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Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks

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09/11/2017

Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks "Never forget" ... then. Many teachers now struggle with whether and how to teach the attacks and their aftermath. According to...

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Education

New York Life Supports River Ruckus Festival in Haverhill, MA

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09/22/2017

... and Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum. Other artists scheduled to appear include Bliss, Gretchen & The Pickpockets, EJ ... Analog Heart. On Washington Street, crowds are expected to gather on what promises...

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Community Development

What’s The [Data] Point? 77,651, with the City Housing Commissioner

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09/25/2017

... Torres-Springer, gave at a Citizens Budget Commission event on Wednesday, September 20, followed by 15 minutes of ... answering questions from Gotham Gazette and CBC. Make sure to stay tuned for the Q-and-A,...

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Housing and Homelessness

In an Era of Strife, Museums Collect History as It Happens

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10/02/2017

... History as It Happens In April 2015, Aaron Bryant rushed to be there when demonstrations swept through Baltimore on ... rocks, watched the helicopters overhead and listened to marchers singing hymns. But Mr...

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Arts

Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth

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10/03/2017

Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth Upper-income earners have been ... as a share of this region’s population, according to the Pew Research Center. Tracy Pitcher, executive director ... person,...

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Capital One ScopeAthon Provides Consulting Services to Nonprofits

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07/13/2018

Capital One ScopeAthon Provides Consulting Services to Nonprofits At the Capital One ScopeAthon event , held at the 1717 Innovation Center in downtown ... One provided free, skills-based consulting services...

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Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds

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07/2005

Grantmakers tend to be cautious about funding advocacy, and for good reason - ... explain that advocacy includes a lot of opportunities to improve public policy through work that is well within the limits of the law. Whether your purpose is to advance an idea, argue a position, or enrich the policy ...

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Hartford Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to Gerontological Society of America

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02/10/2013

... Center on Gerontological Social Work Excellence. Thanks to $1.35 million in recently awarded funding from The John A. ... Society of America (GSA) is reaffirming its commitment to meeting the health care needs...

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Philanthropy as Field Builder

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04/25/2013

... can crowd in with their own resources and carry the work to scale. A second point of difference and an equal strength ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Environment Program Featured in New Podcast Series

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05/03/2016

... our work with the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign is working to end America’s reliance on coal and shifting the U.S. power sector to a cleaner future... Bloomberg Philanthropies’ ...

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VOICES FROM THE FIELD

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04/16/2018

... a diverse and powerful mix of organizations and leaders working for equality and fairness for all people. In these ...

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Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Foundation

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Dr. David Blumenthal Looks Back as The Commonwealth Fund Celebrates 100 Years

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05/07/2018

... last 100 years, The Commonwealth Fund has been committed to improving the health of the American people as well as working on international issues and to improving the care, especially of...

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To Avoid Being a Supporter of the Status Quo, Ask “So What?”

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01/27/2016

To Avoid Being a Supporter of the Status Quo, Ask “So ... funding and wisdom-sharing silos, and we believe in working in partnership with other institutions across ... a shared narrative among practitioners,...

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Our Policy Priorities for 2018

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01/24/2018

... the standard deduction for all Americans, which is likely to decimate the value of the charitable deduction. Experts have projected a $13 billion hit to nonprofit donations. The tax bill also doubled exemption...

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Sean Gibbons Named Communications Network Executive Director

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04/28/2014

... Progress, which followed his distinguished producing career in broadcast news with organizations like CNN and ABC ...

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NoVo Co-President Peter Buffett Uses New Notoriety to Champion Women and Girls Around the World

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10/10/2014

NoVo Co-President Peter Buffett Uses New Notoriety to Champion Women and Girls Around the World For most of ... anonymous life: marriage, kids, a low-profile music career . That all changed in 2006 when his dad,...

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Gender Justice

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PNY Members Explore Barriers Placed on Black Girls in School

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02/10/2015

... Girls of Color was an important step, inviting attention to reduce the barriers confronting them on the path to college and careers. On February 11, a panel of experts will gather on Capitol Hill to...

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Education

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Jonas Center Releases Homelessness Report Targeting Female Veterans

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03/26/2015

... and many have children who share the burden, according to the report. The authors estimate that the VA currently ... the White House Veterans Affairs (VA) unveiled a plan to end veteran homelessness by the end...

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Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children

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07/07/2015

... increased dramatically, from 6.5 million children in 2004 to 10.2 million today. Unmet demand has increased, as well. ... in many more activities that prepare them for college, career and life. But despite an...

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