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Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

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03/17/2016

... living in poverty. But according to new research out today from TCF’s Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering ... children age 6 and above) would lift 3.2 million children out of poverty. . . Century Foundation...

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New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

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07/15/2016

... of 1.2 million galaxies over one quarter of the sky to map out the structure of the Universe over a volume of 650 cubic ... University, a co-leader of the scientific team carrying out this effort. “This map...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It's So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors

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09/29/2016

... the most part, state and local health departments haven’ t quite figured out how to incorporate population health-focused programs into their overall efforts. To try to find out why, a couple...

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Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted

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06/07/2017

Ford, John D. and Catherine T . MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted In 2015, the United Nations laid out its Sustainable Development Goals to track global ... is that, in just a year...

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Opinion: The Urban Revival Is Over

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09/05/2017

... over the past decade or two may be in danger. As it turns out , the much-ballyhooed new age of the city might be giving way to a great urban stall- out . Starting around the turn of the millennium, young, ...

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J.J. Watt's Hurricane Relief Fundraising Closes at More Than $37 Million

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09/18/2017

... up) organizing of a charitable endeavor, born partially out of a kind heart and partially out of desperation when he couldn' t be there to help in person. And in the end, it can be .....

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This Is How NYC Plans To Solve Its Homeless Problem

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10/03/2017

... As a start, the Human Resources Administration sent out a letter to all city shelter providers this week to ... assisted 6,400 homeless people in buying one-way tickets out of New York City, Gothamist reported...

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Housing and Homelessness

Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say

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10/05/2017

... trial date. The attitude was more along the lines of “ out of sight, out of mind,” Lippman said. He eventually signed on because ...

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Media Development Investment Fund Launches Blended-Value Media Loan Fund

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11/16/2016

... while providing the public with reliable news that isn ’ t available anywhere else.” The loan fund adds to MDIF’s ...

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Media Development Investment Fund

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Russell Sage's New Book: More Poor Live in Suburbs than Cities

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06/21/2017

... services compared to urban counties. Suburban poverty isn ’ t only in inner-ring suburbs—roughly two-thirds of poor ...

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Rats Replay Memories Forward and Backwards to Make Decisions, Understanding the Memory Process Will Lead to Treatments for Diseases Where Memory is Impaired, Research Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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12/10/2019

... They also found a way to predict what the animals would do next . During sleep, the brain replays each memory from the ... for several seconds. During this time, they pondered their next move. They could go...

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Sheena Wright, United Way NYC President & CEO, named in City & State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021

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10/18/2021

... Jumaane Williams – are eyeing gubernatorial bids next year. What’s more, Black representation in the state ... attorney, the Queens borough president and the likely next Bronx borough president. And in the New...

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New York Community Trust names Dominick Impemba as new chief operating and finance officer

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06/26/2023

... are thrilled to have Dominick on board as we begin our next century of service,” said Amy Freitag, president of ... Trust, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. “Dominick’s deep nonprofit and...

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Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid

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12/25/2012

... in early January checks from $1,000 to $5,000 will go out to companies, choreographers and theaters knocked back on ...

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Forget Spending Cuts, the U.S. Economy Really Needs a $2 Trillion Stimulus

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03/05/2013

... growth has decelerated below rates needed to bring us out of this slump. But our current macroeconomic policy — ...

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Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

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05/20/2013

... turned against the Kremlin, there was one main way to find out about it — the Levada Center, a respected group of ...

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NYC losing small hospitals as money woes mount

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08/06/2013

... of city residents, the trip to have an appendix taken out or get treatment for a broken leg is increasingly being ...

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B. Altman, a Store From Yesteryear, Still Makes Its Presence Felt in the City

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11/28/2013

... it seemed almost fusty. And then, after a listless going- out -of-business sale that began on the day after Thanksgiving ...

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Head of David Rockefeller Fund Aims to Help Small, Overlooked Nonprofits

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01/23/2015

... leader of the David Rockefeller Fund, Lukas Haynes won’ t be able to funnel vast amounts of cash to build ... family have done. His job, he says, is to seek out small nonprofits that have been overlooked and...

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