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Helmsley Trust Grant Gives Educators A Voice In Common Core Discussions

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07/21/2014

A recent grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to America Achieves Inc. is meant to give educators on the front lines more of a voice on how states roll out the Common Core standards.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and other PNY members highlighted in Corporate Giving Infographic

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08/19/2014

... JPMorgan and other PNY members highlighted in Corporate Giving Infographic A new infographic from Double the ... JPMorgan and other PNY members highlighted in Corporate Giving Infographic ...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust's Rural Healthcare Program Gives $400K to Community Hospital

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04/12/2017

Pender Community Hospital has received a $400,000 grant to be used to purchase a new CT scanner.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education ... the effort is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation . The grant is the first of its kind pairing a ... and skill gaps in New Hampshire have...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Charles Feeney Gives Away the Last of His Fortune

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01/06/2017

Last month, Mr. Feeney and Atlantic completed the sprint and made a final grant, $7 million to Cornell University, to support students doing community service work.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Civic Engagement

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Casey Family Programs Backs Initiative Giving Kids a Camera — and a Voice

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04/03/2017

Casey Family Programs Backs Initiative Giving Kids a Camera — and a Voice Put a camera in a ... of the event... Casey Family Programs Backs Initiative Giving Kids a Camera — and a Voice ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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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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To Get Beyond Two Percent, We Have to Go Beyond Giving

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10/08/2013

... at the heart of Dan Pallotta’s argument. Charitable giving has been stuck at 2 percent of U.S. GDP for 40 years, ... of every penny we get, and — crucially — 3) go beyond giving entirely. Number 1 is the work...

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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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Technology

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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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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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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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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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Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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01/15/2019

The Markle Foundation is pleased to announce today that Steven Denning ... its founding and helped to establish as a leading global growth equity investor. Mr. Denning is a dedicated ... of Markle. Steven Denning...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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“Repeal and Replace” Gives States More Control over Healthcare Market

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01/27/2017

While the order does not specify aspects of the law to focus on, it clearly states that the goal of any ACA replacement will be to give states more control over government-funded health care options (particularly Medicaid) while simultaneously...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives Museums $17 million to Improve Digital Outreach

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09/09/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies will give $17 million to museums in New York and around the world to increase the utilization of technology in exhibitry and educational programs.

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Arts

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Citi is Giving Women the Tools to Shatter the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap

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03/20/2015

Citi is Giving Women the Tools to Shatter the Entrepreneurship Gender ... and business services provided by the city.... Citi is Giving Women the Tools to Shatter the Entrepreneurship Gender ...

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