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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

... with the family’s philanthropic legacy lately, albeit in a different direction. We ’ve covered Nathaniel Simons' quiet climate change giving ... of climate and clean energy work. (It gave out $40 million...

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Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights

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08/31/2017

... minister, Chrystia Freeland, told a university audience in Ottawa on Monday morning, “are how we guarantee that the modernized Nafta will not only be an ...

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Opinion: Congestion Pricing Won't Solve New York's Transportation Woes

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09/06/2017

... Woes Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent vague interest in congestion pricing as a solution to problems at the MTA ... could be making now, pricing will not save our subways. We cannot let them off the hook...

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BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity

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09/06/2017

BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity The 2017 version of ... trends, but its purview is far too broad for us to manage in the context of one article. Therefore, NPQ...

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More Than 10 Million Children Live In Caribbean Countries Threatened By Hurricane Irma

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09/07/2017

More Than 10 Million Children Live In Caribbean Countries Threatened By Hurricane Irma More than 10.5 million children live in the countries that are likely to be exposed to the damage ... from Barbados. "As...

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

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09/14/2017

... Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force Growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Edna McKay never expected she would one day have a full-time job in the sustainable energy industry. She lived in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’s permanent until homelessness ... but Schoettler’s statement hit the right notes. As we ’ve seen, permanence and solvability are...

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If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... can draft, pass, and reconcile the actual legislation in less than two weeks, families nationwide may be at risk of ... for their children or facing soaring premiums. “Here in New York, we ’re...

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Harlem Women Honored for Leadership by New York Women’s Foundation

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09/22/2017

... for their accomplishments as community leaders. Each, in her own way, has been instrumental in promoting enrichment for the borough’s women and ... Ana Oliveira, President and CEO of The Foundation said, “...

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... a judge—suddenly found their world turned upside-down in March 2011, when they were forced to flee their home in Syria due to the violent civil war. Today, they live in a ... in...

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Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children

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10/10/2017

... Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree ... these diverse households...

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P2CP Program Is Expanding with Support from The David Rockefeller Fund, Ford Foundation, JM Kaplan Fund, Teagle Foundation and Pinkerton Foundation

Release Date:

10/20/2017

... At the Otisville Correctional Facility, students enrolled in the Prison-To-College-Pipeline (P2CP) anxiously waited to ... P2CP student who was scheduled to speak on a panel later in the afternoon. “ ...

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How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

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12/12/2017

... Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing Last week, the fund launched ... a new $5 million effort that seeks 'to catalyze investment in local organizing strategies...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts

Release Date:

12/15/2017

... grant, to fund a five-year project to build empathy in order to affect positive social change. MIA will launch ... between the viewer and someone who may have lived in a very different time and place. Thanks...

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“Arabella Advisors Partners with Fannie Mae to Announce Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge”

Release Date:

12/20/2017

... solutions to help address the affordable housing crisis in America. It supports our broad mission to increase housing ... Vice President and Head of Multifamily, Fannie Mae. “ We are excited to collaborate...

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Community Development

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Arabella Advisors

Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!

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02/02/2018

... Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM! Morgan Stanley today announced the ... the U.S. this year. With our partners and volunteers we will be building two physical...

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Peterson Foundation on National Debt Surpassing $21 Trillion

Release Date:

03/19/2018

... today on our nation surpassing the $21 trillion mark in outstanding debt, as noted in the Daily Treasury Statement released this afternoon. ... During a time of low unemployment and economic expansion,...

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Economic Security

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Nina Stack Joins Champlain Foundation as Executive Director

Release Date:

04/17/2018

... Chairman Kelly Sheridan, said of the announcement in prepared remarks: “ We are thrilled to have Nina joining us as our new executive ... of experience and understanding of the best practices in...

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Arcus Foundation, Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count

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04/27/2018

... “Our study reveals the vulnerability of LGBTQ youth in our country today. They are at higher risk both before and ... Chicago. “Given the evidence that our young people are in harm’s way, we...

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Casey Family Programs

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adds Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson as Fellows

Release Date:

04/03/2019

... Cathy Davidson as Fellows The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York has added three new fellows in residence: Cathy Davidson, a professor at the CUNY ... have already joined us successfully in...

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