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Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

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02/11/2016

... Achievement Gap (Century Foundation) Schools and states have poured millions of dollars into overhauling teacher ... of struggling pupils. But in doing so, many schools may have overlooked a proven educational...

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Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its First Decade

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02/11/2016

... Its First Decade Friday, January 29, was Bob Woodruff' s 10th Alive Day . As we reflect on the day that a roadside bomb nearly took Bob' s life in Iraq, we celebrate the impact that moment has had...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Veterans

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Bob Woodruff Foundation

Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize

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09/07/2016

... work to scientific and business audiences. Applicants must have between 2 to 8 years of experience running their own laboratories and must have a PhD, MD or MD-PhD (or equivalent). The deadline to ... Research...

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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New York Community Trust Weighs in on Distribution of Post-Trump Donations to Nonprofits

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02/06/2017

... Community Trust, wrote in an email that, “Although we have heard no reports that community organizations in New York City have received significant increases in cash donations, we understand that many of them...

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The New York Community Trust

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Others Partner to Launch '50 Reefs' Global Initiative to Protect Critical Ecosystem

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02/28/2017

... 50 Reefs initiative will bring together many of the world' s leading ocean, climate, and marine scientists and ... of Ocean Agency and the Global Change Institute, which have conducted a comprehensive...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

... Volunteering ver the past decade, businesses of all kinds have become much more socially aware and active. In 2015, ... can be made for skills-based volunteering programs, which have been shown to increase...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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From the Ground Up

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09/08/2017

From the Ground Up Top-down development doesn't work. What' s needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, and ... mandates and economic planning models often reduce India’ s poor to a...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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A Smarter Response: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars

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09/11/2017

... scroll through Facebook and want to help? You don’t even have to open a new tab. Many of you may have seen the prompts from Google and Facebook to donate to ... Philanthropy. The center hopes to satisfy the...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of ... that a group opposing Mayor Jason Gonzalez’ s decision to eliminate funding for nonprofits...

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In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... Hurricane Harvey caused devastating flooding at Houston’ s Alley Theatre, actors and production staff were ... their hard work realized, says Nancy Giles, the Alley’ s director of development. "Theater...

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Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term

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12/11/2017

... that just 30.8 percent of Staten Island residents have at least a bachelor' s degree -- that' s roughly half the rate of Manhattan, where 59.9 percent of .....

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Appointments & Transitions

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Ann Raffel Joins John A. Hartford Foundation as Information Technology Officer

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06/04/2012

... support highly dedicated and capable people as they carry out the John A. Hartford Foundation mission of improving the ...

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03 Apr 2014

Watchers of the Sky - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series

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5:30pm to 8:30pm

... courage, compassion, and determination, while setting out to uncover the forgotten life of Raphael Lemkin - the man ... world from mass atrocities. Inspired by Samantha Power’ s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, A...

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NYC Preparing To Expand Restorative Justice Programs in Schools

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06/20/2014

... relationships, like writing an apology note or helping out a teacher. On Friday, a department spokeswoman said ...

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Insights

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NYCT, American Express, Ford Support Launch of Caribbean Cultural Center

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09/17/2014

... Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI), the nation' s foremost Afro-Caribbean cultural center, will break ground ... and future of East Harlem, and administration of CCCADI' s after school...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

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10/21/2014

... Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia SOS Children' s Villages, the world' s largest organization dedicated to orphaned and abandoned ... enrollment rates, but the number of students dropping...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Releases Report that Examines the Skills Gap in NYC

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10/30/2014

... today released the first in a series of reports that lays out a specific roadmap for addressing the mismatch between ... Later this year, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’ s Jobs for New Yorkers Task Force...

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OSF Grants $8 Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs

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06/09/2015

... (DAPA), and help them find key documents and fill out applications. “The reality is you can’t turn on a switch in people’ s lives and all of the sudden 5 million people pour into the ... process,’’ said Ken...

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