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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

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04/25/2017

... Year Long Island’s economy could have had an infusion of $24 billion in 2014 alone were it not for racial ... income gap faced by African-American residents, according to a report released Monday by the Urban...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Three Practical Tips for Spreading and Scaling Youth Programs

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05/11/2017

... Program Associate, The New York Community Trust Like a lot of people, Anthony Negron is concerned about the lack of ... Science (NYSCI) started an after-school program designed to interest...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

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05/19/2017

... Americans are nearly twice as likely as African-Americans to say they've saved enough for retirement, a new poll found. ... security than whites and will rely on fewer sources of income during retirement...

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

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06/06/2017

... law at Harvard and Stanford, Wise is president and founder of the Nonhuman Rights Project, which calls itself “the ... working through litigation, public policy advocacy, and education to...

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Animal Welfare

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color By now it’s clear the Trump era will be cruel to women. The President and Congress have proposed draconian ... cuts to the nation’s...

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Gender Justice

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With Wallace Foundation Support, New Study Finds Principal Development Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable

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07/10/2017

... Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable It's no secret to readers of IP that the Wallace Foundation believes in the importance ... Wallace places school leadership front and center of...

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Sloan Foundation Supported Survey: Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous And Sometimes Great

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08/14/2017

... work hard, and it takes a physical and mental toll, not to mention that it frequently cuts into personal time, ... along with Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Los Angeles, began...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Workforce Development

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United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care

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08/24/2017

United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care The ... caregivers alone were both skilled and had time enough to do the job as reasons for folks refusing...

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

... On Thursday, a million New York City children will return to school. Educators have long been concerned about a ... the learning loss that often occurs when students are out of school for two months. It’s a...

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Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

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09/12/2017

... Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation Young migrants and refugees set out to escape harm or secure better futures – and face ... others: those travelling alone...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York

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09/15/2017

... with 500. The top three industries that added jobs were: education and health services, with 1,700; health care and ...

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Workforce Development

De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.

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09/26/2017

... new year this month, the clock was ticking on the future of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s boldest education initiative. His Renewal School program, which pledged hundreds of millions of...

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Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

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09/26/2017

... Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less Over the past year, ... apply their resources toward large societal problems like education...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says

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09/27/2017

... Read or Add, World Bank Says Around the world, hundreds of millions of students are spending years in school while ... virtually nothing, and many countries are neglecting to even measure...

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How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings from the Wallace Foundation

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10/06/2017

... Foundation Sometimes, when one reads the phrase “getting to scale,” it feels a little bit like the nonprofit equivalent of reaching for the Holy Grail. The Wallace Foundation’s ... nonprofits to...

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City to Expand 3-K Program to 6 New Neighborhoods

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10/13/2017

City to Expand 3-K Program to 6 New Neighborhoods City Hall on Thursday announced plans to expand its pre-K education program for 3-year-olds in six new neighborhoods ... Bronx...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Hotel Industry To Reduce Food Waste

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11/14/2017

The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Hotel Industry To Reduce Food Waste Today, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the ... from The Rockefeller Foundation, unveil results from a set of projects demonstrating innovative...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

... foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 million to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria, including the creation of an advisory commission to help guide reconstruction .....

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Disaster Relief

Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term

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12/11/2017

Report Funded by The Clark Foundation urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in ... Second Term A new report revealed that just 30.8 percent of Staten Island residents have at...

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