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Call for Nominations: Community Food Funders Champions Award

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03/02/2017

... Community Food Funders steering committee has created a new award to recognize the leaders empowering food system ...

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Hillman Foundation Announces 2017 Innovation Grants

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11/17/2017

... Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation announces $1.6 million in new awards to support nursing driven innovation for ... populations. To accelerate the development and scale of forward thinking nursing-driven...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Sponsored Research Reveals How Cities Can Embrace Innovation Without Sacrificing Public Health and Safety

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01/05/2018

... The real work for city leaders today is to create not just new rules, but new ways of writing and adjusting regulations that better fit the ... and iteration, and governments want to be seen...

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What the Brooklyn Community Foundation is Looking for in Grantees

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04/23/2015

... Foundation, a highly localized funder, brought on some new staff members and kicked off an entirely new program strategy in early 2015. And a couple months ago, ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Earmarks Support for ArtPlace America

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05/21/2015

... America The Stavros Niarchos FoundationOpens in a new window recently approved a $1 million grant to support ... in a new window in its national work in the field of creative placemaking. The...

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Ford, Arcus, Palette Fund and Johnson Family Foundation Release Comprehensive Data on LGBTQ Community

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07/14/2015

... Release Comprehensive Data on LGBTQ Community A brand new analysis of more than 100 studies and academic journals, combined with feedback from thousands of people across the country, is...

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Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth Inequality

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04/20/2016

... inequality, can worker ownership be expanded meaningfully as a path to a more equitable future? That’s the question the Surdna Foundation set out to answer in a new report,"Ours to Share."...

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Musicians Foundation Honored By Association of Music Producers

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06/08/2016

Musicians Foundation Honored By Association of Music Producers The Musicians Foundation had a busy few months welcoming new Board members and being honored at an event hosted by the Association of...

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NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals

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10/17/2016

... Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals A new survey of children’s and teenagers’ eating habits at fast-food restaurants suggests that consumption levels of sugary drinks are...

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New York Health Foundation

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic

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10/26/2016

... to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced an open call for original poetry about the impacts of drug addiction. The poetry initiative is part ...

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Long Island Community Foundation Provides At-Risk Seniors With Fresh Produce And Nutrition Education

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01/25/2017

... Fresh Produce And Nutrition Education Many residents in New Cassel living below the federal poverty line have limited ... to fresh food at a reasonable price. EAC Network’s new Fresh from the Garden Senior...

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Success Academy Ratchets up Pressure on City to Give It Space

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09/15/2017

... de Blasio’s administration to provide space for several new middle schools she plans to open next year. The city ... space inside public-school buildings for up to seven new middle schools. Now, the earliest...

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61% Of Women And 46% Of Men Think Kids Should Be Raised Without Gender Stereotypes

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09/21/2017

61% Of Women And 46% Of Men Think Kids Should Be Raised Without Gender Stereotypes ... other marketing communications–including advertising, new research published this week suggests. A worldwide...

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City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City

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10/04/2017

... High School in Long Island City The city will construct a new high school with room for nearly 1,000 students in Dutch Kills, according to the Department of Education. The new school, a four-...

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Simons Foundation Genomic Database Tool Used in Breakthrough Autism Study

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10/13/2017

... Database Tool Used in Breakthrough Autism Study In the new study, researchers used a huge genomic database created ... Research Initiative. The scientists compared the genomes of 516 individuals who had...

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29 Jan 2016

School Funding: The Road to Equity for NYC

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9:45am to 12:00pm

Nearly every conversation about improving New York City’s public schools includes a call for more ... rarely discuss where the funding comes from, the history of advocacy for more funding for...

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Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case

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12/11/2015

... to go to a highly selective college, like the University of Texas, through some form of racial preference. “I don’t think,” Mr. Scalia ... it’s a good thing for the University of Texas to...

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Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures

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05/06/2016

... Shareholders To Vote For Proposal Regarding Disclosure Of Lobbying Expenditures - Sec Filing Dear FirstEnergy Shareowner: We write to you as long-term shareholders in FirstEnergy Corporation...

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Top 5 Brooklyn Nonprofits Named Winners of Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Annual $100,000 Spark Prize

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01/15/2019

Top 5 Brooklyn Nonprofits Named Winners of Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Annual $100,000 Spark ... Hunger · Cypress Hills Child Care Corporation · Girls for Gender Equity ... in general operating support to each...

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