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Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... men and women and asking them to complete questionnaires about their current mood. They then were given 25 Swiss francs ( about $25) once a week for the next month. Half of the 50 ...

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Amid Global Crises, UNGA Will Show Development Community Rising To The Challenges

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09/18/2017

... Development Goals. I asked her what this UNGA would be about . She was characteristically blunt. “We are on a path ... of the U.N., and they must never forget that. Actions are about collective responsibility,...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It

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09/22/2017

... pick the best plan for their needs. Consumers get confused about how to estimate income and determine household size to ... with incomes up to 400 percent of the poverty level ( about $98,000 for a family of...

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Report Finds Gaps in Access to Opioid Addiction Help on Staten Island

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09/26/2017

... Bridget G. Brennan, decided to follow up on a tip — not about a drug crime but about a potential academic collaboration. The approach ...

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Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing

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10/02/2017

... in New York City for 25 years, Harding formed a theory about what triggered the killing as soon as an image of ... said. “He was bullied.’” Details are still emerging about what led Cedeno to allegedly draw a...

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Education

Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say

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10/05/2017

... Say New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s opinion about whether to shut down the Rikers Island jail complex has ... public clamor to close Rikers Island,” Lippman said about the jail complex, which houses...

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

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12/11/2017

... finds. "We believe that investing in youth is not just about the future, it is about their ability to be leaders in their communities .....

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Surdna Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund

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01/05/2018

... aims "to shift local power structures and put decisions about local development in the hands of residents." Surdna ... in up to 10 sites over four years. The Amplify Fund is all about giving...

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Community Development

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Philanthropy New York Is Now Accepting Applications For Its Two-Year Public Policy Fellowship

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01/25/2018

... early-career professionals who will benefit from learning about and networking within the philanthropic sector. It is ... her two-year stint in August 2017. Find full information about the fellowship and the...

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Public Policy

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How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility

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02/09/2018

... too. Since its inception, the concept has been just about the same, but in my opinion, the way we work here in ... the highlights of taking your child to work was merely about workplace tours of the building,...

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Remember! You’ve Got Friends

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07/30/2018

... We all share a vested interest in spreading the good news about the Andrew Carnegie Fellows — while simultaneously ... and the appropriate point persons for communications about the announcement. We ask the...

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Support from The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Helps the Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation Provide Vision Services for its Clients

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12/04/2018

... for people with HIV/AIDS. The organization currently has about 275 clients islandwide — about 125 of them are in West Hawaii. Hollowell said people ...

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SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition

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02/21/2019

... Fleet may still be in high school, but she knows as much about stocks, bonds and mutual funds as her friends do about emojis and apps – and now she’s offering that ...

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