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Some NYC K-12 Schools Cross $50,000-a-Year Mark

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09/19/2017

... schools in New York City hit $40,000 a year. Now, a few have crossed the $50,000 threshold. Some parents say they have become resigned to fast-rising bills at elite schools ... private schools increasingly are...

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New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions

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10/03/2017

... $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions At New York City' s housing court in downtown Brooklyn, where judges preside ... Brooklyn Defender Services. “All of the landlords have attorneys,” he said, flipping...

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Housing and Homelessness

Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash

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10/06/2017

... Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash Nonprofit lenders in the U. S . with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor communities have a foothold in the bond market. There are $92 trillion ... Whole Foods, it...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students

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04/27/2018

... emphasis on students from particular populations that have been historically disadvantaged in higher education. The ... all Wabash students, and especially those young men who have traditionally struggled to...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on Foundations Distinguished Service Award

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11/08/2018

... the Distinguished Service Award is known as philanthropy' s highest honor, according to the Council on Foundations ... website. The Award “highlights those who not only have accomplished a great deal in...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Supported By the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Barcelona FC Offers Free Football Training to Child Refugees in Lesvos

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04/02/2019

... involving adult refugees as coaches. Hundreds of children have become members of the Barca Soccer FutbolNet programme since the programme’ s implementation in July 2017, with the support of Stavros ... and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Latinx Artist Fellowship

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07/22/2021

... or Caribbean descent who live and work in the US— have made significant and vital contributions to American culture. Yet these artists have lacked visibility and received little of the ...

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Arts

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Legislator To Propose Federal Tax On Sugary Drinks

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06/06/2014

... together leading researchers and scientists, public health officials, foundation executives, and community ... Heart Association, the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, the California Endowment and...

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Health

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Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida

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12/10/2015

... according to a pilot study of the interactive Mobitle Health & Rehabilitation app. Findings were published Oct. ... the Verizon Foundation and the National Institutes of Health . . . Verizon Supported Study...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Verizon

28 Jun 2016

Building a Healthy Financial Ecosystem for Artists

Tuesday, June 28, 2016 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... in the Arts in this conversation on the financial health and wellness for individual artists. Explore The ... and asset accumulation Practices to make financial health a component of the arts and culture...

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Arts

NYSHealth Launches 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals

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09/02/2016

... Projects Fund Request for Proposals The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) 2017 Special Projects Fund ... funding opportunities consistent with the Foundation' s mission to improve the ...

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Announces Hiring of George Suttles as Program Officer

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01/06/2017

... Manager in the Philanthropic Solutions division of U. S . Trust, where he served as a relationship manager for ... and was formerly a program officer at the New York State Health Foundation. "We are...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Aging

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EAC Network Teams Up with Bank of America, Long Island Community Foundation for “Fresh from the Garden” Senior Initiative

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03/15/2017

... , announced the launch of the social service agency’ s brand new Fresh from the Garden program to provide ... is promoting the power of good nutrition to kick start the health of older New Cassel residents,”...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

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Food Systems

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New York Life Foundation Awards Grief Reach Grant to Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA

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12/03/2019

... MA Mount Auburn Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health , announced recently that it has received a $100,000 ... support the Mount Auburn Hospital/CareGroup Parmenter’ s Home Care and Hospice HEARTplay...

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Grantmakers in Aging Announces Lindsay A. Goldman as New CEO

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10/19/2020

... that included the award-winning Age-friendly NYC and Health & Age Across All Policies initiative in New York ... and information and referral services. She also led the Health Enhancement Partnership, an...

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Grantmakers in Aging

20 Sep 2012

Luncheon Program with John Feather, Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, September 20, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... age in communities throughout the country. Explore How GIA can better meet our needs as metro-NY area members What you would like to see GIA do in the future How GIA can remain at the cutting edge of improving...

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Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

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09/08/2014

... of the principal has, traditionally, been overlooked. How about a new education reform push, one that focuses less ... managerial jobs and oversee instruction, too — what and how students are learning. The...

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Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?

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09/22/2015

... surveillance, privacy, and economic justice, experienced how borrowers are targeted firsthand when he was called by a ... interactions with one company, Student Debt Relief, and how it operates in a regulatory...

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Housing and Homelessness

Economic Security

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Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

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01/24/2017

Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation' s Gift for Racial Justice The longer you hang around philanthropy, the more you'll realize how deeply family background influences people' s...

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