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NYCT, Jonas Center, John A. Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs

Release Date:

07/20/2016

... the need to care for people with chronic conditions, such as arthritis and obesity, and educate them about their ... and the increased number of people with health insurance, as a result of the Affordable Care...

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The New York Community Trust

The John A. Hartford Foundation

Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Supported by Rockefeller and Bloomberg, Climate Finance Project Finds Solutions for Low-Carbon Growth

Release Date:

07/26/2016

... to solve these worldwide challenges. It is engineering new solutions and supporting the development of new finance instruments that unlock private investment for ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

Release Date:

09/19/2016

... to for-profit trade schools after high school, seeing them as the quickest route to jobs. A new study finds the streamlined, focused curriculum that ... is also the reason many poor students drop out, however...

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The Century Foundation

Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

Release Date:

10/06/2016

... smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll. And more than half of millennials ... the poll released this week. This information comes from a new GenForward survey of young...

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Supported by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines

Release Date:

10/25/2016

... former secretary of state will help people like them, a new GenForward poll shows. Clinton’s largest advantage is ... how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new generation... Supported by Ford...

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Ford Foundation

Herbert Sturz of Open Society Foundations Named A City & State Lifetime Award Winner

Release Date:

01/12/2017

... some of the most distinguished public servants in New York City over the age of 50 who have committed decades ... Join us for a celebratory evening reception with New York’s most prominent leaders in...

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Open Society Foundations

Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact

Release Date:

03/24/2017

... Like most wealthy philanthropists, he named his new foundation after himself — except he reversed the spelling of his surname. As it celebrates its centennial, the Surdna Foundation is still inverting...

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Surdna Foundation

Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center

Release Date:

05/24/2017

... Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center The ambitious new arts center known as the Shed, rising in Hudson Yards, has received $75 million ... said in a prepared statement. “The Shed will help New...

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

JPMorgan Chase Focuses on Asset Building in Communities of Color

Release Date:

05/26/2017

... is increasingly diverse and interesting. Most strikingly, as we've noted, is how more top financial firms now seem to grasp that economic inequality is likely to serve as a long-term drag on their growth...

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Economic Security

NYC Youth Funders Accepting RFPs for 2017 Cycle

Release Date:

06/02/2017

... Located in and serving primarily populations in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut Annual local budget under $2.5 ...

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RFPs Etc

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arbor Rising

Mayor De Blasio Signs Bills Designed to Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... at protecting tenants whose landlords use construction as a form of harassment Wednesday. The bills include a ... of Buildings more than $25,000 in fines from pulling new construction permits, measures that...

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F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... expected to transform treatment in the coming years. The new therapy turns a patient’s cells into a “living ... remissions and possibly even cures. The therapy, marketed as Kymriah and made by Novartis, was...

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Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... of the nation’s major philanthropists will gather in New York next month to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly kickoff, as influential donors like Michael Bloomberg, Jeff Skoll, and Bill and...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Poll: Majority of NY Voters Support Keeping Confederate Statues Up

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... Support Keeping Confederate Statues Up A majority of New York voters believe Confederate statues or memorials should stay up, according to a new poll, amid pleas for statues of Southern Civil War icons .....

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City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and Homeless Teens, Young Adults

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... able to stay longer in the city’s crisis shelters under new legislation that will be introduced in the City Council ... up from 30 days under current law. Another bill would let New Yorkers up to age 25 stay...

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... thermometer be attributed to specific energy companies? A new study attempts to do that, and says that more than a ... be traced back to just 90 corporations. The study comes as energy companies confront...

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Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... parent and teacher groups is vowing to continue boycotting New York’s standardized tests. NYS Allies for Public Education said the new standards do little to move away from the test-based ...

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The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... to protest the firing of 24 undocumented immigrants at New York City’s artisanal Tom Cat Bakery last spring. ... and English and chanting for a boycott of Tom Cat bread in New York restaurants, the protesters...

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Food Systems

Immigration

Refugees Rent Trump’s Childhood Home To Send Message To UN Leaders

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... To UN Leaders President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York had some new occupants over the weekend — refugees who shared their stories as a way to draw attention to the refugee crisis...

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NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings New York City’s growing government may soon add one more ... at public hearings and community-board meetings under new legislation expected to be introduced...

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