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Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy

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05/29/2014

... and advances in the economic and social standing of women have been distinguishing features of the 20th and early 21st ... The first section will examine changes in women’ s labor market outcomes including...

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Gender Justice

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11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

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05/30/2014

... Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation] The White House’ s My Brother’ s Keeper Task Force today released a report on policies, regulations, and programs that have the potential to expand...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

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06/01/2014

... low-income neighborhoods where reading scores historically have been poor, the pilot program aims to help more than ...

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Education

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NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’

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06/04/2014

NYC Council members rip Walmart’ s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’ More than half the members of the City Council have fired off a letter to Walmart demanding that it stop ... here, including $1 million to the New...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

Release Date:

06/04/2014

... is taking risks with philanthropic capital, risks she says have the potential for bigger impact long term. These ...

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Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia

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06/19/2014

... ethically employing hundreds of thousands of people, BPOs have a role to play in shifting the social landscape in ...

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Bloggers Falsely Accuse JPMorgan Chase of Employee "LGBT Loyalty Test"

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07/07/2014

... Chase appears to be the victim of right wing bloggers who have been making erroneous posts alleging the bank requires ...

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LGBTQ

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

... to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have to live in poverty. Saru Jayaraman is co-founder and ...

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Workforce Development

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Surdna Foundation

Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors

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08/13/2014

... Two 2014 Fields Medals and the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize have been awarded to Simons Foundation grantees Manjul ... Congress of Mathematicians (ICM). This year’ s medalists, Manjul Bhargava, Maryam Mirzakhani,...

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Education

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NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs

Release Date:

09/29/2014

... preferring shelters and other services for people who have been abused, little money goes to statewide associations ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail

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10/03/2014

... Culture Trail An arts and education center and what' s believed to be the first Puerto Rican-owned music store in ... as part of the South Bronx Culture Trail. Ten sites have been picked to receive the...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds New Smartphone Application to Detect Vision Problems in Young Patients

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11/05/2014

... researchers — including an ophthalmology resident — have successfully used a smartphone app to image the back of ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps

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11/03/2014

... Causes Consider Their Next Steps The Arcus Foundation’ s latest effort in support of gay and lesbian issues began ... speaks to a bubbling uncertainty among the movement’ s philanthropic vanguard. After a...

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Johnson Family Foundation

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LGBTQ

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Ford Foundation

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Rockefeller Foundation to Announce Second Batch of Resilient Cities

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12/02/2014

... spanning 94 countries, the latest batch of the world’ s “most resilient cities” will be unveiled by the ... on Wednesday. The chosen 35 cities will be those that have , in line with the ambitions of this...

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Community Development

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Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators

Release Date:

12/04/2014

... The sixth-annual Sloan Awards recipients, who have been teaching math or science in city high schools for ... individual prize of $5,000 and $2,500 for their school’ s math or science department.... Sloan...

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NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues

Release Date:

02/11/2015

... local immigrant communities. Key aspects of her agenda have dealt with law enforcement and immigrant services, ... speaker with a focus on supporting and protecting the city' s immigrants. Mark-Viverito...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

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The New York Community Trust

OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

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02/12/2015

... said. More than a quarter of American households do not have such access.... OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for ...

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