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Cuomo Offers Support for Mark-Viverito’s Call to Close Rikers

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02/16/2016

... Rikers Gov. Andrew Cuomo voiced support Sunday for New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito’s call to ... some time and described Mark-Viverito’s call to close it as a “big...

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Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

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02/22/2016

Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps Fewer than half of the more than 1,000 ... and safety, according to an issue brief published by New York City-based...

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Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies

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02/25/2016

... The Tow Foundation has awarded $75,000 grants to six New York City theatres to support a playwright of their choosing as the 2016–17 Tow Playwright-in-Residence. The...

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Goldman Sachs Expands Philanthropic Fund to Younger Workers

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03/04/2016

... to compete for donations to a charity of their choosing. As they would with a deal proposal, bankers and other ... impact,” according to an internal memo reviewed by The New York...

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

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03/28/2016

... in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was ... Providence's high-tech idea to improve the vocabularies of the...

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At Ford Event, de Blasio Says Cities Must Innovate Since Feds and State Won’t

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03/30/2016

... Tuesday appeared to abandon any belief that higher levels of government have any interest in helping New York City grapple with income inequality. “In the end, ...

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Economic Security

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers

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04/20/2016

... the inaugural Spark Prize, the first and only honor of its kind celebrating changemakers in the borough’s ... collectively receive less than 5% of funds distributed by New York...

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Carnegie President Says Humanitarians Can Have Impact on Refugee Crisis

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04/26/2016

... for Awakening Humanity finds widespread misperceptions of the scale of the global refugee crisis. While more than ... Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of...

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At the Rockefellers’ Kykuit, Painterly Gardens and a Rosy Legacy

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05/23/2016

... Oil monopoly, Nelson Rockefeller’s stewardship as governor of New York and the family’s charitable giving in medical research ...

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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence

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06/17/2016

... Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence In collaboration with New York ’s Music-Theatre Group, Opera Philadelphia is proud to ...

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Rockefeller Fund Takes First Green Stake in Pivot From Oil

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07/28/2016

... meant to bolster the fight against climate change. The New York City-based fund, founded in 1940 with the profits of ... Corp. and other backers. The investment will help finance as...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize

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09/07/2016

... for its 2017 Prize on October 3rd, 2016 . At least five New York based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year – ... research at a stage when traditional funding is lacking. As part...

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Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

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10/19/2016

... with programs that promote economic and racial diversity as a way of fostering social mobility and cohesion has more ... Connecticut; Jefferson County, Kentucky; and New York...

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Century Foundation Fellow Asks If Trump's Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed

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11/11/2016

... candidate whom members of his own party described as a classic authoritarian. How is it possible that tens of ... the University of Texas historian Jeffrey Tulis to The...

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Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

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01/10/2017

... project will, among other things, help establish a state- of -the-art pediatric ophthalmic diagnostic and imaging center at New York -Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital . ...

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The Wallace Foundation Supports Creative Ways to Expand the Taste for Classical Music in NYC Eateries

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01/17/2017

... played during intermissions - the actors were no amateurs. As the tragedy unfolded, leads Craig Irvin and Elizabeth ... location receded behind the vivid production. In New York , high art...

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How Cuomo's Special Prosecutor Order Is Playing Out, 19 Months Later

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02/28/2017

... that was hailed by many advocates and elected officials as a bold and unprecedented step towards police ... killings of unarmed people, including Eric Garner in New York...

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Novo Foundation's Jesenia Santana Discusses the Dismissal of Domestic Violence and Its Effects in the Criminal Court System

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03/09/2017

... she worked directly with domestic violence survivors in New York City whose entanglement in the court system stemmed ... included survivors facing charges for defending themselves as well...

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NY Community Trust Mentioned in City Lab Article About Advocacy Groups Assisting Refugees

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03/13/2017

... the suspension is lifted, the U.S. will allow about half as many refugees as it used to, capped around 50,000.) In response, the New York Community Trust, which backs local...

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Nonprofit Trailblazers Unite for Third Annual American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit

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04/03/2017

... third annual Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit in New York on April 3 and 4, celebrating ten years of a ... the Summit attendees cite leadership development programs as...

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