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Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley

Release Date:

08/03/2016

... has been working to preserve land for decades, but a new grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is ... ecosystems in the Hudson Valley is critical for the entire state ... Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide

Release Date:

09/15/2016

... today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online technology platform that allows anyone in the ... gathering of ocean leaders hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry... Bloomberg...

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Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy

Release Date:

10/07/2016

... in jobs that require more social and analytical skills, a new study from the Pew Research Center finds. Those jobs are ... 3 percent from 1980 to 2015, according to the study, "The State of American Jobs...

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Finding Common Ground on International Tax Reform

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11/17/2016

... with the 21st century global economy, according to a new report from TCF's Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering .....

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

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03/01/2017

... and its more than 40 partners have completed 13 of these new spaces serving more than 6,000 students and their ...

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Open Society Awards $8 Million to Physicians for Human Rights

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04/19/2017

... two dollars the organization raises for investments in new technology and to expand its network of health ...

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Ford Foundation Supports GenForward Survey on Young Americans' Perceptions of Trump

Release Date:

04/21/2017

... diverse electorate of the future, according to a new poll. A majority of young adults — 57 percent — see ...

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Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds

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05/04/2017

... Mexico are being forced into marriages with older men, a new report reveals. The report, conducted by Mexico’s ...

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Casey Family Programs Publishes Report on How Positive Factors Change Child Trauma

Release Date:

06/09/2017

... of children with many adverse experiences early in life, a new report says that the answer is not just focusing on ...

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Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving

Release Date:

06/15/2017

... that had been lost after the recession, and supported bold new investments in the nation’s manufacturing capacity.2 ...

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Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... international expansion, is fully embracing a new moneymaking strategy in the face of industrywide revenue ...

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Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... next week. The dispute centered on who would become the new principal of the Onondaga Nation School, which sits on ... board, which operates the school under a contract with the state , and has no Onondaga...

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After Blasting Success’s Board Chair, Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School

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09/05/2017

... Success Academy On First Day Of School To ring in the new school year, Chancellor Betty Rosa picked a seemingly ... past few months have been marked by friction between the State Education Department and SUNY...

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The Century Foundation Presents Inclusion and Industry 4.0

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06/11/2018

... needs of diverse communities. Hear remarks from Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs , other major regional leaders, and new research presented by The Century Foundation and the ...

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12 Jul 2012

Education Working Group Lunch: 2013 Reform Review Project

Thursday, July 12, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... invested more than 2 billion dollars in efforts to reshape New York City’s schools. While some foundations based outside the City have been major donors, New York City-based...

Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)

Release Date:

01/05/2016

... find a vegetable farm at a public housing development in New York City. But a one-acre farm at Red Hook Houses—the first-ever large farm on New York City Housing Authority...

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Foundations Need Capacity, Too: Initial Findings from the Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT)

Publication date:

01/2017

... that participated in taking the FCCAT in the spring of 2016 . We believe the findings presented here offer an ...

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TCC Group

De Blasio unveils 60-person transition team

Release Date:

11/20/2013

... Foundation; Ana Oliveira, President and CEO of the New York Women's Foundation; and Darren Walker, President of the ... that he says will advise him in the formation of his new...

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Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

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01/03/2014

In an op-ed for Crain's New York Business, Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin ... Blasio Administration must focus on the city's resiliency. New Yorkers expect two things...