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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

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03/01/2017

... Project The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, ... its 6 th annual community-wide Book Drive in support of the Baltimore...

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William Cordery at Surdna Foundation Talks About 'Delusional Altruism℠' In the Philanthropy World

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03/08/2017

... program, " Achieving Equity…How Exactly? " we sat with one of the panelists, William Cordery at Surdna Foundation, to ... calls "delusional altruism℠." Watch the full recording of...

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After the Q&A

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Social Justice

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

... debate on Capitol Hill lacks an all-out push like the one progressive foundations made when the law was being ... a leader in health advocacy during the Obamacare debate, is spending down its endowment on a...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

NYCT's Kerry McCarthy: Trump Cuts that Hit Arts Will Also Hurt Health in NYC Neighborhoods

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04/04/2017

... Hurt Health in NYC Neighborhoods When cultural funding is cut, communities suffer in unexpected ways. This is clear to those of us who have seen neighborhood theaters, art galleries and ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem

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04/18/2017

PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem One of the PIMCO Foundation’s philanthropic focus areas is gender equality, which coincides with United Nations ...

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Gender Justice

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The Century Foundation Says Not All Ideas on Lowering Health Insurance Premiums Are Equal

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05/04/2017

... Lowering Health Insurance Premiums Are Equal In the midst of a partisan divide on health policy, Republicans and Democrats agree widely on one goal: lowering health insurance premiums, particularly ... many...

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Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California

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05/11/2017

Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California As the NoVo ... in funds established to support young women and girls of color, one of its first big grants will go to...

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Gender Justice

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Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research

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05/12/2017

... Research To help advance this mission, the foundation is accepting letters of inquiry for its Russell Sage Foundation/Carnegie ... and Immigrant Integration. Grants of up to $150,000 over...

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RFPs Etc

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Immigration

IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

... Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy IBM is channeling its science and tech expertise into tackling some of the world's biggest problems. On Wednesday, the tech giant ... for 2017. Each...

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Technology

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Urban Design Team Proposes Outer Borough Light Rail

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06/30/2017

... Rail As derailments and train delays bring the "summer of hell" into sharp focus, the Regional Plan Association and ... proposal was brought to life by designers at Only If and One Architecture who...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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With Support from Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers at UIC Identify Master Molecule Behind Corneal Inflammation

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07/12/2017

... UIC Identify Master Molecule Behind Corneal Inflammation One of the symptoms of herpes simplex virus-1 infection of the eye is lingering inflammation...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Disabilities

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Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program

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08/28/2017

Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program One of the country’s largest servicers of federal student loans ...

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Editorial: States Dare to Think Big on Climate Change

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08/28/2017

Editorial: States Dare to Think Big on Climate Change The one bright spot amid the generally gloomy news about climate ... administration’s resistance to doing anything about it, is the determination of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

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08/31/2017

... three or four other districts,” she said. “So that’s one of the goals.” . . . Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve ...

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Opinion: Nonprofits Aren’t Doing What It Takes to Protect Civil Society in the Trump Era

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09/07/2017

... vast tidal changes in Washington are sweeping away decades of collaboration and interdependence that ties the U.S. ... America’s millions of nonprofits. While the news media is focusing on...

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Bloomberg’s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles

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09/07/2017

... Trump agenda, they’ve typically done so through the work of NGOs. Michael Bloomberg’s taken some different angles so ... and national leaders. Now, Bloomberg Philanthropies is turning to a different avenue,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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City Council Approves Zoning Plan to Revamp Far Rockaway with More Housing, Commercial Repairs

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09/08/2017

... but with months left in his first term, the Rockaway plan is only the second one to pass. Some 3,000 new apartments are expected to be built under the deal — 1,700 of them at the site...

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Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks

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09/11/2017

... forget" became a national rallying cry after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Yet America's schools — where collective memory is shaped — are now full of students who never knew...

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