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City Will Bring High-Speed Broadband to Digital Deserts in Brooklyn and Queens

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07/02/2015

... over its FiOS deployment, but it is making progress on another front in its campaign for universal broadband ... Queens. At least a year in the making, the $5.3 million public -private partnership called...

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Three Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change

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07/29/2015

... philanthropies are catalyzing lasting, positive change on climate, perhaps the most pressing social, environmental, ... effort that has made great progress despite lagging public policy is the Beyond Coal...

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Aetna Foundation Encourages Using Data to Help Tackle Healthcare Disparities

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08/11/2015

... be prevented each year. Considering that there are many public health, policy, social and economic factors involved ...

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Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World

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08/13/2015

... came entirely from SolarCity in 2014, will begin to accept public donations in 2015.... Bank of America Provides ...

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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

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10/07/2015

Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals A new report ... in order to create the most effective principals for public schools. According to the report, it is the first .....

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Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

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12/03/2015

... 'Unbanked' The Obama administration announced a set of public -private programs Tuesday to expand financial services ... JPMorgan Chase, PayPal, and Coca-Cola have signed on to help implement the 10...

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NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation

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01/29/2016

In 2005, Hali Lee invited 10 friends together to raise money for what she hoped would be a game-changing geh, a shared saving circle, and the Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) was officially born. AWGC functions as a donor-advised fund at the Ms...

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

... there are opportunities to leverage dollars spent on climate action plans to have other net benefits—like public health... Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads ...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Evolving Models of Behavioral Health Integration

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05/12/2016

Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Evolving Models of Behavioral Health Integration Since ... report left off... Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Evolving Models of Behavioral Health Integration ...

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Ford Foundation's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy

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07/21/2016

... Foundation's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy Philanthropy, in its current ... old. Since its inception, both donors and the larger public have debated how...

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Ford Program Officers on Why Black Lives Matter to Philanthropy

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07/25/2016

Ford Program Officers on Why Black Lives Matter to Philanthropy We are living in ... Castille and Alton Sterling sparked a new round of public protest against the toxic blend of racism, ... Castille and Alton...

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Carnegie's Kim Lew Voices Concerns on Low-Return Environments for Foundation Endowments

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08/24/2016

Carnegie's Kim Lew Voices Concerns on Low-Return Environments for Foundation Endowments U.S. ... investments. The result could be increased pressure on public services, if foundations are...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions

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09/12/2016

Additional funds were committed by the Rackham Graduate School to permanently secure these positions. In 2007, a $1.97 million gift from the Mellon Foundation funded these positions for six years.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide

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09/15/2016

... Worldwide Oceana, SkyTruth and Google today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online technology ...

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Russell Sage Survey Finds Fear of Other People Is Now Primary Motivation for American Gun Ownership

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09/19/2016

... firearms in U.S. homes — more than the number of cars on American roads. The Trace and The Guardian were provided ...

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Q&A: Judith Rodin Makes An Impact On Investing And Giving

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11/02/2016

Q&A: Judith Rodin Makes An Impact On Investing And Giving How important is Judith Rodin? Ask one of the 20,000 New York public school students who got to see the Broadway hit ... and cultural causes... Q&A...

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Rockefeller Family Fund Calls ExxonMobil’s Conduct ‘Morally Reprehensible’

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11/29/2016

... the company tried to deceive policymakers and the public about the realities of climate change, protecting its profits at the cost of immense damage to life on this planet,” Kaiser and Wasserman wrote. The ...

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New York City’s Top Science And Math Teachers Honored With Prestigious Sloan Awards

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12/07/2016

... creative science and mathematics teachers in New York City public high schools who achieve superb outcomes and promote a ...

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Herbert Sturz of Open Society Foundations Named A City & State Lifetime Award Winner

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01/12/2017

... Over 50 Awards recognizes some of the most distinguished public servants in New York City over the age of 50 who have ... the city a better place. The honorees will be recognized on January 30th at The...

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Princeton Project Funded by Two PNY Members Reveals Insight into Behavior-Change Campaigns

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01/20/2017

... that asked students to report who they socialized with on a regular basis — both in person and online — and then ... encouraged this small set of students to take a public stand against bullying at their...

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