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Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

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03/29/2017

... transform blighted properties and vacant land into useful community assets. The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this ...

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

Release Date:

04/04/2017

... for Knowledge (SPARK) is an online scientific study and community of individuals with autism and their families. ... the research collaborative this year to include four new sites: the Geisinger Clinic of...

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Health

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A Pioneer of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads the Way For Others

Release Date:

05/23/2017

... cocktail bar Coup–short for coup d’etat–opened in New York’s East Village in mid-April, promising to donate ... Finnegan’s, a brewery in Minneapolis with its own community fund to feed the hungry, and Impact...

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Chef Massimo Bottura's First U.S. Project Will Be a Rockefeller-supported Bronx Soup Kitchen

Release Date:

05/30/2017

... called Refettorios, in the Bronx with support from New York’s Italian consulate. On a recent episode of the ... Expo Milano and the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the community kitchens have lasted long...

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Food Systems

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Rockefeller Foundation’s Focus on Food Waste Includes Food Summit and Pop-up at Blue Hill Restaurant Featuring Chef Dan Barber’s WastED Initiative

Release Date:

08/09/2017

... re-using foods that would otherwise be wasted. wastED is a community of chefs, farmers, fishermen, distributors, ... delicious out of the ignored or un-coveted and inspiring new applications in our food system...

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Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... Rikers, rescuing failing schools – it can seem like New York’s most insurmountable crises are always being ... their potential effectiveness as well as the input of the community . Unfortunately that hasn’t...

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The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

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09/19/2017

... The day before students returned to class this month, New York City officials announced that all 1.1 million public ... slow to roll out universal lunch citywide, but groups like Community Food Advocates...

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Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students

Release Date:

10/06/2017

... hands-on STEM-styled experiments, encouraging them to try new things — and try them over and over. … Growing Fab ...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

Release Date:

10/27/2017

... Foundation envision U.S. public libraries as open community spaces fostering inclusivity and collaboration, ... public libraries are free, right? Not so fast, says the New York City-based JPB Foundation. By...

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Children, Youth and Families

Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

Release Date:

03/01/2018

... an opportunity to learn and thrive. By providing this new framework, the Loving Cities Index helps cities evaluate ... opportunity gaps in areas like housing, health care and community involvement. These...

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Alisha Williams to Join Arcus as Program Officer of Social Justice Program

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06/19/2018

... of the Social Justice program. Williams will start in the new role at the end of June. In their role, Williams will ...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Names Recipients of 2018 Painters & Sculptors Grants

Release Date:

12/12/2018

... to apply for residency at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. “Thanks to Mitchell’s vision and our own ... much look forward to the ongoing success of our artist community ,” Blatchford added... Joan...

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Jessica Rothkuo Joins Redlich Horowitz Foundation to Lead Family First Implementation

Release Date:

04/24/2019

... on prevention, kinship and family foster care. The law’s new programmatic mandates and fiscal reform are designed to ... increase the use of certified kinship care; and expand community -driven and high-quality...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

06/20/2019

... Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees New York, 20 June 2019 — The Ford Foundation announced ... recognized as a leading force in the disability advocacy community , and Bristo has worked for...

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Key Facts on Mission Investing

Publication date:

10/2011

... assets— are extending the public benefit of their resources . The report also offers perspective from Stephen ...

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Target Hits $25 Million Goal For School Supply Donations

Release Date:

08/04/2014

Target Corp. announced that it hit its campaign goal to donate $25 million in school supplies to children in need based on purchases made in its stores nationwide from July 13 through Aug. 2.