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Landlords Are Sitting on Empty Apartments in Affordable Buildings, says Official

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10/21/2016

Landlords Are Sitting on Empty Apartments in Affordable Buildings, says ... apartments inside poorly maintained apartment buildings are challenging New Yorkers' chances of finding affordable housing at a time...

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Housing and Homelessness

Century Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity

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11/02/2016

... B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity New York City’ s schools are among the most segregated in the country — an issue that has ...

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Supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Forest Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money it Needs

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11/09/2016

... annual funding needs for restoration and conservation are met — about $50 billion. That means there is a ... to $350 billion per year (PDF). Of the money available, most comes from government or philanthropic...

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Simons Foundation Supports Study That Finds Bacteria Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments

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12/19/2016

... survive deep under the sea where there is no oxygen. There are several oxygen minimum zones in the oceans worldwide. Most species don’t survive in low oxygen except some ...

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Dove's #MyBeautyMySay Campaign Rises to Top of the Viral Video Chart

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06/28/2016

Dove' s #MyBeautyMySay Campaign Rises to Top of the Viral Video ... organic and paid plays each week to see which marketers are reaching consumers most with digital video. The Dove campaign...

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How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Girls of Color

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01/12/2017

... school discipline than their peers. According to the most recent data released by the US Department of Education, ... system. Advocates, educators and policymakers alike are looking for solutions to address...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Supported by Doris Duke, Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States

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03/13/2017

... maps identifying key landscapes in the Pacific Northwest most likely to sustain native species amid climate change, ... from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation that it’ s now distributing among local land...

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Rockefeller Foundation Helps Speed Up Development of Minigrids in Africa

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03/28/2017

... in Africa Development partners such as the U.K.’ s Department for International Development and Germany’ s GIZ are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to explore the ... money with the...

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Edna McConnell Clark's Nancy Roob Gives Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy

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03/30/2017

Edna McConnell Clark' s Nancy Roob Gives Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy ... In 10 Years: A New Normal for Philanthropy At this year' s TEDxPennAve in Washington DC, Nancy Roob shared how a...

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Open Society Foundations Hosts Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

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04/07/2017

... to bring about change. At the same time, more artists are imbuing their work with social and political messaging to advance the issues they feel most passionate about... Open Society Foundations Hosts ...

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Arts

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Novo Foundation Receives Some of the Billions and Billions That Warren Buffett Is Giving Away

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07/17/2017

... Away In 2006, Warren Buffett famously pledged to give away most of his Berkshire Hathaway stock, saying that the bulk of ... he held in 2006, gifts worth about $27 billion. Buffett’ s annual gifts to the five...

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Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics First Annual Meeting

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07/31/2017

... of its postdoctoral fellows will present reports on the most recent developments in various aspects of the field of ...

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Did Climate Change Intensify Hurricane Harvey?

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08/28/2017

... Houston metropolitan region is flooding: Interstates are under feet of water, local authorities have asked boat owners to join rescue efforts, and most of the streams and rivers near the city are...

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Red Cross Exec Doesn't Know What Portion Of Donations Go To Harvey Relief

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08/31/2017

... What Portion Of Donations Go To Harvey Relief As Americans are opening their wallets and donating to relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, one of the most prominent charities is the American Red...

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Employment Is Up in New York State, but Gains Are Uneven

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09/05/2017

Employment Is Up in New York State, but Gains Are Uneven The number of employed New Yorkers rose to its ... than 9.1 million New Yorkers were working in 2016—the most since 2008, according to the report. All...

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Economic Security

The 10 Companies with the Best CSR Reputations in 2017

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09/15/2017

... from respondents in 15 countries sheds light on which are perceived by consumers as the most socially responsible. The annual study, released ...

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Teach For America New York Executive Director Charissa Fernández On This Year’s Corps, DACA And Teacher Training

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09/21/2017

... York Executive Director Charissa Fernández On This Year’ s Corps, DACA And Teacher Training Teach for America may be one of the most well-known education nonprofits. The national group ... new teachers and...

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