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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities

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12/13/2016

... with high graduation rates is being announced today in an attempt to have more students from modest backgrounds ... to campuses with high graduation rates by the year 2025. A group of 30...

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With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species

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02/28/2017

... Species Fossil hunters have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to lemurs — the primitive primate group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a USC ... School of...

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Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities

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07/11/2017

... The billionaire on Monday donated about $3.17 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates ... reports. This marks his 12th annual donation to the group of charities...

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Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution

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07/20/2017

... (GAHP) at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy. These forward-thinking changemakers came together ... goal: to halve death and disability from all types of pollution by 2030. Together, the...

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A Golf Center Grows in Harlem

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08/28/2017

A Golf Center Grows in Harlem Two years ago, Juan Cortorreal had never held a ... he was, a freshman from the Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem, competing against the top player from the Bronx ... his team’s...

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Children, Youth and Families

Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship

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08/29/2017

Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship Around the time of World War I, two organizations set out to mold young ... into resourceful and virtuous future leaders,...

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Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

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08/30/2017

... Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a ... debates on the American left. But not long after one of New America’s scholars posted a...

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BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity

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09/06/2017

BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity The 2017 version of Leading with Intent from BoardSource is a treasure trove ...

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Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War?

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09/08/2017

Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War? Pope Francis urged Colombians Wednesday to reject ... rebel force and a ceasefire with the last active guerrilla group , the ELN. Santos won a Nobel...

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Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

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09/13/2017

... vote on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue in the western Bronx. It’s the first stage of the seven-month Uniform Land Use Review Procedure through ...

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Community Development

High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant ... Award, first given in 2012, announced its second round of prizes last year. The top...

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Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way A few years ago, when Mark Zuckerberg and ... structure. The LLC is a much better vehicle for the kind of multi-faceted approach to big...

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Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum

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09/20/2017

... The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum Of all the excuses given for why a statue of three ... women, as depicted, were rather unattractive. Wages and a group ...

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In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

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09/21/2017

In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor ... are very upset about its demise, angry at an opposition group that hit the project with costly litigation. But ...

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Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It

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09/22/2017

... Say Feds Don't Get It The Trump administration says many of the organizations that help people enroll in health plans on the federal insurance marketplaces don't ... enough bang for the buck,...

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After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’

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09/25/2017

... Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’ In the past month, hurricanes have hit the Gulf Coast and the ... California. Early in Mother Nature’s most recent season of discontent,...

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A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

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09/26/2017

A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids In 2013, the New York city council approved a plan for a ... gleaming new development in the Willets Point section of Queens—a mall, a...

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Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale

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09/29/2017

Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale Owners of Starrett City are trying to offload the massive Brooklyn ... investors who are suing to stop the $850 million sale. The group...

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Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows

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10/02/2017

... Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows The prospect of Social Security running out of money in their lifetimes haunts the vast majority of Americans over ... three-...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

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12/11/2017

... that American seniors were sicker than their counterparts in other countries and are more likely to go without needed health care because of costs. Why should this be? For one thing, Americans are more likely...

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