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12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms

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10/03/2017

... Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms As sea level rise increases the impact severe storms like Superstorm Sandy have on New York, the city’s architects are designing buildings ... the...

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Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools

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10/04/2017

... Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools A new study says that on average, New York City charter school students show growth equal to 23 ...

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Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’

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10/04/2017

... CEO Eva Moskowitz has more in common with her longtime foe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio than you might think, she told ... is a level of injustice in the city, around the state of New York, around the country...

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City Council Members Still Navigating Outside Income Divestment Ahead of Deadline

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10/05/2017

... City Council members, two of whom voted against the new restrictions, continue to be involved in their private ... each is still in the process of figuring out divestment as mandated by the new...

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Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems

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10/26/2017

... organizations that promote whole-child initiatives for a new program that will award up to $150,000 each to 10 communities that propose new ideas for meeting the needs of diverse student ...

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Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award

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04/16/2018

... announced 10 finalists for the Engaged Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to ... a program designed to empower city leaders to generate new ideas and advance policy that...

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William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program

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06/05/2019

... T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program The New York City-based William T. Grant Foundation supports ... to significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

23 Oct 2018

The Art of Knowledge-in-Action: Building Your Reflective Practice as a Funder

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... what is happening during challenging situations, make new sense of what you see, and adjust your approach to get to ... for better outcomes. Explore Reflective practices as an intuitive and rigorous way to...

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Leadership Development

To Bolster Support for the Arts, Move Hearts and Minds

Release Date:

11/10/2015

... Move Hearts and Minds By Salem Tsegaye, Program Associate, New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust Successful advocacy ... why arts and culture is important to them...

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The Opportunity Agenda

Making Lunch Free Was Just the Beginning

Release Date:

12/10/2019

... Just the Beginning By David Sandman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation. This article was originally ... by Medium on November 20, 2019 . It was a proud moment for New York City when its...

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NYC Youth and Education Funders Working Group

... happy, and contributing members of their communities. As a working group, NYCYEF aims to enhance the effectiveness ...

Rockefeller Playhouse and Family Properties Gifted to the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Release Date:

07/31/2018

... for Historic Preservation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) announced today the expansion of The Pocantico ... building built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1927 as a venue for family recreation and...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations Accepting Applications for Soros Justice Fellowships

Release Date:

10/23/2019

... Deadling: November 20, 2019 The Soros Justice Fellowships fund outstanding individuals to undertake projects that ... Fellowships The Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships fund lawyers, advocates, grassroots...