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A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project

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02/28/2014

... accounts for 43 percent of the world's military spending, more than the next 16 countries combined…. A Nobel Peace Prize .....

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... positions and minimum-wage jobs, costing city taxpayers more than $500 million for all the training and placement ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Workforce Development

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Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care

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05/05/2014

... not getting what we pay for. Clearly, it’s going to take more than minor tweaks or adjustments to change our course. It’s ...

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The Commonwealth Fund Recaps Health Care in 2014

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12/23/2014

... drops in Times Square. Don’t expect 2015 to be any more tranquil than 2014. For health care reformers, the old adage of “be ...

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Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen

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04/15/2015

... Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen For more than a decade now, the United States has been using armed ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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ASPCA-Backed Program Uses Dogs to Help Teach NYC Students About Animal Welfare

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06/01/2015

... Belly-rubs and ear-scratches are encouraged. But this is more than puppy therapy. The youngsters are learning how to ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Animal Welfare

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City Will Bring High-Speed Broadband to Digital Deserts in Brooklyn and Queens

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07/02/2015

... zones in Brooklyn and one in Long Island City, Queens. More than 5,000 businesses in the four neighborhoods stand to ...

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Technology

Three Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change

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07/29/2015

... the role of philanthropy in combating climate change is more critical than ever. Nimble where politics is clunky, responsive ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?

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07/31/2015

... receive prescriptions for mental health medications at more than twice the rate that younger adults do, a new study ...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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American Express Awards $2.5 Million to Five Innovative Principal Leadership Programs

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10/05/2015

... preparation programs. The winners—selected from more than 70 applicants—will receive a total of approximately ...

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Education

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Several NY Donor Families Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the Wealthy

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03/23/2016

... Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the Wealthy More than 40 millionaires on Monday asked New York state to raise ...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Only a Third of These Obamacare Insurers Made Money on Their Plans in 2014

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07/20/2016

... about the health of potential customers led to well more than half of insurers losing money on the plans when they ...

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UJA-Federation Names New Chief Program Officer

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08/16/2016

... all UJA program strategy and grant-making, which totaled more than $140M in the last fiscal year. UJA-Federation Names New ...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too

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09/09/2016

... Parents, Too Setting preschoolers up for success takes more than good teachers — it also takes effective parenting. ...

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Commonwealth Fund Contemplates Mobile Health Apps for Patients with Chronic Illnesses

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12/07/2016

... of all Americans with chronic health problems, there are more than 165,000 mobile health apps designed to help them deal ...

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NYC Secures $80.2 Million from State Funding Competitions for 112 Projects Across City

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12/09/2016

... six years ago. All told, Cuomo announced the awarding of more than $700 million statewide. The city’s $80.2 million ...

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Community Development

National Geographic Launches Special On Gender Revolution

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02/08/2017

... fluidity. Discussion on gender has never been louder and more pervasive than it is now, thanks to shifting cultural attitudes and ...

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Caught Our Attention

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Gender Justice

Why Salesforce Has A Chief Philanthropy Officer

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02/23/2017

... to charity. Since the program launched over two years ago, more than 1,300 companies in 38 countries have joined... Why ...

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NY Community Trust Is Raising $1M to Combat President Trump’s Policies Of ‘Fear’

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03/06/2017

... of the fund reasoned that they had to do something more than just craft clever signs and protest... NY Community ...

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