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Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term

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12/11/2017

The report, "Degrees of Difficulty: Boosting College Success in New York City," which was funded by The Clark Foundation, urges Mayor Bill de Blasio to make boosting community college graduation rates a key part of his second term agenda.

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The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Study Shows Museum Field Trips Impact Learning

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09/28/2018

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation support a study that shows that facilitated classroom visits to an art museum have a measurable impact on key aspects of student learning.

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Visual Culture Program on Caltech Campus

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12/14/2018

... known for its support of the arts and humanities in higher education . The program, still in the planning stages, will be ...

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UJA-Federation of New York Succeeds in Securing $84 Million for Local Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot

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05/20/2019

UJA-Federation of New York announced today that its Day School Challenge Fund (DSCF) has generated $84 million in new endowment dollars for participating Jewish day schools and yeshivot in New York.

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Estée Lauder Companies and Others Partner for Indonesian Sustainable Palm Project

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05/28/2019

... of palm oil and palm kernel oil. It offers continuous education and technical support on implementing and ...

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Announcing the 2019 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Recipients

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08/12/2019

... has influenced a wide range of issues, including education , the environment, scientific research, arts and ...

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New Staff and Promotions at The New York Community Trust

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12/19/2019

... Ross will manage the girls and young women and arts education portfolios. Marie D’Costa has been promoted to ...

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Mark Gilbert Named Planning Director, JCNC at the UJA-Federation of New York

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10/01/2012

... Union. Gilbert has more than 30 years of experience working for and with not-for-profit organizations to ...

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Long Island Community Foundation Welcomes Mary Beth Guyther as New Program Officer

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09/03/2012

... Universalist Fund. Guyther has an extensive background working for nonprofits, including stints at The Enterprise ...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D. Resigns as President of Foundation for Child Development

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08/22/2013

The Board of the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) announced that Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D., has resigned as President of the Foundation. Dr. Phillips will be returning to her faculty position at Georgetown University.

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Unbound Philanthropy Welcomes Elyse Lightman Samuels

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04/18/2014

... Jewish World Service. She has also spent extensive time working in Cambodia as a founding member and Trustee of the ...

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TCF Senior Fellow Barton Gellman Wins Third Pulitzer

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04/30/2014

The Century Foundation Senior Fellow Barton Gellman wins third Pulitzer for his Washington Post coverage of the National Security Agency's massive surveillance program.

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Anti-Poverty Research Study Launched in NY

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05/18/2014

The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, and UJA-Federation of New York have collectively launched a new research study that will identify public policies that could have a significant impact...

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Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA

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07/10/2014

... Act’s first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working -age adults are uninsured than just before the sign-up ... were uninsured. The national uninsured rate among working age-adults dropped from 20...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Offers Best Practices For Winding Down

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08/13/2014

... Down At the same time the Atlantic Philanthropies is working on giving away all its money, it's taking in a great .....

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Penny Abeywardena Joins the de Blasio Administration as the Head of the Office of International Affairs

Release Date:

09/16/2014

Penny Abeywardena will depart Clinton Global Initiative to join the de Blasio administration as the head of the Office of International Affairs.

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How Institutions Take Risks

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10/12/2014

The Atlantic interviews Rockefeller Foundation president, Judith Rodin, about the risks of impact investing, urban resilience and the importance of funding programs in Africa.

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