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Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities

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05/18/2016

... nonprofit organizations in their efforts to establish new approaches to long-standing urban economic challenges in ... work in six U.S. cities – Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City,...

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As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

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06/17/2016

... Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment In New York City, an unexpected fight has flared up between ... lapse at other community schools in the future just as new programs are...

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Education

NY Community Trust Announces Three Staff Promotions to Program Director

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07/28/2016

The New York Community Trust is proud to announce three staff ... Futures program. Michele Kumi Baer has been hired as a new program associate working in the Thriving Communities ...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs

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01/12/2017

... Initiative from 2005 - 2013. Lisa is a third-generation New Yorker. She graduated from Wesleyan University and was a Coro Fellow in New York City. She lives in Brooklyn with her family. ...

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A Better Gala—Here's How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone

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06/19/2017

... Ackman and his wife Karen, is one of the more interesting new funders to emerge from the finance world in recent years. ... bails, so I dragged myself to the Park Avenue Armory on New York ’s...

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Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25

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06/20/2017

... That scene — and the general message — are from a new documentary, “From the Ashes,” the first film produced by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and his philanthropy division. ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

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07/05/2017

... to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Bloomberg not only made New York City a leader in this area as mayor, but funded and also ... the world's population now lives. As Bloomberg now gives new...

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The Mertz Gilmore Foundation Funds Contemporary Dance

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08/11/2017

... its audience in ways that are delightful to audiences new to contemporary dance and those who follow it with a ... Landscape is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City...

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Arts

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Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

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09/06/2017

... Finn can relate. In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York -based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an ... the Catskills region to improve facilities and to finance new programs to...

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Forecasting the Upcoming City Council Gender Imbalance

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09/11/2017

... Imbalance There are currently only 13 women in the 51-seat New York City Council, a troubling 25 percent. The number is down ... ago. With the city’s quadrennial elections upon us, a new...

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Amid Global Crises, UNGA Will Show Development Community Rising To The Challenges

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09/18/2017

... Challenges President Donald Trump's twin appearances in New York this week — chairing a session on U.N. reform Monday ... stepping up in a time of trouble. Friday I went to see the new...

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Opinion: The Risky Consequences Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site

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09/19/2017

... Pfizer Site The power to zone is a key mechanism New York City has to leverage private financial resources when ... If approved, the proposed rezoning will allow for 1 ,146 apartments, 25...

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Housing and Homelessness

Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

... among the 10 richest people in America, according to new analysis by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Out of those ... most of their wealth to charity. Meanwhile, former New York Mayor Michael...

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... Amazon’s real estate and facilities VP, to the New York Times after an announcement this spring that the ... people roughing it in the streets, funders are looking to new methods—like...

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State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare

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09/29/2017

... through the Affordable Care Act will not affect New York , the head of the state’s online exchange said ... Plan, an option with monthly premiums of $20 or less for New Yorkers with incomes...

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Health

Citi Community Development Is Partner in NYC’s First Citywide Community Land Trust

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10/25/2017

... Center for NYC Neighborhoods (CNYCN), Habitat for Humanity New York City (Habitat NYC), Mutual Housing Association of NY ... Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB). They hope the new CLT...

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Community Development

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UJA-Federation Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide

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05/31/2018

... Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide A new study by UJA-Federation of New York finds that the executive director/administrator role ...

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Jerome Foundation Announces Inaugural Organization Grant Recipients

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06/18/2018

... in grants to 84 arts organizations in Minnesota and New York City. These grants to nonprofit arts organizations ... process attracted 254 organizations applying for 1 -2 years of support...

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