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State’s Delay on Final Sea-Level Rise Projections Chided

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11/11/2016

... state agencies and planners develop resilient structures in the future are delayed and will likely not be in place until the end of March, despite a January 2016 deadline. After superstorm...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

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11/17/2016

... But More Improvement Needed From The Commonwealth Fund: A new survey of adults in the U.S. and 10 other high-income countries finds that ...

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Health

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Community Garden at Doris Duke’s Former NJ Estate Donates Tons of Organic Produce

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11/21/2016

... Doris Duke, is one of the largest preserved properties in the state of New Jersey. Since 2012, five of those acres have been dedicated as a Community Garden, where the public rents plots...

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Three Red Hook Nonprofits Are Finalists in Inaugural Brooklyn Community Foundation SPARK Prize

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11/28/2016

Three Red Hook Nonprofits Are Finalists in Inaugural Brooklyn Community Foundation SPARK Prize Twenty SPARK Prize finalists have been chosen among a pool of 150 applicants. Seventeen ae Brooklyn-based ... Chamber...

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Rockefeller Foundation Choses Lincoln Center to Manage its NYC Cultural Innovation Fund

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12/02/2016

... by the Rockefeller Foundation to manage the foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund (NYC CIF). The Rockefeller Foundation established the program in 2007 as a means to help...

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Simons Foundation Supports Study That Finds Bacteria Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments

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12/19/2016

... Foundation Supports Study That Finds Bacteria Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments New research shows a certain oxygen breathing limit for certain ocean organisms. ...

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NYPost Investigates Immigrant Support Projects of NYCT and Brooklyn Community Foundation

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02/21/2017

... Support Projects of NYCT and Brooklyn Community Foundation New York’s well-heeled philanthropic groups are doling out ... programs. The Brooklyn Community Foundation created a $1 million Immigrant Rights Fund...

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The New York Community Trust

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Edna McConnell Clark's Nancy Roob Gives Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy

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03/30/2017

... Nancy Roob Gives Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy In 10 Years: A New Normal for Philanthropy At this year's TEDxPennAve in .....

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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NoVo Foundation to Unveil Plan to Help Girls of Color

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04/13/2017

NoVo Foundation to Unveil Plan to Help Girls of Color The New York City-based NoVo Foundation, created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, the youngest son of ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Survey Reveals Insight into the College Skills Gap

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05/01/2017

... Survey Reveals Insight into the College Skills Gap A March 2017 survey by the Rockefeller Foundation noted ... recent college graduates are not using skills they learned in college at work, and 86 percent are...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards $1.725 Million for Hopkins & Community College of Baltimore County Partnership on Humanities

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05/19/2017

... Community College of Baltimore County have been awarded a combined $1.725 million to partner on humanities education, ... announced Thursday. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York...

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NYU Uses $6 million Bloomberg Grant to help AGs fight Climate Rollback

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08/18/2017

... million Bloomberg Grant to help AGs fight Climate Rollback New York University is using a $6 million grant from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg to create a center helping state attorneys...

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Arcus Supports First Group for LGBTQ People with Special Needs

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08/24/2017

... (SNAP), is not just the first organization of its kind in the state of New Jersey – but the first in the entire country. SNAP was introduced in June in ...

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75,000 Apply for State College Scholarships, but Many Won’t Qualify

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08/28/2017

... program to make college tuition-free for some students at New York’s public colleges and universities, the state ... that 23,000 people would benefit, sharing $87 million in funding. Instead, 75,000 people...

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Bronx Charter School Caters to Students on the ‘Margins’

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08/30/2017

... on the ‘Margins’ At Mott Haven Academy Charter School in New York City, fifth-graders start the fall reading “Locomotion,” the story of a boy in foster care. Every...

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Bargaining With Cancer Patients About Treatment

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09/05/2017

Bargaining With Cancer Patients About Treatment When a doctor and a patient discuss treatments, is it a ... Surgeons at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New...

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CEO Pay at Large Nonprofits Increases 4%

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09/12/2017

... first time since before the Great Recession, according to a new compensation report from GuideStar. Still, the raises ...

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Exhibit Allows Virtual 'Interviews' With Holocaust Survivors

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09/18/2017

... 'Interviews' With Holocaust Survivors An exhibit at a New York City museum is giving visitors a chance to interact with virtual versions of two Holocaust .....

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As U.N. Gathers, De Blasio Urges Fellow Mayors to Fight Trump on Climate, Immigration

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09/19/2017

... As the United Nations General Assembly got underway in New York City on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio crisscrossed ...

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