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Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record

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01/12/2016

Owner H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest donated the entire Philadelphia Media Network, which runs the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com, to the nonprofit Institute for Journalism in New Media, part of the Philadelphia Foundation. The institute...

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Two Mexico City Landmarks Reopen With Support From The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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06/10/2016

... in Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park, one of the oldest public parks in the world. In 2014, the Foundation provided a ... support of the Chapultepec Trust to restore these iconic public spaces. “As our cities...

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George Soros, Steven Rockefeller, Abigail Disney and Some Of New York's Wealthiest Tell State Government To Raise Their Taxes

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03/21/2017

... ladder for all of our fellow citizens, including strong public education from pre-K to college. And, we need to invest in the fragile bridges, tunnels, waterlines, public buildings, and roads that we all...

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Open Call For Collaborative Reporting Projects

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05/10/2017

... call for collaborative reporting projects that will enrich public -interest journalism. Proposals are due June 30 . ... and ideas on projects to make timely contributions to public knowledge and civic life. The...

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Schott Honors Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Kavitha Mediratta and Landmark Education Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala

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05/12/2017

... Gala On Thursday, May 11, 2017, the Schott Foundation for Public Education (@schottfound) marked 25 years of fighting to end educational inequities in America’s public schools by honoring grassroots, community...

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Columbia Law School Receives $15 Million From Greene Foundation

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05/12/2017

... program and clinical professorship and increase public service opportunities for deserving law school ... includes $7 million to establish and endow the Greene Public Service Scholars program, which will...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Report Amplifies Black Community Leadership in Improving Quality of Education

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05/26/2017

... African-American community leaders believe inequities in public education are a critical problem, many also are ... dropping out of school, respondents urged more funding for public education, with a focus on...

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Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement

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08/31/2017

... with local youth and community stakeholders to turn public walls – in NYCHA developments and elsewhere – into public works of art. “It always turns out that those who ...

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

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09/14/2017

... job in the sustainable energy industry. She lived in public housing where crime was very high … and opportunity ... Force, which empowers young adults from New York City’s public housing developments with the...

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The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

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09/19/2017

... New York City officials announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily ...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

... of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to its board. For the first time in the ...

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LDN Fund Officially Launched

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09/22/2017

... Fund is a first-of-its-kind investment vehicle leveraging public money to raise private capital for sustainable land ... collaboration with Mirova and numerous partners from the public sector, the private...

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Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?

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09/22/2017

... social entrepreneurs, civil society leaders, and public officials around the world. We identify three ... of specific individuals or groups to the forefront of public awareness. An innovatorcreates an...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... in such projects) to design it. Though planned as a public park, the design also accommodated three outdoor event ... Conservancies, it’s worth wondering what else seeps into public space — not the least of...

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

... including its schools of medicine, nursing, dental, and public health, is the first complete academic medical center ... Health Program at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the first...

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Opinion: Construction Safety Bill Would Hurt Minority Workers

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09/26/2017

... NYCHA resident who has spent my career advocating for our public housing communities – and I can tell you why we ... and brown construction workers, including those living in public housing. For months, I have...

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Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

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09/27/2017

... information not with the attitude that it was granting the public some royal benignity, but that those data sets and ...

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The Aetna Foundation Launches Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge to Empower Local Group Efforts

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04/06/2018

... Efforts The Aetna Foundation, together with the American Public Health Association and the National Association of ... nationwide effort that empowers local groups to tackle public health challenges. Fifty...

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UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies Receives Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/02/2019

... universities, community colleges, high schools and the public . “The complexities of the modern Middle East are ... funding for Middle East programs is diminishing and public demand for expertise is increasing...

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