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Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities

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07/29/2015

... leadership and commitment to the 100RC initiative. Since 2013 , sixty-seven cities have been selected through two challenge rounds. Applications for the final round will be accepted through November 24, .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far

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10/05/2015

... Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far On July 29, 2013 , a Latina mother in Illinois named Natasha Felix sent her three sons, ages 11, 9, and 5 , out to play with a visiting cousin, a young girl, in a ...

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EPIP Welcomes Tamir Novotny as Incoming Executive Director

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10/27/2015

... Director, beginning Monday, November 16th. In preparing for his new role, Tamir stated: "I could not be more thrilled ... EPIP family, I've seen firsthand how powerful EPIP can be for its members and...

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New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits

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10/28/2015

New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits Remember how complicated it was to ... them — and their employers — a lot of money. In 2013 , 21 percent of U.S. households (about...

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NY Observer Highlights Many PNY Members as Area’s Most Generous Companies

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10/28/2015

... profit and donated more than $7 billion to charity in 2013 . . . NY Observer Highlights Many PNY Members as ...

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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

... NY) Some 1,128 children gathered on Tuesday afternoon for a “Kids Mega Challah Bake” event, which took place at ... 426 students, who learned how to knead and bake dough, in 2013 . The Guinness World Records is...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program

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02/16/2016

Pershing Square Awards $ 5 .4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program The Pershing ... of Oxford's Saïd Business School. Established in 2013 with a gift of £4. 5 million ($6.6 million) from...

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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

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09/30/2016

... students who attended a five- to six-week summer program for at least twenty days in 2013 scored modestly higher on state math tests than students ... who did not participate, and that students who attended...

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

... spending spree that the United States has engaged in for the past three decades, investing trillions of dollars to ... millions while states struggle to provide adequate funding for education? Despite the deep...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Sends Poets to Princeton Environmental Film Festival

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03/28/2017

... showing in Princeton. “It seemed like a natural fit for us,” explained Martin Farawell, director of the ... sponsored the largest poetry festival in North America. In 2013 the foundation, whose major programs...

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Lisa Green Hall Joins Nathan Cummings Foundation's Investment Committee

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04/24/2017

... community development finance and impact investing across for -profit, non-profit and government sectors, and she is a lifelong advocate and champion for economic and social justice. She has extensive board...

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The Army Infantry’s First Women

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05/26/2017

... After the Obama administration ordered the military in 2013 to open all combat positions to women, the Army ... the Army has taken pains to avoid making any exceptions for infantry boot camp... The Army...

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Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines

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08/10/2017

Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines ... the focus of most writing has been on the use of data for competitive advantage, a small set of companies has been ... in...

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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

... Change The patriarch of the Simons clan is best known for his math chops and science philanthropy. But heirs Nat ... climate and clean energy work. (It gave out $40 million in 2013 .) But his sister Liz Simons...

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Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?

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08/30/2017

Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work? In dental offices nationwide, children who ... alarming lawmakers, parents and the dental profession. In 2013 , University of Washington researchers found 44 cases ... died...

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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

... tanks, Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s already large racial wealth ... household wealth trends (as have occurred between 1983 and 2013 ) continue indefinitely into...

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Economic Security

A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

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09/26/2017

... Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids In 2013 , the New York city council approved a plan for a gleaming new development in the Willets Point ... for the auto shops is about...

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Community Development

Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years

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10/05/2017

... I request all e-mail communications since Dec. 30, 2013 between Chancellor Carmen Farina and two others, Michael ... bolster the case. Ravitch, an education progressive known for her scathing opposition to...

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Wallace Foundation Case Study Examines Arts Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs

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10/06/2017

... Initiative. The initiative is based on Something to Say, a 2013 study of successful arts-focused organizations that ... artists, establishing dedicated studios and planning for high-profile culminating events...

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