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Chef Massimo Bottura's First U.S. Project Will Be a Rockefeller-supported Bronx Soup Kitchen

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05/30/2017

... World’s 50 Best List in 2016, was planning to open one of his food waste-fighting soup kitchens, called Refettorios, in the Bronx with support from New York ’s Italian consulate. On a recent...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

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06/06/2017

... Tommy and Kiko, who live in captivity in upstate New York and are asking the courts for relief. A rumpled ... NHRP plan litigation on behalf of elephants and dolphins as...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Animal Welfare

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Arcus Foundation

NoVo Foundation

Wallace, Ford, and Mellon on Strategies that Boost Arts Engagement Across Diverse Communities

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06/09/2017

... relevant, and inspiring forces in the daily lives of diverse communities. Wallace is taking a far more ... staff" at arts institutions—echoing its work across the New York City museum...

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Arts

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Tisch Fund, NY Community Trust, Bloomberg & United Way of NYC Leaders Named Among the Most Powerful Women of 2017

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06/26/2017

... Among the Most Powerful Women of 2017 Is power the same as money? As influence? To arrive at our biennial ranking of ... their company and the specific impact they’ve had on...

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The New York Community Trust

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named

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06/27/2017

... University School of Nursing Maja Djukic, PhD, RN — New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing Jed Gonzalo, ... Scholar will engage in activities to enhance their...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Casey Family Programs Report Finds NYC ACS Leader in Child Safety Practices

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07/10/2017

... Obama administration official David Hansell took the helm of New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Casey Family Programs

Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

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08/01/2017

... to impact investing. Or Wallace Global Fund’s incubation of the fossil fuel divestment movement. Many of these early ... in 1948 by Helen Altschul and Frank Altschul, who was a New ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Overbrook Foundation

Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis

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08/29/2017

... Rikers, rescuing failing schools – it can seem like New York ’s most insurmountable crises are always being dealt ... process that factored in their potential effectiveness as well as...

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Housing and Homelessness

Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

... Unemployment in Black and White The recent finding by The New York Times that black students are still vastly ... whites. The hard truth is that the persistence of twice- as...

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Economic Security

Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement

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08/31/2017

... city funds to creating murals on the external walls of New York City Housing Authority developments when it’s hard to ... proves its value to supporters and detractors alike as...

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Arts

For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year

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09/07/2017

... In between science classes at a charter school in East New York , he broke down at his desk. The government had just ... brought to the country at a young age. Under DACA, as the program is...

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Education

Declaration Of Principles Across Hockey Takes NHL Where Other Pro Leagues Ought To Go

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09/08/2017

Declaration Of Principles Across Hockey Takes NHL Where Other Pro Leagues Ought To Go At an announcement and ceremony in New York , stakeholders from the the NHL, NHL Players Association, ...

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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

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09/08/2017

... over their personal information online. In July, The New York Times reported that the Mexican government uses Pegasus ... campaign began meeting in 2013 and launched Ciberseguras as a blog to...

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Gender Justice

Standing Up For Housing Equality

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09/13/2017

... making national headlines and ending in deadly violence as a result of white nationalists, neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan ... while completely unrelated, members and supporters of the New...

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Housing and Homelessness

Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill

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09/14/2017

... proposals to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, failed to pass a Republican-controlled ... one of his favorite causes. In a Wednesday op-ed in the New York...

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

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09/14/2017

... says McKay, who earns $17 an hour. In this episode of NationSwell’s eight-part minidocumentary series on ... called Green City Force, which empowers young adults from New York City’s public...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented

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09/15/2017

... Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented New York State Health Foundation, RAND Corporation and the ... non-elderly veterans fell by 36% after the implementation of the...

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New York Health Foundation

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‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?

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09/15/2017

‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System? As leading Democrats embrace Senator ... for all” legislation in an Op-Ed published in The New York...

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... that carry a lower risk of addiction or dependence, even as they provide comparatively easy access to generic opioid ... less attention. That may be changing, however. The New York...

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