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Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

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12/16/2015

... Heights. The students, aged 12-17, were challenged to design and create an app in 24 hours under the instruction ... presentations took place on Sunday morning. It was moving to see these Brooklyn youth come...

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Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits

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01/21/2016

... that trend towards less and less borrowing suddenly came to an end. Congress overwhelmingly passed a federal budget ... Budget Office says the federal deficit is set to jump 24 percent, to $...

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As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats

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01/22/2016

... for by private donors. The bulk of the coats will go to 32 elementary schools that are part of the city’s “community school” initiative, which seeks to boost attendance rates and test scores by targeting .....

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Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities The University ... announced a $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of efforts to increase...

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Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results

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03/28/2016

Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive ... When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to...

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Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

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03/29/2016

... In Norfolk, Virginia, an East Coast city that's home to the world's largest naval station and important seaports, ... city, its region and the nation would suffer in damages to national assets and...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation

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04/12/2016

The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation Forty-five ... news: The New York Community Trust, the city’s community foundation , has approved $5.4 million in grants for...

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Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast

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04/21/2016

... Production Initiative grant from The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation . A darkly comic epic, Oslo tells the true, but ... of how one young couple, Norwegian diplomat Mona Juul ( to be played by Jennifer Ehle)...

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Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.

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04/25/2016

... Convention on Climate Change, delivered a global agreement to limit future global warming to under 2° C above pre-industrial levels. The formal ... for being over-reliant on fossil fuel, and the Rockefeller...

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Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast

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05/09/2016

... in a landfill. Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation , City Harvest, NRDC, Sustainable ... America, GrowNYC and other partners, GRACE is proud to cohost Feeding the 5000 NYC, an event designed...

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Housing News Coverage Supported by Revson and New York Community Trust Wins Honors

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05/11/2016

... by the New York Community Trust, the Charles H. Revson Foundation and the Fund for Investigative Journalism... ...

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Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite Librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award

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06/17/2016

... The American Library Association (ALA) invites the public to nominate their favorite librarians for its prestigious ... . The ALA will select up to 10 librarians. Each honoree will receive a $5,000 cash .....

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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS What can microbes from space tell scientists on Earth? The world is about to find out as experts are currently analyzing fungi grown ... new research partnership...

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Russell Sage Publishes Study on the Problems of Parents Funding College Education

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12/14/2016

... also might be exacerbating economic inequality, according to a new study by a University of Kansas professor. “Young ... it matters even in young adulthood.” The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social...

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Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program

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01/17/2017

... Program Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced grants to seven cities to help them boost their capacity to tackle major challenges ... for their residents. The third cohort of cities in the...

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Supported by Rockefeller, New Report Shows Resilient Cities Require Resilient Food Systems

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02/09/2017

... planning for natural disasters must include efforts to protect and secure food systems for food-insecure ... for a Competitive Inner City and the Rockefeller Foundation warns. Based on an analyses of food...

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Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

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03/29/2017

Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) continues to innovate to uplift its North End Detroit...

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Lessons from Family Philanthropy: Rockefeller Brothers Fund at 75

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04/04/2017

... Brothers Fund is often held up as an example of a family foundation that has weathered these storms successfully. How ... on the other hand, were a committee of five, equal to each other, but with distinct...

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Open Call For Collaborative Reporting Projects

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05/10/2017

Open Call For Collaborative Reporting Projects To leverage collaborative reporting and build cooperative networks, the Rita Allen Foundation is supporting the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State...

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Rockefeller-Backed FarmerLink Helps Philippine Planters Milk the Coconut Boom

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05/10/2017

... warning for the coconut farmer in the southern Philippines to be vigilant against bud rot, a common disease that is ... coconut trees. The message included the symptoms and how to treat it. "So I...

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