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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... the media mogul Barry Diller, whose corporate headquarters are nearby, to cover most of the construction and operational costs; he brought in ... design also accommodated three outdoor event venues; it’...

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Community Development

After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’

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09/25/2017

... wildfires raged in California. Early in Mother Nature’ s most recent season of discontent, donations from everyday ... and raises disaster relief money. He says Americans are incredibly...

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De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.

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09/26/2017

... For $582 Million, Change Is Slow. Even as New York City’ s schools opened their doors for the new year this month, the ... of millions of dollars to turn around the city’ s most troubled...

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Education

Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says

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09/27/2017

... Says Around the world, hundreds of millions of students are spending years in school while learning virtually ... of children reach young adulthood without even the most basic life skills,” write the report’...

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Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too

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09/28/2017

... their house files — even their lapsed donor files — are among the most valuable sources of names for their campaigns. Karen ... knowledge. So when success rates for the organization’ s...

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Online Giving Up, But Overall Giving Declines

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10/03/2017

... conversely, went up by 9.8 percent when the two periods are compared. Large organizations, defined as those with $10 million or more in revenue struggled the most overall, down 2.4 percent, but had the biggest...

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David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall

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10/05/2017

... The media mogul David Geffen, one of the cultural world’ s leading philanthropists, attacked wealthy New Yorkers on ... a “shameful” record of failing to donate to the city’ s concert halls and allowing these...

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New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

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10/05/2017

New York’ s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law New York state’ s high school graduation rate may take a hit due to an ... earned by only about 4 percent of graduating students. ( ...

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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago, ... of losing pushed people toward decisions that were not the most advantageous in the long...

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Economic Security

Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

... $100,000 Match Brooklyn is setting out to prove that it’ s New York City’ s most generous borough this holiday season with #BrooklynGives ... the donation challenge in support of 20...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts

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12/15/2017

... thousand years, from every corner of the globe. One of the most meaningful aspects of this encounter is the awareness it ...

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Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Former Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society

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02/01/2018

... and gender and sexual liberation work that centers people most affected by poverty, war, and racism. Paulina is always ...

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The Whiting Foundation Announces The 2018 Whiting Award Winners

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03/22/2018

... don't even have a second book to their names. But that' s the idea here. The Whiting Foundation announced the 10 ... poetry and drama in its bid to honor literature' s most...

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Daggett Announces Retirement from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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06/07/2018

... Foundation After eight years leading one of New Jersey’ s largest and most well-known philanthropic organizations, Chris Daggett is ... R. Dodge Foundation on September 1. Under Daggett’ s...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Names Nicole Taylor as President and CEO

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11/14/2018

... counties, and helps connect donors’ interests to the most pressing needs throughout our community. In Nicole ... the private and public sectors. Nicole embodies SVCF’ s values of courage, collaboration,...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Working to Gather 20,000 Teen Opinions Across Western New York & Southeast Michigan

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11/29/2018

... "Where I live or work, one thing teens want when they are not in school is ...". Teen Opinions Count, the latest ... in research to hear directly from teens about what they're most interested in...

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Farhad Asghar Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Officer for Pathways to Postsecondary Success

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11/29/2018

... overseeing part of our education portfolio. Farhad’ s work experience includes managing direct service programs, ... non-profits, and community-based organizations. Farhad most recently served as the Executive...

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Support from The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Helps the Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation Provide Vision Services for its Clients

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12/04/2018

... vision might not seem like a huge difference maker, it most certainly can be. “Because if you can’t see, then ... has about 275 clients islandwide — about 125 of them are in West Hawaii. Hollowell said people...

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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $24 Million in Research Grants

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02/28/2019

... Grants The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson' s Research (MJFF) has announced a hundred and twenty-seven ... pathway. According to MJFF, mutations in the GBA gene are the most...

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