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New York City Education Department to Improve Response to Public Record Requests

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09/14/2017

... York City’s education department says it will provide more realistic timelines for responding to requests. In new ... regularly pushing back its own deadlines and will provide more accurate estimates for when...

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De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

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09/21/2017

... “The easier we make it for electric vehicles, the more manufacturers will build and the more prices will go down,” de Blasio said. “The future is ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

New Index to Help Investors Gauge Food Diversity

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09/26/2017

... how companies and governments are making food systems more resilient to climate change. Investing in food species ... Andean grain canahua can make food supply chains more resistant to climate shocks,...

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Food Systems

Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility

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09/28/2017

... Social Responsibility Millennials are becoming even more engaged in philanthropic causes in 2017 than they were ... for an issue they cared about, and millennials are more likely than other generations to...

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General Motors Is Going All Electric

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10/03/2017

General Motors Is Going All Electric After more than a century peddling vehicles that pollute the ... new, fully electric models next year—then at least 18 more by 2023. That product onslaught puts the company at...

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Environment and Climate Change

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FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand Treatment

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10/04/2017

... The Delaware resident was diagnosed with hepatitis C more than two years ago, but she doesn't qualify yet for the ... hepatitis C in just eight weeks may make it easier for more insurers and correctional...

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Health

Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools

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10/04/2017

... equal to 23 extra days of learning in reading and 63 more days in math each year, compared with similar students ... middle school level, students at charter networks showed more robust gains overall than...

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Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?

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10/06/2017

... us back. Improving the capacity of funders to invest more equitably will involve larger, longer, less restricted investments. More meaningful introductions and connective relationships. ...

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Bay Area Arts, Education Nonprofits to Receive Hearst Grants

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10/13/2017

... Hearst Grants The Hearst Foundations this week announced more than $1.5 million in grants for California nonprofits, including more than $800,000 for Bay Area initiatives. The largest of ...

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Arts

A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah

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01/12/2018

... editor David Johnson asked him about his work leading the more than 100-year-old foundation with more than $4.2 billion in assets, the role of philanthropy in ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Findings from Century Foundation Report Lead Higher Education Advocacy Charge in California

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06/01/2018

... commission, acknowledged the state would have to devote more funding to the program to meet that goal. After years of chafing under pressure to do more with tight budgets from Gov. Jerry Brown, higher ...

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UJA-Federation of New York Mobilizes 3,000 Volunteers for 70 Service Projects on MLK Day

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01/16/2019

... for 70 Service Projects on MLK Day On Monday, January 21, more than 3,000 New Yorkers will participate in ... a day of fun for children with special needs, and much more . To volunteer, visit timeforgood.org/...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Covenant Foundation Announces New Grants to Support Jewish Communities Across North America

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01/05/2023

... local leaders in the field of Jewish education, to create more inclusive, connected, and responsive Jewish communities. ... needs of the Jewish community right now. We couldn’t be more grateful that our...

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Jewish Interests

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School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked

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11/09/2015

... of families receiving the tax-funded scholarships was more than $35,000 above the gross average income of half of ... reported that white children in San Francisco have become more concentrated in the best...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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New Bloomberg Philanthropies City Data Alliance Launches in the U.S., Latin America, and Canada with $60 Million Investment

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03/09/2022

... expanding this program will help them do it even more effectively,” said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of ... international community of forward-thinking leaders even more tools for harnessing the power of...

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