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NY Community Trust Releases Report on Collaborative Funds

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08/16/2016

This report showcases not only the incredible work of our funder collaboratives, but the lessons we’ve learned about working together to forward bold and creative solutions to complex problems.

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New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too

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09/09/2016

This school year, the Department of Education and New York University will launch a new parenting program to help low-income families reinforce classroom lessons at home.

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Children, Youth and Families

Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions

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09/12/2016

Additional funds were committed by the Rackham Graduate School to permanently secure these positions. In 2007, a $1.97 million gift from the Mellon Foundation funded these positions for six years.

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Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study

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09/15/2016

The Zika study, published in the prestigious journal Cell Reports , describes a mouse model developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that shows that the Zika virus is detectable in tears.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge

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09/22/2016

Almost 90 percent of high school graduates spend some time in college, but only 40 percent of those students complete a bachelor's degree in four years and 60 percent in six, according to a new report about undergraduate education.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Research to Prevent Blindness- Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss

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09/29/2016

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a pathway involved in harming rods and cones and have found a way to halt that damage.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Food Bank of South Jersey Receives $50,000 Child Hunger Impact Grant from Morgan Stanley Foundation

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10/13/2016

The Food Bank of South Jersey (FBSJ) announced today that it has been awarded a $50,000 Child Hunger Impact Grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation.

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Food Systems

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Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension

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10/17/2016

Forty-eight percent of all Americans aged 18 to 30 have zero in retirement savings and no access to a traditional pension.

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Economic Security

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500K to Support Solar Energy in Developing Countries

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10/20/2016

... which together have brought light to nearly 1,000 schools and communities since 2015... Bank of America ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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

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11/08/2016

The three winners are Jewish Board for Family and Children's Services, Neighbors Link and Per Scholas.

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Wallace Foundation Hopes New Initiative Will Better Prepare Principals

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12/12/2016

Officials with the foundation say that the five-year program will support dramatic changes to the way principals are trained, specifically in creating partnerships with local colleges and universities to redesign teacher training.

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The Commonwealth Fund Outlines 10 Recommendations for Policymakers Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs

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01/20/2017

In 2014, the New York–based Commonwealth Fund established the International Experts Working Group on Patients with Complex Needs through a grant to the London School of Economics and Political Science. The group’s purpose was to outline the...

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Doris Duke Supports Research That Discovered New T-Cell Subtype

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02/07/2017

Doris Duke Supports Research That Discovered New T -Cell Subtype A distinguished subset of T cells that combine with other defence cells to expostulate ... ... Doris Duke Supports Research That Discovered New...

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Foundation for Child Development Sponsors Study that Finds Children Learning English Require Better Support for Academic Success

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03/01/2017

... peers in educational achievement, in part because schools do not provide adequate instruction and ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Supported by Greenwall Foundation, Study Finds Two-Thirds Of Americans See Docs Who Got Paid By Drug Companies

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03/07/2017

A majority of patients in the United States visited a doctor who received payments from drug companies, but most have no clue about it, according to a new Drexel University study.

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Results from The Moody's Foundation-sponsored National Survey of America's Top Math Students Provides Glimpse into their Academic Success

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04/05/2017

According to the survey, sponsored by The Moody's Foundation, the majority of students queried (84 percent) do their homework in a room by themselves. Almost half of the students (47 percent) spend more than 11 hours a week doing homework, while 29...

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PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem

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04/18/2017

... that we close the persistent gender gap prevalent in schools and the workplace... PIMCO Foundation Supports ...

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Gender Justice

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The Uphill Battle Of United Way NYC’s First Female President

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04/19/2017

When Sheena Wright stepped into the role of president of the United Way of New York City (UWNYC) nearly five years ago, she was the first woman to hold the position in the organization’s 80-year history.

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United Way of New York City

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Surdna Funds Report Analyzing The Social Wellbeing of NYC's Neighborhoods: The Contribution of Culture and the Arts

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05/22/2017

Although culture and the arts contribute to the social well-being of New York City residents and are a bright spot in many disadvantaged neighborhoods, they tend to be unequally distributed across the five boroughs, a report from the University of...

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