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Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.

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04/15/2014

... about curbing gun violence, an organization he hopes can eventually outmuscle the National Rifle Association. Mr. ...

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NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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06/11/2014

... and Public Affairs. The researchers suggest the program can and should be replicated in urban areas across the ...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

... be evaluated using the city’s new online database, which can match administrators with school data, such as ...

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Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

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11/07/2014

... is a 501(c)(4) "social-welfare" organization, the money can be used for political activity. The ACLU has earmarked .....

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Justice Reform

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Verizon Foundation to Support STEM Programs in 80 Schools

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12/05/2014

... free or reduced lunch. The grants, totaling $1.6 million, can be used for professional development for teachers or to ...

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Tow Foundation President Emily Tow Jackson Supports Governor Cuomo's Recommendation to Raise the Age

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01/20/2015

... the Age New York state should raise the age that youths can be tried and convicted as adults to 18, a commission ...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

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Justice Reform

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NY Stem Cell Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Explore Strategies to Advance Women in Science

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03/06/2015

... committees tells the more complex story. Women in science can succeed, but they are succeeding in fields that may not ...

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Doris Duke Foundation

OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug

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03/25/2015

... of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug The drug naloxone can be life-saving. Perhaps better known under the brand name ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research

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04/10/2015

... treatment focuses on reducing pressure in the eye that can trigger glaucoma, rather than addressing the disease at a ...

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Commonwealth Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches

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04/15/2015

... care and organizing medical information so that scientists can use it to make discoveries. But those benefits could ...

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Technology

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The Commonwealth Fund

National LGBT Museum Board of Directors Votes to Establish Museum in NYC

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04/30/2015

... in an extensive visioning process (details of which can be found at www.nationallgbtmuseum.org ), examined a ...

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Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants

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05/28/2015

... twelve hundred "DREAMers" with $25,000 scholarships that can be used to obtain a bachelor's degree at any of .....

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Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code

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09/01/2015

... culmination of the Girls Who Code summer camp. “You can change the world because you’ve learned to code,” ...

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Carnegie Corp. President: America’s Wealth & its Deep Decency - A Thanksgiving Reflection on Philanthropy

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11/30/2015

... everyone that charitable giving is something anyone can do — and everyone should do.” The importance of ...

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New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work

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12/10/2015

... critical to developing outstanding school principals who can improve teaching and learning. . . New National Standards ...

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United Hospital Fund's Levine Speaks on Healthcare's Toll on Caregivers

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02/16/2016

... and managing medications — a stressful role that can take a toll on their well-being, she said. “By ...

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Specialty Food Foundation Addresses Hunger With Social Entrepreneurship

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03/02/2016

... focused on food recovery/innovative solutions to hunger can apply for grants ranging from $10,000 - $30,000. ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Food Systems

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NYS Health Foundation Report: Hospital Mergers Lead to Higher Prices in NY

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03/25/2016

... in higher prices; in concentrated markets, price increases can surpass 20 percent. . . NYS Health Foundation Report: ...

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Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval

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04/21/2016

... Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval The Ford Foundation can now move forward with the planned revamp of its iconic ...

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