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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

... for Public Education, to its board. For the first time in the history of the Andrus Family Fund, AFF has invited ... leadership roles on various boards and advisory committees in the philanthropic sector...

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

... academic medical center to join the GCCHE. Faculty members in the Climate and Health Program at Columbia University's ... School of Public Health, the first academic program in climate and health ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations

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09/28/2017

Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations Latinos, who make up ... Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Mexicans. . . Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations ...

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David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall

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10/05/2017

... institutions to downsize their ambitions. Mr. Geffen, in a telephone interview, was searing and candid about ... has as many wealthy individuals who’ve made a fortune in New York — that they couldn’t show up...

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A Spectrum of Change: Why Is An Art Foundation Tackling Mass Incarceration?

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10/06/2017

... Why Is An Art Foundation Tackling Mass Incarceration? In addition to supporting artists in the many fields in which Rauschenberg worked, the foundation has taken the lead...

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Arts

The Heavier Baggage of Immigrating while Black

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10/06/2017

... for removal. The Pew Research Center reports that, in 2016, 32 percent of all refugees that came to the United ... leading countries of origin. This number is even higher in 2017, with the New York Times...

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Immigration

Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

... of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs. The unemployment rate in the developed world is down to 5.5 percent and approaching ... of...

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Workforce Development

Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children

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10/10/2017

... Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree ... of death for children...

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Atlantic Philanthropies and Ford Foundation Funded Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum Sets April Opening

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11/14/2017

... victims and a new museum dedicated to slavery on April 26 in Montgomery. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice recognizing 4,000 blacks lynched and tortured in America is under construction between...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Social Justice

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

... Community Foundation, which is matching up to $100,000 in donations made that day to select nonprofits at www.BrooklynGives.org . #BrooklynGives is presented in partnership with the Office of the Brooklyn...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Exploration Into Labor and Civil Rights History at National Park Service

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11/28/2017

... grant will fund one fellow to work under a leading expert in one of three fields: gender and sexual equality, the ... Movement, and the history of labor and productivity. In addition to conducting original...

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Social Justice

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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

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

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Education

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How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

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12/12/2017

... Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing Last week, the fund launched ... a new $5 million effort that seeks 'to catalyze investment in local organizing strategies...

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Civic Engagement

Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference

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12/20/2017

... Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference In the summer of 2017, The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio ... on the subject of youth, the residents themselves ranged in age from those in...

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The Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust Gives $740,000

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01/16/2018

The Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust Gives $740,000 With federal ... needs from City Hall to the State Capitol. The $740,000 in new nonprofit grants by the Donors'...

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The New York Community Trust

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers Research supported by Bloomberg ... of the disease, and the same species have been found in people who develop a sporadic form of...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Distinguished Writer, Poet, Scholar, and Arts Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President

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02/07/2018

... is recognized as one of the nation’s leading voices in modern literature and a bold visionary in the academy. Over the course of a distinguished academic ... non-profit Cave Canem, to the Ford Foundation’s...

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How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving

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03/09/2018

... This year, Salesforce is rolling out the next stage in its compassionate capitalism game plan. ... that many employee giving programs seem so lackluster. In the age of crowdfunding, social media, and, yes,...

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Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security

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03/09/2018

... Move Families to Food Security A recent study published in the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of Social Sciences looks at how much additional income in SNAP benefits would be needed in order...

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