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The Uncertain Road Ahead for Culture in New York City

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08/14/2017

... organizers, and the Department of Cultural Affairs staff, more than 188,000 New Yorkers participated in this ... funding and expertise to make theaters and other buildings more energy efficient—reducing costs...

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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $100 Million to Help Increase Number of Black Doctors in the U.S.

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09/03/2020

... — have better outcomes when treated by Black doctors. More Black doctors will mean more Black lives saved in America as well as a reduction of ... Black communities. Across the country, Black Americans are...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Divesting from Fossil Fuels

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12/18/2020

... investment team to start taking steps that are expected to more than halve its total exposure to fossil fuels to less ... the proceeds of the company which at one time controlled more than 90% of petroleum...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and WFP Launch Initiative To Strengthen School Meals for Millions of Children

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01/18/2023

... fortified foods in school meals as well as advocating for more nutritious food throughout the programmes. In Benin, ... the project is expected to directly impact the lives of more than one million school...

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Peter G. Peterson, Bloomberg & Others Give $10 Million to Launch Financial Crisis-Response Project at Yale School of Management

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05/17/2017

... by Professor Metrick. In its first three years, a generous series of grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation allowed ... banks and regulatory agencies. The Forum presents a series of panels led by the major...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows

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07/15/2020

... York, New York/St. Croix, United States) will develop a series of public performances, interventions, and engagements ... Mokgosi (New York, New York, United States) will create a series of artworks and a...

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29 Nov 2011

Time as a Tool: Strategies for Transforming Schools through Time

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1:45pm to 5:00pm

... regular school hours with additional ones used in more targeted ways to improve school performance. A few years ... eligible for SIG (School Improvement Grants). Today, more than a decade into the 21st century...

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09 Apr 2014

School Diversity in New York City

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... state of segregation and the path towards encouraging more high-quality economically and racially integrated ... outcomes Current opportunities and efforts to pursue more integrated schools in New York City...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Don Chen New Director of Metropolitan Opportunity

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01/05/2015

... on transforming cities and metropolitan regions to be more just, inclusive and environmentally sustainable. He has ... improve urban development policies and practices to foster more equitable, environmentally...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Selects Genaro Lopez-Rendon as Next President

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12/08/2015

... Foundation’s giving and programs.” "We could not be more delighted than to have Genaro join Noyes as our next ... the support for social justice in philanthropy has become more prominent,” said Lopez-...

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National Teen 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Recipients Named (Bloomberg)

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03/15/2016

... humor, editorial cartoons, video game design and more . Sixteen high school seniors received the program's ... a $10,000 scholarship. In total, the Alliance awards more than $250,000 in scholarships...

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American Express, BofA, Citigroup, & JP Morgan Chase Adopt Policies to Deter Human Trafficking

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04/04/2016

... generated by each year by forced labor for those who place more value on profit than people. From sex traffickers making ... Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline, has received more than 4,000 reports of...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Invests in Venture to Install 1.3 Gigawatts of Renewable Electricity across Africa by 2018

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01/20/2017

... Renewable Power Ltd. and Actis LLP that plans to install more than 1.3 gigawatts of renewable electricity across ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Esteé Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign Global Ambassadors Elizabeth Hurley And William P. Lauder to Light the Empire State Pink in Honor of 25th Anniversary

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09/29/2017

... Pink Ribbon. The Breast Cancer Campaign has raised more than $70 million – globally – with more than $56 million funding 225 medical research grants ... to create a breast cancer-free world. Please see below...

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How The Funders Youth Collaborative Sees the Prospects for Youth Organizing

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01/18/2018

... feel newly galvanized. Some groups, of course, are more established than others. In the Trump era, some feel ... But they all need resources, and while last year saw more funders back movement building, youth...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Digitization Of 19th Century Navy Deck Logs

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01/29/2018

... Foundation for helping us make these historic records more widely available.' After making digital images of the ... handwritten entries. So far volunteers have transcribed more than 3 million weather...

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William Bell, President of Casey Family Programs, Spoke at the Senate Health Committee Hearing on the Opioid Crisis

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02/12/2018

... addicted to opioids, including heroin, during pregnancy. More than 110 babies died between 2010 and 2015 after being ... law called the Family First Prevention Services Act fills more than 100 pages of the 652...

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New Report From the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Probes Tech Use Among Young Kids in Silicon Valley

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03/06/2018

... saying that they experience slower connections, more data limits, and more broken computers and devices than their white and Asian-Pacific Islander counterparts. More than 80 percent of...

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