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Carnegie, Ford Give $1M to Free Legal Services Project for Immigrants

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03/27/2017

Carnegie, Ford Give $1M to Free Legal Services Project for Immigrants In response to ... offers pro-bono legal services to immigrants regardless of their residency status...

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NYCT's Kerry McCarthy: Trump Cuts that Hit Arts Will Also Hurt Health in NYC Neighborhoods

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04/04/2017

... cut, communities suffer in unexpected ways. This is clear to those of us who have seen neighborhood theaters, art galleries and ... Harlem and Corona, Queens, cultural resources are linked to...

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Podcast: Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities

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04/10/2017

... National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, one of the people at his side was Paul Mellon, son of Andrew ... by Paul Mellon and his sister, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, merged to form the...

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Supported by Sloan Foundation, Study Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers

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04/21/2017

... Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers Physicists at the Institute for Quantum ... three-dimensional quantum liquid crystal—a new state of matter that may have applications in...

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Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports New Green Roof at New Jersey School

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04/21/2017

... and their new Green Roof that boasts spectacular views of the New York City skyline. The Green Roof officially opened on Tuesday, April 18 in time to celebrate Earth Day at their Upper School campus on Lloyd...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community

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06/23/2017

The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community The ... Foundation announced today that it will be making grants of $100,000 each to the New...

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Rockefeller Foundation Supports A “Carbon Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy

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06/23/2017

... Foundation Supports A “Carbon Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy The tool, which is ... much carbon-dioxide pollution is avoided as buyers want to...

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MetLife Foundation Noted Among Funders of Arts and Justice Initiative

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07/19/2017

MetLife Foundation Noted Among Funders of Arts and Justice Initiative I recently framed the Lincoln Center Cultural Innovation Fund as Exhibit A in how legacy institutions can appeal to donors...

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Ford Foundation Awards NABJ Grant Ahead Of Its 42nd Annual Convention And Career Fair

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08/09/2017

Ford Foundation Awards NABJ Grant Ahead Of Its 42nd Annual Convention And Career Fair Days before ... (NABJ) announced the Ford Foundation has granted $150,000 to the largest organization of...

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Winning the Lottery: Enrolling in Success Academy Produces Math Gains for Students, New Study Shows

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08/30/2017

... Enrolling in Success Academy boosted test scores for some of its earliest students, according to a new study conducted by research firm MDRC. The analysis, ... network’s third- and fourth-graders showed about...

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EPA Now Requires Political Aide’s Sign-Off for Agency Awards, Grant Applications

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09/05/2017

... Environmental Protection Agency has taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the ... distributes annually, assigning final funding decisions to a former...

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Trump's Nominee To Be USDA's Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist

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09/05/2017

Trump's Nominee To Be USDA's Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist The chief scientist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is typically a ... research budget, which funds, among other...

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Will the Trump Era Transform the School Lunch?

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09/06/2017

... morning in July, Sonny Perdue, the newly minted secretary of agriculture, strode across the stage of a convention hall ... drastically reduced. Portion sizes shrank. Lunch trays had to hold...

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NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming

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09/07/2017

NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming Berklee, a music education ... recent years. City officials said they made the investment to help keep Avatar, the studio on Manhattan’s West Side ... under $...

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Bloomberg’s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles

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09/07/2017

... and moderate donors and foundations alike have scrambled to respond to the Trump agenda, they’ve typically done so through the work of NGOs. Michael Bloomberg’s taken some different angles so...

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Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program

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09/11/2017

Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program President Trump appears to be in the mood to make deals with Democrats — and ... immigrants. On Wednesday, the...

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The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers in Dead-End Jobs

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09/12/2017

... company went hunting for a U.S. city with a surplus of talented employees stuck in dead-end jobs. Brian Brown, ... Network Capital Funding Corp. opened an office in Miami to scoop up an attractive subset...

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JP Morgan Chase Investing $40M in Chicago's Underserved Neighborhoods

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09/15/2017

... Chicago's Underserved Neighborhoods JPMorgan Chase wants to do for Chicago's South and West sides what it has begun to ... the next three years to help rebuild and re-energize parts...

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The Questionable Ethic of an Opt-Out for Recurring Donations: A Caution for Nonprofits

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09/15/2017

The Questionable Ethic of an Opt-Out for Recurring Donations: A Caution for ... fact that the nonprofit in question here is the Committee to Defend the President; its practice of automatically...

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