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Jeffersonian Dinners: Using Food and Conversation to Draw In Donors

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09/21/2017

... pitches and slide decks to raise money for Breakthrough New York, the college-success program she leads. Instead she has turned to Jeffersonian dinners as a way to engage new supporters. The intimate...

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Amazon Inks Office Space Deal on Manhattan’s Far West Side

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09/22/2017

... West Side of Manhattan and create more than 2,000 jobs in New York City. The retail giant signed a 15-year lease to ... that is part of Brookfield Property Partners L.P.'s new eight-acre development,...

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Community Development

De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.

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09/26/2017

... for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow. Even as New York City’s schools opened their doors for the new year this month, the clock was ticking on the future of ... schools that had performed poorly,...

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Westchester Community Foundation Announces Institute for Strong Nonprofits

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09/26/2017

... one of the largest funders of nonprofits in Westchester, New York, has announced the formation of the Institute for ... www.wcf-ny.org . The Foundation is a division of The New York Community Trust, which has...

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Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations

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09/28/2017

... Populations Latinos, who make up nearly a third of the New York City population, tend to have better health outcomes ... compared with other city residents, according to a new report released Wednesday from...

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

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10/05/2017

... Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s opinion about whether ... of nonprofits serving on the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and...

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Public Housing Residents Ask the Crowd to Fund Sustainability Projects

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10/13/2017

... harvesters might be tending fresh veggies soon thanks to a new crowdfunding effort by the New York City Housing Authority. Most of the Rockaways was a food desert before Superstorm Sandy hit New...

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Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term

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12/11/2017

... Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term A new report revealed that just 30.8 percent of Staten Island ... "Degrees of Difficulty: Boosting College Success in New York City," which was...

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United Hospital Fund Study Doubts Utility of Quality Performance Websites

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01/03/2018

... actually want and can readily assimilate, according to a new report from the New York City-based United Hospital Fund (UHF). The 15-month ... CAHPS Consortium for pioneering work, including a new...

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NYS Health Foundation Challenges Philanthropy to Do more to Fix our Flawed Health Care System

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01/12/2018

... advocacy effort to make the Certificate of Need process in New York State more consumer-friendly and transparent, so ... to spread OpenNotes adoption at hospitals throughout New York State, giving patients...

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Children, Youth and Families

18 Apr 2018

Immigrant Kids in School: Challenges, Progress and Potential

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New York City has always prided itself on being a city of ... are evident in and around our public schools. Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group- in collaboration with ... Collaborative, the NYC Youth...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge

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03/27/2018

... on the Cultural Edge Scheduled to open at Hudson Yards in New York City in the spring of 2019, the Shed received a $75 ... last year. Earlier this month, came word of a new $45 million infusion to the center...

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Nina Stack Joins Champlain Foundation as Executive Director

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04/17/2018

... Stack, a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, has led the New Jersey Council of Grant Makers as its president for the ... remarks: “We are thrilled to have Nina joining us as our new executive director. … Her...

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With Support from Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation, Boston University Releases “Cities Joining Ranks—Policy Networks on the Rise”

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04/23/2018

... Cities Joining Ranks—Policy Networks on the Rise, a new report which details the activities, visibility, value, ... networks and the largest population centers—including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago,...

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Mellon Foundation Grant to USC Libraries and USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance to Support Digital Collection for Dance Heritage

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06/08/2018

... and the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance will create a new home for a rich collection of recordings of more than ... significant dance performances digitized at hubs in New York, San Francisco, and...

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Gary Stehr Appointed Altman Foundation Chief Financial Officer

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10/31/2018

... accounting and MBA in Finance from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He is a CPA and a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and is a member of the Audit committee...

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Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy

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12/13/2018

... While her family is known as long-standing patrons of New York City, the dynamic 67-year-old philanthropic leader ... Island, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and neighborhoods throughout New York, each with a diverse...

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NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant

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12/14/2018

... Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant To ensure that New Yorkers have a stronger role in how health care is ... NYSHealth is supporting projects that amplify the voice of New Yorkers and rebalance the...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Diane Samuels as Vice President for Talent and Human Resources

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06/13/2019

... Samuels as Vice President for Talent and Human Resources New York / 13 June 2019 — The Ford Foundation announced ... Samuels served as managing director of operations at the New York State Governor’s Office of...

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