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Arcus Director Examines the Story Behind LGBT History Month

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09/04/2015

... Wilson, suggested that LGBT history — like women’ s history and African-American history — needed a month ... Pride Month, June, would not work because school was out , and other months were spoken for by other...

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Arcus Foundation

AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce

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11/03/2015

... in Event on the STEM Workforce In the United States, it' s estimated that 75 percent of all jobs will require STEM ... expertise by 2018, with similar trends playing out in countries around the world. And...

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Johnson & Johnson

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks

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12/07/2015

... America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks One out of every seven Americans relies regularly on food banks, ... Jersey, the ratio is smaller but still significant — one out of 10. But for the...

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Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

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03/17/2016

... living in poverty. But according to new research out today from TCF’ s Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative, a ... children age 6 and above) would lift 3.2 million children out...

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The Century Foundation

NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment

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03/28/2017

... Amendment The National Council of Nonprofits is putting out an urgent call to all nonprofits and foundations to sign ... on Foundations has advised that foundations can speak out on this issue, as is fall...

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Opinion: The Urban Revival Is Over

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09/05/2017

... over the past decade or two may be in danger. As it turns out , the much-ballyhooed new age of the city might be giving way to a great urban stall- out . Starting around the turn of the millennium, young, ...

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Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say

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10/05/2017

Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio' s Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’ s opinion about whether to shut down the Rikers Island jail ... trial date. The...

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US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations Honing Strategies for Greater Impact

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02/03/2017

... Honing Strategies for Greater Impact Funded by U. S . Trust , the survey also found that small foundations and individual donors have been formalizing their governance structures and process ... past decade,...

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Adriana de Lucio

... at Philanthropy New York. She supports the organization’ s Executive Office through coordinating meetings with members ... South Africa, and Brazil. She recently came back after spending a year in Sao Paulo,...

Bipartisan Report Warns of Extreme Threat to Economy From Global Warming

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06/24/2014

... than a million homes and businesses along the nation’ s coasts could flood repeatedly before ultimately being ... Heat and humidity will probably grow so intense that spending time outside will become...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Three Education Ideas for NYC’s New Mayor

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10/15/2013

... , a new initiative wants to make sure the new mayor starts out with a few pointers on education. This person will have to assemble an entire strategy for education, but the ... our schools. Earlier this week,...

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Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?

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01/11/2013

... President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation. It’ s no surprise that Wayne LaPierre and the NRA think that ... As reported by The Washington Post, recommendations coming out of the Gun Violence Task Force...

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Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid

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12/25/2012

... in early January checks from $1,000 to $5,000 will go out to companies, choreographers and theaters knocked back on ...

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Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

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05/20/2013

The country’ s only independent polling agency has been accused under a ... turned against the Kremlin, there was one main way to find out about it — the Levada Center, a respected group of ... who broke off their...

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Ford Foundation

B. Altman, a Store From Yesteryear, Still Makes Its Presence Felt in the City

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11/28/2013

... it seemed almost fusty. And then, after a listless going- out -of-business sale that began on the day after Thanksgiving ...

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'Embrace of the Serpent' Wins Sloan Foundation Prize at Sundance for Portrayal of Science

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01/29/2016

... at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The prize is given out annually to the movie that best portrays science and ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining

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08/01/2016

... paintings and other complex digital data and work things out automatically... Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to ...

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ASPCA Survey Finds Consumers Concerned About Farm Animal Welfare, but Confused by Food Labels

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08/12/2016

... stores is a bit like sitting down to read a children’ s storybook. Gleaming red barns jut out of green rolling hills. Cartoon cows and chickens graze ...