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F.B. Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century

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06/08/2016

... skills needed to make a living. In the social sector, as we build enterprises and invest capital, we may be depending on assumptions based on an obsolescent ...

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CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise

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07/12/2016

... people are not getting a fair opportunity to get ahead. We must find ways to help them move up the economic ladder, ... nonprofits — needs to play a role. At JPMorgan Chase, we ’re starting by giving thousands...

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Economic Security

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New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

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07/15/2016

... driving the accelerated expansion of the Universe. “ We have spent five years collecting measurements of 1.2 ... effects of dark energy in the expansion of the Universe. We are making our results and map...

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Science

Nine Graphs That Show How Hard It Is To Be a Homeless Student In New York City

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08/19/2016

... struggle almost as much as their homeless peers. “ We can’t just think about it as a point-in-time event,” ... a policy analyst who worked on the report. “ We need to think about the life course of a student...

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Housing and Homelessness

A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

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08/24/2016

... the country is an especially hot funding area of late, as we 've covered often. In one recent gift I wrote about, ... underrepresented in engineering and technology. Meanwhile, we 've written about a...

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Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism

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11/18/2016

... different ethnic groups and faiths, are amazed that we manage to pull it off. Not perfectly, of course, but ... liberal answer for nearly a generation now has been that we should become aware of and “celebrate...

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Public Policy

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NY Foundation Releases 'Engage to Change' Video on Henry Street Settlement

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04/17/2017

... the varied modes of doing the work. Several years ago, we were struck by the way some of our grantee partners were ... lives, the organization, and in the surrounding community. We hosted a series of...

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Community Development

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Supported by NY Community Trust, New Research Ties Arts to Well-Being

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04/19/2017

... studios give city kids a chance to challenge themselves. We ’ve long sensed that the arts improve communities. Now we have proof. New research by the University of ...

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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

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04/26/2017

... rather than treated holistically. For far too long we have known that too many children enter school buildings ... barriers to their academic and career progress. Yet, we continue to approach the task of...

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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

... across cultures, and empowering communities. Today, we are facing assaults on the values we hold dear. Racism, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia are on ...

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Bloomberg Writes on His Philanthropy's Public Health Projects

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06/01/2017

... occurred, a reminder that for all the ways in which we seem to be sliding backward, we ’re lurching forward, too. The developing world turned a ...

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NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders

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06/22/2017

... philanthropists, myself included, tend to be of two minds: We like the idea that the wealthy are harnessing their fortunes to social good and we 're excited by the prospect of lots of new money flowing .....

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Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath

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08/02/2017

... under the ACA, and lay the groundwork for progress. If we can create the political and mental space for such a bipartisan effort, we should turn to the strategies that Timothy Jost outlined ...

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How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

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08/29/2017

... stand to dampen our international competitiveness unless we continue to take a stand against white nationalism and ... stands to be a bleaker and less connected place unless we fight for values like democracy...

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With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers

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09/06/2017

... parent and educator is welcome and safe in our schools. We will do everything we can to defend you in our schools.” . . . With Trump ...

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Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?

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09/06/2017

Can Business Save The World from Climate Change? " We are still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of ... earlier, but corporate America was not following suit. " We Are Still In"...

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New Release From NY Foundation's 'Engage to Change' Series on Neighbors Together

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09/19/2017

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Community Development

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

... that addresses a problem in their school or community. “ We ’re not trying to change schools,” says Mike ... the Imagination Challenge in collaboration with AT&T. “ We ’re trying to change culture so that...

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Opinion: Take a Resistance Break

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10/04/2017

... would see us, and maybe even take our message to heart. As we passed by, I was trying to read the faces of those power ... brokers for any sign of approval or support. Instead, we saw something more powerful...

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