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Mellon Foundation Awards St. Lawrence University $800,000 to Support Sophomore-Year Experience

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10/21/2016

... St. Lawrence University $800,000 to Support Sophomore- Year Experience St. Lawrence University has been awarded a ... aimed at enhancing the academic experience for its second- year students. The Andrew W...

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City Year Receives $2.5 Million Grant from the New York Life Foundation

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06/16/2015

City Year Receives $2.5 Million Grant from the New York Life Foundation City Year , an education-focused nonprofit organization that helps ... middle school program with the support of a three- year...

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Children, Youth and Families

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City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year

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09/11/2017

... Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this year in an effort to get more kids to class. City officials...

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Housing and Homelessness

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Large-Scale ‘Invest in Youth’ Initiative Focused on 16-24 Year Olds

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05/06/2015

... ‘Invest in Youth’ Initiative Focused on 16-24 Year Olds Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to ... largest borough, is launching Invest in Youth with a 10- year commitment aimed at tackling significant...

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Teach For America New York Executive Director Charissa Fernández On This Year’s Corps, DACA And Teacher Training

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09/21/2017

... New York Executive Director Charissa Fernández On This Year ’s Corps, DACA And Teacher Training Teach for America ... Fernández spoke with New York Nonprofit Media about this year ’s corps and what ending the...

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Philanthropy New York Is Now Accepting Applications For Its Two-Year Public Policy Fellowship

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01/25/2018

... New York Is Now Accepting Applications For Its Two- Year Public Policy Fellowship The Philanthropy New York ... of the fellowship program. This is the fourth year of Philanthropy New York’s Public Policy...

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Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing

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10/11/2016

... by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15- Year Journey In Impact Investing When my wife, Betsy, and I ... by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15- Year Journey In Impact Investing...

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Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

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11/02/2016

... Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year Increases in overweight and obesity rates among young ... occur during summer vacations, not during the school year , according to new research...

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In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s Next?

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09/18/2017

In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround ... have floundered for years — including this one. . . In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround ...

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New School Year, New Complaints About Contaminated Food Given To NYC Students

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09/20/2017

New School Year , New Complaints About Contaminated Food Given To NYC Students Just days into the new school year , there are already problems with the food served to New ... there is word of two troubling reports...

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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

With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled ... teachers and support staff two weeks into the school year , with many of the openings in high-poverty districts and ... program...

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Ed Henry to Step Down from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation at Year End

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02/12/2020

... to Step Down from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation at Year End NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2020 – The Doris Duke ... Farms in New Jersey, now serving over 250,000 visitors per year . In addition to public programs, Duke...

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Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years

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08/09/2017

Dozens of ex-offenders have passed through Gregory Carpenter’s small bakery, where he teaches them how to make buttery pastry dough and flaky pie crusts. Carpenter is one in an army of social justice change agents that the Baltimore office of the...

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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

... country by the National Women's Party in February 1921, a year after the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the .....

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Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years

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10/05/2017

At the start of December 2014, New York Post reporter Susan Edelman sent an intriguing public records request to the city’s Department of Education. “Under the Freedom of Information [sic], I request all e-mail communications since Dec. 30, 2013...

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