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Experts Recommend Baseline Concussion Tests for Student Athletes

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09/19/2017

... the field. Health reporter Erin Billups has the story. 16- year -old Scott West got a concussion playing football his freshman year in High School. "I went to go make a tackle and I had a .....

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New Data Shows Retirees Are on the Move, But Young Folks Are a Different Story

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09/20/2017

... share of Americans who moved to a different residence last year fell to its lowest point in the past decade, according ...

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Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 Percent Return

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09/20/2017

... earned an 8.1 percent return for its most recent fiscal year . The endowment’s new chief executive, N. P. Narvekar, ... overcome.” That return significantly trails the mean one- year return of 12.7 percent for...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

... Board of Education Wednesday approved, 8-0, a three- year deal with the Buffalo Council of Supervisors and ...

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At James Blake Trial, Judge Invokes Law Shielding Police Records

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09/21/2017

... officers. The issue reached a boiling point last year when the Police Department stopped providing ... known by the clause 50-a. A state appellate court this year upheld the de Blasio administration’s...

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Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program

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09/26/2017

... online journals. The idea for the program, launched last year with the help of a $1.2 million grant from the Andrew W. ...

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De Blasio’s ‘Homeless Hotels’ Plan Is Way Behind Schedule

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09/28/2017

... least 250 units would be operating in 2016 — the first year of the initiative — but didn’t manage to sign the ...

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Would a Later School Start Time Increase Student Success?

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10/04/2017

... How much sleep do you get each night during the school year ? Are you rested in the morning before school? If so, ... be done to ensure you get more sleep during the school year ? In “The Economic Case for...

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Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality

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10/05/2017

... through the Ballmer Group, a grant maker they set up last year to devote their nearly $34 billion fortune to fight ...

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Economic Security

Should We Be Worried That Foreclosure Sales Are Near Recession Levels?

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10/10/2017

... one- to four-family homes as of the second quarter of this year , a 4% increase over last year . Late payments on such loans, a bellwether for mortgages ...

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Ford Foundation and Citi Fund Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture $22.3 Million Renovation

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10/17/2017

... reopening of several renovated spaces after a nearly two- year , $22.3 million renovation funded funded by the Ford ...

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How this Slogan Has Defined Philanthropy for the Buffets and the NoVo Foundation

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12/12/2017

... are co-chairs of NoVo. They pay themselves a dollar a year . The silver spoon of privilege has not corroded the ... instincts. They have good radar. Warren Buffett’s 59- year -old youngest son shared a...

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Arts

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William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research

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05/04/2018

The foundation will award grants of up to $600,000 over two or three years in support of research designed to build, test, and increase understanding of approaches to reducing inequality in youth outcomes on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic...

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The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation Announces Desiree Vazquez Barlatt as New Program Officer

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07/12/2021

The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation Announces Desiree Vazquez Barlatt as New Program Officer The Caroll and Milton Petrie Foundation is delighted to welcome Desiree Vazquez Barlatt as a new Program Officer. Most recently,...

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Youth Funders Working Group

... that help the city’s young people develop the skills and resources necessary to become healthy, happy, and ... discussions of how changing public policies and resources affect the well-being of youth and the...

Disaster Relief

... date in the event of a disaster and have compiled these resources for funders looking to respond to and learn about ... PARAMETERS FOR COVERAGE OF EVENTS. In addition to these resources , we encourage funders...

Speaker Honorarium Policy - A Pilot

The intention with our speaker honorarium policy is to prioritize individuals and organizations who have traditionally not been resourced for their labor when sharing their expertise with the funding community. We offer a modest speaker honorarium (...

Nadia Lagani-Montiel Promoted to Manager of Member Services at Philanthropy New York

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04/01/2013

Philanthropy New York is pleased to announce that Nadia Lagani-Montiel has been promoted to Manager of Member Services.

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15 Jun 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Effective Methods of Giving and Receiving Feedback

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:45am

... HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with peers about ... for foundation administration, including human resources and operations. Registration 8:30-8:45 AM...