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Violence Against Women Is Not Only a Local Issue

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03/22/2017

... Morocco was on my travel list for a long period, and I have always wanted to visit there to be immersed in the ... as the family code , in Morocco which increased women’ s rights. The Mudawana concerns issues...

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After White House Issues Demands, Hopes for an Immigration Deal Dim

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10/10/2017

... 800,000 young immigrants from deportation will depend on how far Democrats are willing to push the government toward a shutdown in mid-December, when a stopgap spending bill expires. . . After White House...

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Immigration

Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education

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10/13/2017

... morning in Pittsburgh, the city where he arrived in the U. S . from India 24 years ago. Pichai also unveiled a program ... called "Grow with Google" aimed at training Americans how to get jobs or grow...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

... An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse Great Britain’ s exit from the European Union followed by the unexpected ... some prestigious academic institutions and philanthropies have slowly dared to enter. This...

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Inside Philanthropy Looks at The Helmsley Charitable Trust Work to Improve Stroke Outcomes in Rural America

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09/11/2018

... a hospital. Larger, more sparsely populated states can have a tough time maintaining advanced care centers ... A recent example is the three-year, $6.5 million grant out of its Rural Healthcare Program to the...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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Meet Nakia Wallace, the new Program Associate of the Communities Transforming Policing Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

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04/13/2022

... Renne’ Wallace (She/Her) who will serve as the fund’ s Program Associate. Nakia is a proud native Detroiter who ... with the Michigan Justice Fund, where she worked to divert resources from law enforcement and...

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New York Life Donates $500K Challenge Grant Toward Creation of Central Park's First Statues of Real Women

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11/28/2016

... $500K Challenge Grant Toward Creation of Central Park' s First Statues of Real Women NEW YORK, November 28, 2016 - ... fully and fairly includes the vast and varied roles women have played in it. Our...

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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

... States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in ... more in government revenues over the past decade than they cost . The draft report,...

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To Be Brave and Radical in Arts Philanthropy

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02/20/2019

... and Fund in The New York Community Trust Today’ s cultural and political moment demands action from all of us, in whatever spheres of influence we may have . Our responsibility in this moment is to move from...

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To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

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08/16/2012

... of natural gas to go forward in the State, and if so, how to regulate it. A de facto moratorium was put in place by ... economy, has become far more prominent in the nation’ s mix of energy fuels. But the...

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Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

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04/17/2014

... importance of the post-secondary credential to one’ s ability to participate in the labor market in this ... recent years, policymakers, educators and philanthropy have increasingly highlighted the challenge...

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Third Wave Fund, New York Women's Foundation and Ms. Foundation Pen Open Letter to Foundations and Donors Calling for Increased Funding to People of Color

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03/09/2017

Third Wave Fund, New York Women' s Foundation and Ms. Foundation Pen Open Letter to ... director of the Funders Network on Population Reproductive Health & Rights. “We must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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16 Jun 2016

Making Big Bets for Big Results - Webinar

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2:00pm to 3:30pm

... identified at $10M or above) over the past decade plus have gone to such causes. The Bridgespan Group identified a number of barriers and stories of how some donors were getting beyond them in their Winter...

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

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09/27/2017

... Around the world, hundreds of millions of students are spending years in school while learning virtually nothing, ... even the most basic life skills,” write the report’ s authors, Deon Filmer and Halsey...

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Arcus, NoVo Foundation Announce Groundbreaking Philanthropy Initiative to Improve the Lives of Transgender People

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12/08/2015

... Foundation ( www.novofoundation.org ), one of the world’ s largest private foundations supporting efforts focused ... Trans Initiative will deploy grants and philanthropic resources totaling at least $20...

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The New York Community Trust Hires Environmental Program Officer

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02/12/2014

... state and federal environmental agencies as well for a U. S . Congressman and the United Nations, brings more than 20 ... a dozen countries across the Americas with the Natural Resources Defense Council and...

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Thrive by 25: Casey Foundation Announces Increased Focus on Youth and Young Adults

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01/28/2021

... been committed to building a brighter future for America’ s children, families and communities, striving to ensure all ... to manage anxiety and depression . They’ve shared how they lack the support needed to...

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