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Mellon Foundation and NEH Recognize College Professor for Book on Israel

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11/29/2016

Gary S. Schiff’s first book, “Tradition and Politics: The Religious Parties of Israel,” has been selected under a $773,761 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a “great humanities book.”

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Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

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11/30/2016

... and the biggest U.S. charitable foundations, donating to universities, hospitals and cultural institutions is the ... whether the bet offers a clear role for philanthropy to “move the needle,” whether the...

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Princeton Project Funded by Two PNY Members Reveals Insight into Behavior-Change Campaigns

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01/20/2017

... Sage Foundation fund a project that asked students to report who they socialized with on a regular basis — both in person and online — and then used the data to identify the most connected students to...

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UH Launches First U.S. Digital Humanities Research Center for Latina/o Studies with Funding from Mellon Foundation

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08/15/2017

... Foundation The University of Houston will soon be home to the country’s first Digital Humanities Research Center ...

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'Dreamer’ Plan That Aided 800,000 Immigrants Is Threatened

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08/28/2017

... Immigrants Is Threatened Jessica Rojas beat poverty to put herself through engineering college, where she ... who grew up in Chicago, was hired by a utility company to help modernize the city’s electrical grid...

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Here Are 3 Ways Negotiation Skills Keep Advancing Gender Equality

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08/29/2017

... Skills Keep Advancing Gender Equality While women continue to advance in unprecedented ways, the journey towards full ... ratified the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote in U.S. elections. More...

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Cuomo, Schneiderman Say They'll Sue to Protect "Dreamers"

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09/05/2017

Cuomo, Schneiderman Say They'll Sue to Protect "Dreamers" Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General ... released a joint statement Monday saying they will sue to protect those who are currently under...

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The DACA ‘Fix’ That Immigration Activists Fear

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09/07/2017

... news leaked on Monday that President Trump had decided to dismantle Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ... — the 2012 policy that granted administrative relief to some 800,000 undocumented...

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Commonwealth Fund: Why the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill Is Unworkable

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09/25/2017

... and Medicaid expansions and turn the money over to the states in block grants . By 2026, the bill would dramatically reallocate ... Medicaid coverage for their residents under the ACA to those...

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Findings from Century Foundation Report Lead Higher Education Advocacy Charge in California

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06/01/2018

... progressive think-tank The Century Foundation was a call to shift the focus of the Cal Grant program from covering tuition costs to helping students meet the full cost of attending college. ... student aid...

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Howard Gilman Foundation and the American Express Foundation Fund "The Gospel at Colonus"

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08/03/2018

... that unites cultures and époques, and it invites people to participate in a communal spiritual experience, much as ...

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Supported By the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Barcelona FC Offers Free Football Training to Child Refugees in Lesvos

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04/02/2019

... Foundation, Barcelona FC Offers Free Football Training to Child Refugees in Lesvos Barcelona FC has been ... “We know we can influence them and help them dream, to show them the future,” Jordi Cardoner, vice...

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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

... training and placement programs have for too long steered New Yorkers into temporary positions and minimum-wage jobs, ... million for all the training and placement programs. The new task force, comprised of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues

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08/20/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new $45 million investment to boost the capacity of city ... Delivery...

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Simons Foundation Gives $40M for Astronomy Facility in Chile

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05/12/2016

... in Chile The Simons Foundation has given $38.4 million to establish a new astronomy facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert, adding new telescopes and new detectors to...

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Five Questions for Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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07/24/2017

... for its tenth anniversary and will have given $100 million to support access and opportunity for New Yorkers by year's end, describes philanthropy as ... spoke with Tisch about her recent donation...

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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

City Council Approves Zoning Plan to Revamp Far Rockaway with More Housing, Commercial Repairs ... Rockaway plan is only the second one to pass. Some 3,000 new apartments are expected to...

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De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

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09/21/2017

De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020 Mayor ... out a $10 million plan to install as many as 1,000 new electric-car charging stations throughout the city by 2020...

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Open Society Foundations Funds the Mayor Exchange to Offer Help to Puerto Rico

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03/02/2018

Open Society Foundations Funds the Mayor Exchange to Offer Help to Puerto Rico A new network of local leaders is stepping in to provide aid ... Puerto Rico from places like...

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