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Bloomberg Spins Off Group That Spurs Volunteerism in Cities

Release Date:

01/30/2014

... nation put volunteers to work on specific challenges, such as fighting obesity or beautifying neighborhoods. The group, Cities of Service, will be led by one of the former New York City mayor’s government...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Passes Halfway Mark to Prepare 1,000 Faculty and Clinical Leaders by 2020

Release Date:

02/05/2014

... its goal of underwriting 1,000 doctoral scholars by 2020. NEW YORK, February 5, 2014 – The Jonas Center for Nursing ...

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10 Apr 2014

Leading Through Change: Advice from and for Seasoned CEOs and Their Boards

Thursday, April 10, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... and commitment of their trusted leadership staff? Join us as we explore these questions and many more with a panel of ... A Guide for Family Foundation Leaders.” A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program...

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Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

Release Date:

03/10/2014

... into a full-fledged charity in 2009. The feeling was that as the borough grew in both affluence and cultural cachet, ... but never really soared. With superstorm Sandy serving as a kind of catalyst for the...

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Brooklyn Org

The Wall Street Journal

Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

Release Date:

03/13/2014

... the then-Senior Program Officers a giant cup filled with new red pens. It seemed to me at the time that the program ...

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Aging

Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?

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05/06/2014

... the public sector, and served in the philanthropy sector as chief executive of the Case Foundation since creating the ... towards solutions. It’s clear we desperately need new ways to solve old problems…...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making

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05/22/2014

... team of architects and consultants is proposing to build a new neighborhood of residential towers and office buildings on landfill in the East River as part of a counter-intuitive plan to make the city more ...

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NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’

Release Date:

06/04/2014

... last year to charities here, including $1 million to the New York Women’s Foundation, which offers job training,.. ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Presents Third Installment of 'Stories of Brooklyn Insights'

Release Date:

06/04/2014

... Community Foundation shares the voices of ARTs East New York, a storefront gallery and neighborhood hub using the ...

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NYC Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams

Release Date:

06/17/2014

... Carmen Fariña plans to preserve the hallmarks of New York City’s gifted programs, the immensely popular ... schools that draw high achievers but have been criticized as shutting out low-income children. Ms...

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Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies

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06/23/2014

... science, technology, engineering, and math – also known as STEM disciplines. The four participating institution ... Arizona, Montana University System, and Purdue. The new national network, the Sloan...

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The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... Pledge may be vogue today for many wealthy Americans, but as Forbes notes, the idea was first advanced 125 years ago ... Carnegie, whose money endowed Carnegie Corporation of New York, wrote an essay...

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Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.

Release Date:

09/03/2014

... empire only eight months after ending his final term as mayor of New York. For years, Mr. Bloomberg had insisted that he ...

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Bloomberg LP

NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail

Release Date:

10/03/2014

... the sites set to get markers that will designate them as part of the South Bronx Culture Trail. Ten sites have ... organizers said. Money for the project comes from the New York Community Trust, which was...

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Foundations Shouldn’t Shrink From Supporting Marches to Curb Climate Change

Release Date:

10/19/2014

... is a word rarely used to describe street protests. But as such things go, last month’s march in New York City, which attracted some 400,000 people to promote ... of fierce contention like war, that daylong...

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps

Release Date:

11/03/2014

... equality has already been won? In an attempt to chart a new course for the movement and keep its momentum, the Arcus ...

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Johnson Family Foundation

From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

Release Date:

11/11/2014

... Spencer, a nurse's aide, enrolled the 5-year-old in a new educational program called Head Start, which gave him "a .....

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Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate

Release Date:

11/20/2014

... be announcing some executive orders involving immigration as early as this coming Friday. While Capitol Hill may have been ... reform on the political agenda. Julia Preston of the New York...