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Decades of low voter turnout and an historic election cycle drive a new philanthropic effort housed in The New York Community Trust to increase voter participation in NYC

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... Summit (April 29-May 1) Presented by Collective Impact Forum RSVP here April 30 2025 Meeting the Moment with ...

United Way To Receive $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs

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06/16/2014

... help identify about 40 schools and nonprofit partners that can team up in high-poverty areas this fall. He said it would ... housing, language barriers and other problems that can hinder academic achievement,...

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Six Useful Tips For Nonprofits To Keep Marketing Automation Personal

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10/13/2017

... to nonprofit organizations across the U.S. While much can be said about using marketing automation to drive ... fundraising, gain subscribers, and promote awareness, it can also remove that personal touch that...

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New York Community Trust Ranked Number Three In Total Assets

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07/15/2014

... community foundations by asset size are the Silicon Valley Foundation ($4.7 billion), followed by the Tulsa Community Foundation ($3.9 billion).... New York Community Trust Ranked ...

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Philanthropic Groups Sign on to Raise the Age Campaign

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03/06/2015

... the David Rockefeller Fund, the Andrus Family Fund, Tiger Foundation , Tow Foundation , New York Foundation , Sills Family Foundation , Pinkerton Foundation...

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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

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03/17/2015

... start at a time when the basic research that serves as the foundation of scientific progress is largely ignored by ... well as applied pursuits. They include the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , Kavli ...

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy

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09/23/2014

... interaction among practitioners, academics, and students . It also gave special consideration to university ...

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Bank of America Among Organizations Supporting Giving Tuesday

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10/16/2014

... charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common ...

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Ford and Atlantic Back Education Policy Think Tank

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09/04/2015

Linda Darling-Hammond will lead the new program, which will employ 30 researchers.

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Atlantic Philanthropies Writes About Philanthropy’s Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline

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01/07/2016

... every year. Put in perspective, 1 in 14 public school students is sent home for increasingly minor offenses, often ...

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In New York, More Than a Thousand in Record-Breaking Kids Challah Bake (UJA-Federation of NY)

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01/15/2016

... they broke an existing record in Hong Kong held by 426 students , who learned how to knead and bake dough, in 2013. ...

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JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy

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01/19/2016

... expand and improve career-focused education that prepares students for high-skill and high-wage jobs.. . . JP Morgan ...

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As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

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06/17/2016

In New York City, an unexpected fight has flared up between proponents of social service-filled “community schools” and the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the nation’s most outspoken champions of those schools.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

Funded by a $32 million gift from Michael R. Bloomberg, Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, management, and innovation in cities across America and around the...