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Century Foundation Analysis Noted, Poverty in Syracuse Examined

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11/20/2015

... and tree-lined streets where children play. But some of the homes are crumbling or abandoned, and the parks are empty because a recent spate of shootings in this city has made parents fear for their ... the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

Simons Foundation Backs Autism BrainNet and NIH NeuroBioBank Partnership to Advance Autism Research

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12/09/2015

... entered into an agreement with the National Institutes of Health to align two of the world’s largest repositories of donated postmortem ... autism spectrum disorder,” says NIH NeuroBioBank...

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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

... to School Discipline Last year, at the beginning of ninth grade, my son's friend Emmanuel was suspended from ... the brick in the schoolyard, and with the satirical wit of a 14-year-old, named it "...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools

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02/04/2016

... video took over the Internet: a White school safety officer at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South ... All across America, schools predominantly serving students of color are being buried under a...

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Brooklyn Org

Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers

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04/13/2016

... The labor-friendly City Council has taken up the cause of home-care workers. Councilman Andrew Cohen, D-Bronx, ... with employers. The bill would create a Division of Paid Care under the recently-established...

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Workforce Development

Conservative Activist O’Keefe Targets Liberal Foundations, Foiled By Open Society Program Staff

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05/23/2016

... Liberal Foundations, Foiled By Open Society Program Staff As Dana Geraghty recalls it, March 16th was a “rather ... in Eurasia. The Foundations are the philanthropic creation of George Soros, the hedge-fund...

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Backed By Rockefeller Grants Philabundance’s Non-Profit Supermarket Is Making Inroads in Food Deserts

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05/08/2017

... office at Chester’s Fare & Square, there’s a piece of paper noting the days that Ramadan falls on in 2017; the ... in pink. It jumps out pretty quickly, because a lot of the other stuff on the wall betrays...

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Food Systems

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Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions

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06/05/2017

... The American Health Care Act (AHCA)—the U.S. House of Representatives’ bill to repeal and replace the ... market. Moreover, the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the AHCA finds that the funding it makes...

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Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say

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09/11/2017

... in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say It is one of law enforcement’s most expansive powers: If the authorities believe that someone has knowledge of a crime, they can — under threat of...

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Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say

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09/15/2017

... I saw what I thought were officers lurking, and a couple of unmarked cars double parked," Damren said. "I didn't see .....

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Immigration

Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender Attacks on women and gender ... identity have been central to the policies coming out of the Trump White House. Whether it...

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Many Young Adults With Autism Also Have Mental Health Issues

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10/03/2017

... speaker in Bradford, Ontario. It wasn't just the challenge of organizing his assignments and fighting the disability ... he needed for tests. It was also managing all the aspects of daily life that most...

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Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’s At Risk?

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10/10/2017

... a special 5-year funding authorization to expand the reach of the community health centers program. This special funding authority expired in 2015. As part of the funding extension for the...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Starting the Conversation: Using a Gender Lens in Your Grantmaking

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12/2016

Philanthropy New York 's Funders for Gender Equity are pleased to present .....

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Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity

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04/26/2017

... on operationalizing DEI from the Philanthropy New York program “ Achieving Equity…How Exactly? ” on March ... part, want to do the right thing and operate with the best of intentions. But...

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How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward: Congress’ $64.5 Billion Mistake - Report from The Century Foundation

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10/29/2020

... Mistake - Report from The Century Foundation Four times as many women as men dropped out of the labor force in September, roughly 865,000 women ... 216,000 men. This validates predictions...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Convening Virtually: Embracing Change and Community

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12/03/2020

... Carolyn Peters, Learning Services Associate, Philanthropy New York What once would have been an instantly viral video has ... for her close-up and Zoom bombed the team with a showcase of all...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Launch a Global Plan to Save Coral Reefs from Extinction

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02/23/2017

... together leading ocean, climate and marine scientists as well as conservation practitioners from around the world to develop a list of the 50 most critical coral reefs to protect. 50 Reefs...

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