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Peterson Poll: Broad Majority Calls for More Focus on Nation's Fiscal Outlook

Release Date:

10/27/2015

... (82%) voters want Congress and the President to spend more time addressing these challenges, with 80% calling for the ... Peterson Foundation. "Voters are urging their leaders to work together to move...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and CrossBoundary Launch Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya

Release Date:

04/24/2018

... “We’re launching the Mini-Grid Innovation Lab at a time when momentum is building for the sector. Achieving ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Century Foundation Releases Report: How Robots Are Beginning to Affect Workers and Their Wages

Release Date:

10/17/2019

... that can help inform ongoing debates about the future of work and the impact of automation. The first takeaway is that ... exposure across more than 250 metropolitan areas and over time , finding that: During...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Doubles Support To Prevent Global Road Traffic Deaths

Release Date:

02/18/2020

... new investment is excellent news that comes at a critical time when world leaders convene to decide on achieving a 50% ...

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Commits $1M to COVID-19 Relief

Release Date:

04/06/2020

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation today announced a one-million-dollar commitment to COVID-19 related causes.

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Doris Duke Foundation Announces "Racial Equity in Clinical Equations"

Release Date:

06/27/2023

... clinical equations that improve health care outcomes. The work is urgent. Race may or may not be a relevant factor in ...

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Riverside Park Conservancy Receives Grant for Park Management Technology from Booth Ferris Foundation

Release Date:

08/08/2019

... management of the park, which will help sustain a real time overview of park projects’ status. The funds will ... Department and the residents of the Upper West Side. Real time tracking of projects and park...

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13 Nov 2013

Where is Opportunity in America? - New York Index Launch

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

... Index incorporates 16 indicators ranging from pre- school enrollment to high school graduation, from volunteerism to Internet access. Join ...

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New Data Illuminates Long Island's Education Inequities

Release Date:

01/30/2015

... Racism last week in Melville. The forum brought together school administrators and education advocates and was the ...

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New JPB-Backed Collaborative Aims to Make Affordable Housing Healthier

Release Date:

05/21/2015

... Make Affordable Housing Healthier Co-founded by The New School 's Parsons School of Design, Healthy Building Network, Green Science .....

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Fourth Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge Seeks Problem Solving Ideas From Students Nationwide

Release Date:

08/17/2015

... no-coding-skills-needed contest that gives middle and high school students a chance to bring their problem-solving app ...

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Verizon

United Way of New York City Helps Distribute More Than 100 Backpacks to Brownsville Students

Release Date:

10/04/2016

... Way of New York City (UWNYC) to make this first day of school possible. Together, they distributed more than 100 backpacks covered in beloved heroes and brimming with school supplies to students at P.S. 156 in...

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Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

Release Date:

11/23/2016

Communities in Schools is a federated network of about 165 separate 501(c)(3) in 25 states and the District of Columbia.

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New York City’s Top Science And Math Teachers Honored With Prestigious Sloan Awards

Release Date:

12/07/2016

... Each teacher will be awarded a prize of $5,000 and each school will receive $2,500 to strengthen their science or ...

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

Release Date:

03/01/2017

... Drive in support of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project. The Weinberg Foundation has ...

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

Release Date:

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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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Representatives Tour Renovated Labs at University of Miami

Release Date:

03/31/2017

... of America recently toured the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Division of Neonatology, where unit ... Foundation were completed. Accompanied by Miller School and Department of Pediatrics...

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Eight Top 10 Lists From New York City’s 2017 State Test Scores

Release Date:

08/29/2017

Test scores in New York City continued their upward march this year, with small gains in average English and math scores — a cause for celebration among city officials.