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Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace

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10/13/2015

... the Workplace What are the top five challenges you face at work? Ask 9,500 women the same question and the answers will be very different. New research from The Rockefeller Foundation and Thomson Reuters...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

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12/03/2015

... to 'Unbanked' The Obama administration announced a set of public-private programs Tuesday to expand financial ... savings accounts, and other fiscal essentials, reports The New York Times. Corporate...

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Economic Security

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Deutsche Bank Supports Transgender Economic Empowerment Forum

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12/10/2015

... Empowerment Forum Transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers need access to jobs and job readiness programs ... sector to make that happen, activists and bankers said at a forum Tuesday night. Actress...

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Artist Catherine Opie Elected to Warhol Foundation Board

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12/15/2015

... for the Visual Arts today announced the election of artist Catherine Opie to the Warhol Foundation Board of ... throughout the world, including a mid - career survey at the Guggenheim Museum...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Open Society Foundations Supports International Online Journalism Event

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02/24/2016

... Simultaneous translation to Spanish will be provided at the conference in conjunction with Univision. Keynote ... executive vice president for product and technology at The New York Times;...

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Communications/Media

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Sloan Foundation Announces 2016 Research Fellowships

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02/25/2016

... Research Fellowships The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in New York City has announced the selection of a hundred and twenty-six scientists and researchers as recipients of this year's Sloan...

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Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College

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02/26/2016

Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College Most students attend ... instruction—sometimes never completing their degree at all. A new report, The Real Value...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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The Century Foundation

Specialty Food Foundation Addresses Hunger With Social Entrepreneurship

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03/02/2016

... Entrepreneurship Specialty Food Foundation, a community of social entrepreneurs working to break the hunger cycle, is starting the search for the third annual class of grant recipients. Eligible organizations...

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Food Systems

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Ford, Rockefeller, OSF and NY Women’s Foundation Leaders Appointed to Commission on NYC Justice Reform

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03/18/2016

... judge Jonathan Lippman announced Thursday the members of the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform. The commission was formed by Lippman at the...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Guggenheim $3M Endowment For Conservation

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03/25/2016

... (raising an additional $6 million), endows the position of deputy director and chief conservator, held since 2007 by Carol Stringari, and a new position, director of engagement, conservation...

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Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists

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04/08/2016

... Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists Winners of the 2016 Whiting Awards , given annually to up-and-coming authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how ... elation. The...

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

... Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado City of Boulder officials are taking a unique approach to ... and low-income people. The resilience strategy is a new approach to city planning spearheaded...

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UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust

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05/04/2016

UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust ... others, I was outraged when pictures emerged last month of partying teens in New Jersey engaging in a shocking beer...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation

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05/05/2016

Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation Surdna has an ... more ownership of companies to workers. It’s not a new idea — worker cooperatives have been around since the ... to be...

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With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

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05/09/2016

... Helmsley, Caltech Researchers Mya Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease The community of beneficial bacteria ... and the bacteria that populate the gut, researchers at Caltech have...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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Council on Economic Education Seeks Applications for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Award

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05/12/2016

... education by honoring three outstanding educators from the New York metropolitan area with the Alfred P. Sloan ... award program is designed to promote economic education at the K–12 level by recognizing and...

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Morgan Stanley/ANHD Community Development Fellowship Graduate Class Selected

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05/23/2016

... The Fellowship is designed to increase the capacity of New York City's community development organizations and to create a pipeline for the next generation of community development...

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Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

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06/02/2016

... Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students A new report from the Century Foundation examines how to ... "When College Students Start Behind" offers a redesign of how community colleges...

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Stavros Niarchos, Charles H. Revson Foundation Initiative Recognizes Queens Branches with 'Oscars of Libraries'

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06/07/2016

... Initiative Recognizes Queens Branches with 'Oscars of Libraries' They are considered the Oscars of libraries and three Queens Library branches receive ... Far Rockaway Branch received $10,000 After...

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