio has announced the members of his 60-person transition team, including Alexa Avilés, Program Officer at the Scherman Foundation; John Banks, Vice President of .....

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Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

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01/03/2014

In an op-ed for Crain's New York Business, Rockefeller Foundation President Judith ... Blasio Administration must focus on the city's resiliency. New Yorkers expect two things above all from our mayor:...

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Citi Lets Viewers Vote With a Click for a Sports Group

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02/09/2014

The New York Times examined Citigroup's new philanthropic effort (part of its Olympics sponsorship) that gives a boost to ... a 100-point scale, well below consumer products companies,...

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Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.

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04/15/2014

... plans a $50 million challenge to the N.R.A., reports the New York Times. Michael R. Bloomberg, making his first major ... Rifle Association. Mr. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, said...

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Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States

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05/14/2014

... journalists, and people who have spent time in prison. NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations today awarded $1.25 million to the newest class of Soros Justice Fellows working on a range of...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation names Tynesha McHarris Director of Community Leadership

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05/29/2014

... Community Foundation names Tynesha McHarris Director of Community Leadership Tynesha McHarris will be joining the Foundation next week in a new position as Director of Community Leadership...

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NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project

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06/23/2014

... $500,0000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project New York Public Library is one of the 19 winners in Knight News Challenge, co-sponsored by ... for its “Check Out the Internet” project which lends...

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Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students

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07/17/2014

... by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students Two new high schools will open in 2015 in Prince George’s County, Md., as part of Carnegie Corporation of New York's...

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Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists

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09/09/2014

Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists Barbara Picower has ... as one of the nation’s top philanthropists, heading a new foundation with more than $2...

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Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

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11/24/2014

... Group LP co-founder who has championed the cause of U.S. debt reduction, is now taking aim at some $800 billion in annual waste in the nation’s health-care system. The billionaire’s New York-...

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Aetna Foundation Launches $4.5 Million Healthier World Innovation Challenge

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01/07/2015

... World Innovation Challenge With chronic disease rates at an all-time high among underserved communities, the Aetna Foundation is looking for new ways to accelerate innovation and reach people directly ... can...

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Tow Foundation President Emily Tow Jackson Supports Governor Cuomo's Recommendation to Raise the Age

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01/20/2015

... Governor Cuomo's Recommendation to Raise the Age New York state should raise the age that youths can be tried ... in Albany, said he planned to propose the recommendations of the Governor’s Commission on...

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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $75 Million for Smart Power India Project

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04/16/2015

... Foundation on Wednesday pledged $75 million as part of its new initiative to use renewable energy based ... 1,000 villages in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, but also create new jobs by providing...

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Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science

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04/22/2015

... studying dying languages, nuclear weapons, the effects of “dark money” on politics and the history of ... the first recipients of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, a new award...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator Project

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06/29/2015

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator Project Brooklyn Community Foundation has ... cohort of its Incubator Project– one of several new programs...

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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 ... state’s fracking ban. The Snyder Farm Group, made up of five landowners from Barton, N.Y., near...

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Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper

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03/18/2016

... from Cape Wind continued this week as the University of 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...

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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 ... as has Sidney Kimmel, a philanthropist and founder of Jones Apparel Group. The institute,...

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Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans

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04/14/2016

... The 18th annual Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans were announced April 12 and included six Indian ... the 30 recipients. The graduate school Fellowship for New Americans — for immigrants and...

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Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

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04/19/2016

... James L. Knight Foundation will contribute $1 million to a new $20 million operations endowment campaign in support of United States Artists (USA), a non-profit organization ... Knight Foundation, announced...

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