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Tisch Fund, NY Community Trust, Bloomberg & United Way of NYC Leaders Named Among the Most Powerful Women of 2017

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06/26/2017

... both art and science. For starters, our editors whittled down the list to more than 100 contenders whom we identified ... their company and the specific impact they’ve had on New York City through their...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?

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08/30/2017

... in East Harlem gets a facelift every few months — a new mural painted by the Harlem Art Collective, which formed ... subway map. In a middle panel, a giant Trojan horse rolls down a wide avenue, suited money-...

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Community Development

For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year

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09/07/2017

... In between science classes at a charter school in East New York, he broke down at his desk. The government had just canceled the ...

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From the Ground Up

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09/08/2017

From the Ground Up Top- down development doesn't work. What's needed is a "pull ... “participatory development” has become development’s new avatar, and the rhetoric is replete with promises of .....

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Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

... crowd most days. On a recent afternoon, students from down the block and around the world scribbled out homework, ... of computers, indulging in a world of knowledge that many New Yorkers take for granted. It...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff

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09/20/2017

... Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff The New York City Council, a 51-member body, currently includes only 13 women, down from 18 in 2009, and that number is likely to soon fall ...

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Gender Justice

Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

... Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods With a new round of grants, the philanthropic arm of Aetna is ... officer at the foundation. Essentially what it boils down to is that a lot of our health is...

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Health

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Commonwealth Fund Study Reveals State Rankings on the Nation’s Best Health Care

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05/08/2018

... United States declined for the first time in decades, a new report is out detailing which states have the best and ... to deliver medical care to its residents. The study broke down over 40 areas of health...

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Health

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Simons Foundation-Funded Research Reveals That Bacteria in Giant Aquarium Mirror Natural Ocean Microbes

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11/07/2018

... like ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. Good bacteria break down nitrogen compounds at aquariums, and the new study shows that some bacterial communities there emulate ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Science

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Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees

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02/25/2019

... expansion into international affairs, a move to New York City in 1953, and divestment in holdings of Ford ... which led to his resignation in 1977. Upon stepping down , he said that after 33 years as a trustee...

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Sheena Wright, United Way NYC President & CEO, named in City & State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021

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10/18/2021

... State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021 Black New Yorkers started serving in elected office at least a ... 1944, the legendary Adam Clayton Powell Jr. took office as New York’s first Black member...

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United Way of New York City

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellow Bridgit Antoinette Evans to Lead Pop Culture Collaborative

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03/15/2017

... Nathan Cummings Foundation is so pleased to announce the new leadership team for the Pop Culture Collaborative, which ... Director. The Pop Culture Collaborative is an exciting new resource that will leverage...

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Arts

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Elizabeth Cahill Joins the Surdna Foundation as Director of Communications and Engagement

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02/21/2020

... use strategic communications and digital engagement to bring about positive social change. Most recently, she served ...

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10 Mar 2016

Looking at the 990 Part I (March 3) and Part II (March 10)

Thursday, March 10, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

The IRS Form 990 is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients.

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Ford Foundation Appoints Innocent Chukwuma to Lead Its West Africa Office

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01/01/2013

... the region. Today, as West Africa is on the verge of a new era of peace and prosperity, the foundation is working ... society empower these communities. Chukwuma began his new position in January 2013. He was...

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Wm. T. Grant Foundation Report: Scarcity of Funding for Research on Youth Inequality

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11/09/2015

... Scarcity of Funding for Research on Youth Inequality NEW YORK — A new report, released today by the William T. Grant ... efforts to understand and address youth inequality: more resources to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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17 Jun 2016

Special Screening & Discussion: Stepping Up for NYC's Youth

Friday, June 17, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Christine Rodriguez , Student, Eugene Lang College at The New School Cassie Schwerner (Moderator), Senior Vice ... In collaboration with: Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation New York Community Trust The...

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18 Apr 2017

Mobilizing for Mission - On Grassroots Climate Change

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... we believe in. Join us for Mobilizing for Mission - a new program model designed to help philanthropy organizations ... LLP Ronna Brown (Facilitator), President, Philanthropy New York Designed for Foundation...

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