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Carnegie, Helmsley-funded Report: Fewer than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’s Degree

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01/19/2016

... who transfer from community colleges to four-year colleges are less likely to get a degree than their wealthier peers, a ...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation

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04/12/2016

The New York Community Trust, the city’s community foundation, has approved $5.4 million in grants for dozens of promising projects—from reforming the bail system to developing an arts and leadership program for children on the autism spectrum.

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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

... the donation challenge in support of 20 organizations that are finalists for its Spark Prize, which honors Brooklyn’s ...

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Laura Rossi, Executive Director, Westchester Community Foundation, Featured in 2022 Westchester Power 100 List by City & State

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09/28/2022

Laura Rossi, Executive Director, Westchester Community Foundation, Featured in 2022 Westchester Power 100 List by City & State City & State’s Westchester Power 100 highlights many of these prominent power players, along...

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The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels

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03/13/2014

... can stop investing in corporate or business actions that are harmful. North Star funded many activist groups who ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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New York Community Trust Grants $7.3 Million to 69 Nonprofits in All Five Boroughs and Nationwide

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06/09/2014

Nonprofits throughout NYC working to help victims of human trafficking, stop gang violence and build young leaders are among the 69 groups sharing in $7.3 million in grants from The New York Community Trust

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Pershing Square, New York Community Trust Awards Funding to Seven NYC-Based Cancer Research Scientists

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05/05/2016

Winners are making bold advances in research for all cancers including leukemia, lymphoma, lung, pancreatic and breast cancer.

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Health

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Scherman, Altman, Lily Auchincloss, NY Community Trust and Supporters Launch QueensWay Design Phase

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06/06/2016

The QueensWay project involves converting the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line of the Long Island Rail Road into a $120 million public park.

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NPCC Announces Winners of 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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11/08/2016

... Nonprofit Excellence Awards, created and managed by NPCC, are the only awards of their kind recognizing and inspiring ...

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

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03/01/2017

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, tomorrow will launch its 6 th annual community-wide Book Drive in support of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project.

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Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community

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08/22/2017

... and our president’s horrifying words that are fueling the rise of neo-Nazis, the KKK, White ... is to develop leaders of color and to build the power of communities of color to fight injustice, and these past...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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New NYSHealth Report Examines Growing Community Health Centers Across New York State

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12/07/2018

Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed in 2010, nearly 1 million New Yorkers have gained health care coverage—requiring expanded primary care capacity across the State both to care for the newly insured and to ensure a strong safety net for...

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Brandee McHale Returns to Citi Foundation as President and Managing Director and Head of Community Investing and Development

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03/03/2020

Citi Foundation taps a familiar face, Brandee McHale.

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New York State Census Equity Fund in the New York Community Trust Awards Grants for Census 2020

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09/17/2020

... to support efforts across the state to reach hard-to-count communities in the 2020 Census. The funding comes at a critical time for these nonprofits, which are urgently working to count as many New Yorkers as...

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Education Leaders Release National Plan to Prepare Community College Students for Clean Economy Workforce (Bank of America Charitable Foundation)

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01/20/2016

... with the new skills required for millions of new jobs that are eclipsing their older, fossil-fuel-based counterparts and ... and closed loop manufacturing. Community colleges are uniquely positioned to help...

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