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U.S. Is Eliminating Its Arctic and Climate Envoys. What Message Does that Send?

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08/31/2017

... special envoys for climate change and the Arctic— those who have spent careers on these issues worry about the ... as downgrading our interests," said Brooks Yeager, who was the deputy secretary for...

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Environment and Climate Change

Transgender Students Find Open Door at More Women's Colleges

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09/05/2017

... attending Wellesley College. She's an accomplished student who has persevered through hardship, but under longstanding ... become. At first I couldn't believe it," said Love, 28, who was born in...

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Will the Trump Era Transform the School Lunch?

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09/06/2017

... with 7,000 members of the School Nutrition Association, who had gathered for their annual conference. After ... delivered a rousing defense of school food-service workers who were unhappy with some of the...

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Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project

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09/25/2017

... 5 settlement meeting with the small band of opponents who had tied up his plans for a $250 million park and ... Mr. Diller and the film and theater producer Scott Rudin, who he had enlisted to help plan the...

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Arts

Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

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09/26/2017

... Valley has for years accommodated a fringe element of men who say women are ruining the tech world. Now, as the ... conversations are gaining broader traction. One of those who said there had been a change is...

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Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.

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09/27/2017

... setting a historically low limit on the number of people who can resettle in the United States after fleeing ... of the decision on Wednesday, according to the officials, who insisted on anonymity because they...

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Immigration

After Months of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to Permanent Post

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... replacement for former Commissioner Joseph Ponte, who left earlier this year under a cloud of controversy. Brann, who most recently served as deputy commissioner of quality ...

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Justice Reform

De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection

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10/03/2017

... permanent head left. Sapienza, a three-decade DEP veteran who worked his way up through the ranks, has been acting ... I guess it’s one less word I have to write,” Sapienza, who started as an engineer 34 years...

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Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform

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10/04/2017

... Looming Task of Property Tax Reform There are people who deny, in the face of mounting scientific evidence, that ... change is something society must address. There are folks who deny any connection between...

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Housing and Homelessness

For the Disabled, New York’s Sidewalks Are an Obstacle Course

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... an obstacle course every time he goes out. Mr. Jones, who uses a wheelchair, gets stuck at sidewalk corners where ... said Mr. Jones, 29, a disability rights advocate who lives in the Bronx. “I believe it’s...

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More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs

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10/13/2017

... more money over the professional careers than their peers who only have a high school diploma. But less attention is paid to the workers in the middle – those who have some education or training beyond high...

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New Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Grant to Fund Treatment for Underserved

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07/13/2018

... meet the needs of the residents of the state of Washington who are disabled, elderly, or medically fragile and suffer ... the process as well as identify volunteer dentists who can commit to treating patients...

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Health

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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

Brandee McHale Returns to Citi Foundation as President and Managing Director and Head of Community Investing and Development

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03/03/2020

... of Community Investing and Development Brandee McHale, who left last summer to lead the Wells Fargo Foundation ... of the Citi Foundation. McHale succeeds Bob Annibale, who is retiring. Brandee McHale Returns...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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New York Community Trust's HIVE Grants to Boost Digital Media Learning

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06/02/2014

... Trust has been the home of charitable New Yorkers who share a passion for the City and its suburbs - and who are committed to improving them. The Trust supports an ... to live, learn, work, and play, while...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers

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03/24/2021

... operate and by philanthropists and civic leaders who see the publications as essential community assets. The ... could be leveled against large donors, including Bainum, who is active in Maryland Democratic...

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Insights

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Communications/Media

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Salary & Benefits Survey

General information about participating in and accessing the annual Philanthropy New York/Council on Foundations salary and benefits survey.

Rockefeller Foundation Commits $3 Million to Help Cities Build Resilient Infrastructure Systems

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01/22/2013

... Initiative, which will align philanthropic and public resources to leverage private financing for sustainable urban ...

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Disaster Relief

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RE.invest Initiative to Partner With Eight Cities to Develop Resilient Stormwater Systems

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05/29/2013

... finance urban infrastructure. By helping cities use public resources more efficiently and attract new sources of private ...

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Penn Announces $1.28 Million Grant for Digital Archaeological Archive

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08/01/2013

The grant from the Leon Levy Foundation to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will support a collaboration with the British Museum to create a digital archive of archaeological excavations of the ancient...