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The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

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09/13/2017

... has proven to provide impactful innovations for poverty alleviation ," says Abby Maxman, President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty...

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Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy

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09/25/2017

... it demanded less familiar tools and skills: sitting still for several hours of PowerPoint presentations, trying to ... thorniest policy issues in the food system. The diverse group came from 12 states, one U.S...

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Food Systems

The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern

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09/26/2017

As the police have gotten more aggressive about collecting genetic material, they've quietly amassed a giant database of DNA profiles without any laws and little oversight over how they can use it.

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Justice Reform

Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program

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09/26/2017

... program. The press was the first academic publishing group to offer scholars a way to publish and peer review ... tools not usually found in online journals. The idea for the program, launched last year with...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Rising Rate of Uninsured People

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05/02/2018

... The Commonwealth Fund on Tuesday released a survey of working -age Americans that found that 15.5 percent were ... and March 2018. That’s up from 12.7 percent of that group in 2016. Uninsured rates were also up...

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Health

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24 Jan 2019

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Program Officers

Thursday, January 24, 2019 (All day) to Friday, February 8, 2019 (All day)

Tools and Techniques for Effective Practice Philanthropy New York's Essential ... new program officers and directors to their role as funders . This multiday intensive course helps philanthropy ... Trust Molly...

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01 Feb 2012

A Spike Lee Retrospective - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

Please join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of a ... in Brooklyn, Lee founded 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks , based in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, where he has ... Director,...

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

... of their annual giving to individuals. The bias of most funders in favor of organizational grantees reflects a simple ... are paramount, according to the Princeton, New Jersey- based Rita Allen Foundation. The...

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Science

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

... library giving can be summarized in a single word: access. Funders including the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the John ... are free, right? Not so fast, says the New York City- based JPB Foundation. By funding...

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Children, Youth and Families

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SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

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11/27/2017

... close to the financial edge. Burnley’s observation is based on a report commissioned by the Philadelphia Foundation ... into challenges that face nonprofits everywhere.” For that reason, we reprinted the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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SeaChange Capital Partners

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Opioid Crises Takes Center Stage at 13th Annual H.F. Guggenheim Symposium

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02/26/2018

... that she had no idea why she had been invited to the event . Someone knew what they were doing because by the time ... crisis as the focus of two panels. What she and Rannazzisi shared about a substance abuse...

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

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Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

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10/22/2014

... in Kenya. In addition, Water.org's health and hygiene education programs will reach at least 8,000 people, .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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Mastercard Foundation Announces New University Partnerships in Africa

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12/08/2014

The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a 10-year, $500 million initiative.

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International/Foreign Affairs

Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector

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02/23/2016

... Annie E. Casey Children and Families Fellow, a trustee for America’s Promise, a director on the board of Child ... Presidential Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Under Dan’s...

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New York Community Trust Supports Artists at Museum of Arts & Design

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03/03/2017

... York Community Trust and introduced to the Museum by its Education Department in 2016, the fellowship provides ... with financial support and a dedicated studio at MAD for full-time use over four months... New...

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Arts

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Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees

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05/09/2017

... to autism. Soon, they could be bringing smiles — and education — to millions of refugee children forced from ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

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New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass

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09/13/2017

... teachers to pass a tough new exam, the state’s top education policy makers are lowering the score needed to ...

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With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City

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09/26/2017

... staff openings. Still, they indicate a critical need for special- education teachers and paraprofessionals, teaching assistants ... and dozens were in schools in the city’s Renewal program for...

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How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?

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09/26/2017

... a family in the United States, regardless of income or education , has become yet another part of American life reserved for those who are most privileged. Fewer Americans are ... Currently, 26 percent of poor...

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