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NYCHA Plans Market-Rate Brooklyn Units

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10/02/2017

... buildings of Cooper Park Houses. Under the plan, up to about 250 units would be built by a private developer who ... from the authority. The proceeds from the lease would go to a capital program at the housing...

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Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties

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02/05/2015

Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties Over the past two decades, ... project to a global communications phenomenon. Now, say a group of foundation leaders, it’s time...

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Rita Allen Foundation Funds Study to Understand Rejection of Climate Change

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04/27/2016

Rita Allen Foundation Funds Study to Understand Rejection of Climate Change Climate Central, a Palmer Square-based nonprofit group devoted to studying climate change, has joined several other ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Charity Scrutinized By India For Anti-Tobacco Funding, Lobbying

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08/29/2017

... making it the latest foreign non-government organization to come under scrutiny. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ...

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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time

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05/15/2013

An op-ed by Time to Succeed Coalition Co-Chair Chris Gabrieli and Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas. The Time to Succeed Coalition launched a year ago with a simple ... citizens would come together with...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts

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10/02/2013

... districts (including the New York City Department of Education ) design and open new high schools that support ... Core curriculum. “These districts have the commitment to reshape high schools so that all...

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New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx

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04/29/2016

New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx Thanks to a $600,000 grant from the New York Community Trust Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education , Teaching...

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The New York Community Trust

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How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Girls of Color

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01/12/2017

... harsh school discipline than their peers. According to the most recent data released by the US Department of Education , Black girls were suspended six times more than ... white girls. Punitive, rather than...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Justice Reform

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Research on How Social Context Shapes School Choice for Inner-City Students

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02/10/2017

... Inner-City Students High school choice policies attempt to improve the educational outcomes of poor and minority students by allowing access to high schools beyond neighborhood boundaries. These ... policies...

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City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System

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09/26/2017

City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System City schools pay more for many basic classroom ... — thanks to an in-house purchasing system set up by education officials. Every school...

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Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond

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10/01/2018

... momentum recently, as public funding for higher education has fallen and student debt has skyrocketed. Watch ... affordability reforms with the nation’s leading higher education experts, advocates, and...

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Jocelyn Downie Elected New Surdna Foundation Board Chair; Social Finance CEO Tracy Palandjian to Join Surdna Board

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11/01/2013

... prizes individual autonomy.” Professor Downie has helped to set the standards for governance of research involving ... begin her board service in May 2014. Palandjian has been working to...

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11 Mar 2014

An Examination of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act from the Foundation Perspective

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... nonprofits and their boards – including foundations – to evaluate their current policies and procedures to assess ... for your own. The plan is to come away from the working...

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New Joint NEH & Mellon Foundation Fellowship Encourages Digital Research in the Humanities

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03/01/2016

... (NEH) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the two largest funders of humanities research in the United States, today announced a new joint fellowship opportunity to support high-quality “born digital”...

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Don't Overthink It

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04/30/2019

... for Sight Foundation Admittedly, as grantmakers, we like to fund projects where we can anticipate long-range payoffs, ... and small. But sometimes, a quick and nimble response to a small but urgent need is the...

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Disabilities

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Your Favorite Philanthropic Insights

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01/20/2016

... of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. A trip to Google Analytics may be the most fascinating rabbit hole ... behavior flows and bounce rates. It really is amazing to see, over the course of a year,...

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NYS Health 10th Anniversary Awards to Recognize Leaders Improving State Health

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05/03/2016

NYS Health 10th Anniversary Awards to Recognize Leaders Improving State Health To mark its ... a total of ten influential organizations and/or leaders working to improve health...

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When and How We Decide to Take a Position Philanthropy New York believes that ... as opposed to issue-specific policy matters on topics like education , health, etc. We will take our cues from our...

ASPCA Awards Nearly $7.4 Million In First Half of 2014

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08/08/2014

... (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) today announced that it has granted nearly $7.4 million to animal welfare organizations across the country through ... two quarters of 2014. A...

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