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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

... an Oct. 1 deadline to decide on an allowable number. The issue has sparked intense debate within his administration as ...

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Immigration

NY State Health: Medicare Snapshot - Stories from the Helpline - Improving New York State Access to Medicare Savings Programs

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09/26/2017

... under-enrolled and underused. A new NYSHealth-supported issue brief by Medicare Rights Center examines the ...

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Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?

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10/02/2017

The fight to compel landlords to return their properties to productive use is by no means a new one, but the discussion has a new urgency given the current severity of the homelessness crisis as well as the ongoing debates regarding the de Blasio...

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Housing and Homelessness

Atlantic Philanthropies and Ford Foundation Funded Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum Sets April Opening

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11/14/2017

The Equal Justice Initiative will open the nation’s first memorial dedicated to lynching victims and a new museum dedicated to slavery on April 26 in Montgomery.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

Brooklyn is setting out to prove that it’s New York City’s most generous borough this holiday season with #BrooklynGives on Giving Tuesday , a 24-hour giving day that aims to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for local nonprofits.

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

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12/11/2017

Philanthropists under the age of 30 have given a total of more than $19 million since 2001 through youth grantmaking programs, a study from YouthGiving.org, an initiative of Foundation Center, finds.

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

The Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) today announced nearly $110,000 in grants for 11 innovative classroom STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic) projects in grades 6-12.

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... online Feb. 1 in Cell Host & Microbe and in the Feb. 2 issue of Science…. Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge

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03/27/2018

A $75 million donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies and $45 million more from Frank McCourt, Jr. to arts nonprofit The Shed puts to the test whether mega-donors see New York City or Los Angeles as the national art capital of the future.

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Arts

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Pete Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates

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04/06/2018

Pete Peterson played large on the national stage, in business, politics, and policy. In recent years, he focused much of his energy—and his money—on the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

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Redlich Horwitz Foundation Urges NY to Prepare for Family First Act

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06/08/2018

Redlich Horwitz Foundation has issued a report presenting initial recommendations to New York counties regarding the residential care provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA).

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Michael Bloomberg Announces 2nd Annual Global Business Forum and One Planet Summit

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07/11/2018

Michael Bloomberg today announced the second Bloomberg Global Business Forum will be held in New York City on September 26 th at the Plaza Hotel during the 73 rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

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11/20/2018

Leaders of 42 major philanthropic organizations across the United States joined together to publicly call for the protection of the independence of the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

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Support from The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Helps the Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation Provide Vision Services for its Clients

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12/04/2018

KAILUA-KONA — For clients of the Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation (HIHAF), a pair of eyeglasses or a vision exam can mean a world of difference in improving their quality of life. While poor vision might not seem like a huge difference maker, it...

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NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant

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12/14/2018

NYSHealth is supporting projects that amplify the voice of New Yorkers and rebalance the health care system so that patients have more influence over their health and health care.

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Century Foundation Releases New Report: Finding Workers Where They Are

Release Date:

02/07/2019

... such as Fight for $15, have had success in using digital issue campaigns to achieve better wages,2 hard-fought ...

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DDCF Announces Inaugural Awardees of Child Well-being Leadership Development Grants

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04/23/2019

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the five inaugural recipients of Child Well-being Leadership Development grants.

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches #Solvable

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06/12/2019

Yes. At The Rockefeller Foundation, we believe some of the biggest challenges that limit the lives or prospects of vulnerable people are solvable — and solvable in our lifetime.

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Announcing the 2019 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Recipients

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08/12/2019

Carnegie Institutions honor nine individuals transforming 21st-century giving. On the centenary of the death of Andrew Carnegie, medalists advance his enduring vision for a better world.

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