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New York Community Trust Weighs in on Distribution of Post-Trump Donations to Nonprofits

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02/06/2017

In January, the New York Community Trust, issued a call for proposals for a new fund addressing “hate crimes and New York City residents’ fears of deportation, discrimination, arrest, and poverty.”

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The New York Community Trust

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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens

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04/14/2017

The foundation is particularly interested in applicants with training in different fields who want to apply their experience to understanding the role of microorganisms in shaping ocean processes and vice versa, including applicants with experience...

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries

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05/12/2017

... To inform discussion of possible changes to Medicare, this issue brief looks at beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs by ...

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Clark Foundation-Sponsored Forum Considers How NY Nonprofit Contractors Can Address Late and Under Payment

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05/25/2017

New York City nonprofits providing services on behalf of local government are fed up with late payments and underpayments, and they aren't going to take it anymore.

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Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel

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06/12/2017

... The American Academy has been addressing this issue with a long-term project on the Global Nuclear Future. ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Unbound Philanthropy is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?

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07/17/2017

... for too long. But its laser focus on the immigration issue , and how communities can welcome the newcomers in their ...

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Sarah Eagle Heart to Receive 2017 American Express NGen Leadership Award

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07/26/2017

Sarah Eagle Heart, Oglala Lakota, CEO of Native Americans in Philanthropy is the recipient of the 2017 American Express NGen Leadership Award, honoring her as an emerging leader under age 40 who has already demonstrated significant impact in...

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Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids

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08/29/2017

Mayo's pain program is one of a few around the country to address the emotional, social and psychological aspects of pain and reduce patients' reliance on addictive medicines. But as the nation faces an opioid epidemic, there needs to be more of...

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How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

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08/29/2017

... in Corporate America In the wake of Charlottesville, the issue of ‘diversity’ has gone beyond Silicon Valley and ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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De Blasio Searches for Corrections Chief as Rikers Resurfaces

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08/30/2017

While Mayor Bill de Blasio fends off criticism over his timeline to close Rikers Island, his administration appears no closer to finding a new corrections chief, with some critics worrying he will push the decision until after the November election.

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Justice Reform

Collective Impact Without Borders

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08/29/2017

... multi-sector collaboration to address a systemic issue in a foreign country, two dimensions require particular ...

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BBH NY Launches EmojiMeals For No Kid Hungry

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09/06/2017

... a social media campaign that uses emojis to combat the issue of hunger nationally. The initiative raises awareness ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

In Nighttime Tweet, Trump Offers Mixed Message on Immigration

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09/07/2017

... Arrivals program. “If they can’t, I will revisit this issue !” In Nighttime Tweet, Trump Offers Mixed Message on ...

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Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say

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09/11/2017

It is one of law enforcement’s most expansive powers: If the authorities believe that someone has knowledge of a crime, they can — under threat of arrest — force the person to testify in court by obtaining what is known as a material witness warrant.

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Justice Reform

New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment

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09/13/2017

... of Connecticut researchers released in the January issue of Children and Youth Services Review, neglect reports ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

... for the 43rd district Nancy Tong first made public the issue last week in calling for paid maternity leave for New ...

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Gender Justice

Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts

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09/13/2017

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation issued a report card today meant to underscore deep worries that the world is in danger of backsliding on a broad range of international-development objectives.

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Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... candidate wrote about single-payer health care as a moral issue , giving it his familiar populist framing. . . Here's .....

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