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Success Academy Ratchets up Pressure on City to Give It Space

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09/15/2017

In a rally outside City Hall and in a private email to reporters, Success Academy’s CEO Eva Moskowitz is ramping up pressure on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration to provide space for several new middle schools she plans to open next year.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

15 Feb 2012

Give Up Tomorrow - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 -

4:30pm to 10:30pm

Please join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary Give Up Tomorrow , and a brief discussion to follow. Give Up Tomorrow Trailer On a stormy night in July 1997, two sisters disappear without a trace.....

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19 Sep 2019

Rob Reich vs. Phil Buchanan: Is Giving By The Wealthy A Good Thing?

Thursday, September 19, 2019 -

8:30am to 10:00am

... Meeting : September 19 - Rob Reich vs. Phil Buchanan: Is Giving By The Wealthy A Good Thing? October 8 - Edgar ... if done right. Please join us for a debate on "Is Giving by the Wealthy a Good Thing?...

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Salesforce.org And United Way Are Teaming Up To Change Corporate Giving

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02/27/2018

... And United Way Are Teaming Up To Change Corporate Giving In order to magnify their philanthropic impact, many ... donations, and offer a platform to encourage more giving , more volunteering, and more...

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NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation

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01/29/2016

NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation Twenty years ago, when ... community. . . NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation ...

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg, Others Give Hopkins $125M for Cancer Research that Helped Jimmy Carter

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03/30/2016

Research into immunotherapy, which cancer experts are calling the most promising approach in decades, got a boost Tuesday when Michael Bloomberg and other philanthropists announced $125 million in donations to Johns Hopkins University for a new...

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Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work

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03/30/2016

The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have prepared a $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington for high-level nuclear-security talks.

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Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

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04/19/2016

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will contribute $1 million to a new $20 million operations endowment campaign in support of United States Artists (USA), a non-profit organization that awards annual $50,000 fellowships to artists around...

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UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust

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05/04/2016

Like so many others, I was outraged when pictures emerged last month of partying teens in New Jersey engaging in a shocking beer pong game called “Jews versus Nazis.”

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions

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09/12/2016

Additional funds were committed by the Rackham Graduate School to permanently secure these positions. In 2007, a $1.97 million gift from the Mellon Foundation funded these positions for six years.

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U.S. Trust Study Finds that Wealthy Individuals Give and Volunteer at Higher Rates

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10/28/2016

The study finds that Ninety-one percent of high-net-worth households donated to charity last year and 50 percent volunteered, compared to 59 percent of the U.S. general population who donated to charity and 25 percent who volunteered.

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Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization

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11/23/2016

All Hands Volunteers, the leading disaster relief organization powered by volunteers, has been awarded a grant of $150,000 by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation to establish a Global Rapid Response Fund.

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Carnegie, Ford Give $1M to Free Legal Services Project for Immigrants

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03/27/2017

In response to the Trump administration’s immigration policies, Governor Cuomo announced an initiative on Friday that offers pro-bono legal services to immigrants regardless of their residency status. Coordinated by the state’s Office for New...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative

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03/30/2017

Using a $1.02 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Northwestern will collaborate with worldwide professionals to develop a curriculum on critical theory, a stream of philosophy that critiques the ways culture is formed and discussed.

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Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center

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05/24/2017

Inspiring creativity, strengthening community and driving economic growth are the three aims of the ambitious new arts center known as the Shed, rising in Hudson Yards. Michael R. Bloomberg donated $75 million to the innovative arts project.

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Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge

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08/29/2017

A growing number of Ukrainians who have streamed into the United States in recent months even as the country has closed the door on other refugees.

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Health Care Reform Flatlined. But Lawmakers Aren’t Giving Up

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09/05/2017

Health Care Reform Flatlined. But Lawmakers Aren’t Giving Up Republican plans to replace Obamacare are fading ... . . Health Care Reform Flatlined. But Lawmakers Aren’t Giving Up ...

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House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package

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10/13/2017

Despite opposition from conservative and government watchdog groups, the House easily approved a $36.5 billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of devastating hurricanes and...

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