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As Flood Risks Rise, Trump’s Executive Order Jeopardizes Our Infrastructure and Communities

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09/12/2017

... event, Trump also announced a new executive order that will roll back environmental reviews and a standard to reduce ... “private” half of the public-private partnerships that will implement the president’s...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $55 Million to a Mid-Manhattan Library

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09/14/2017

... in private money needed to pay for that makeover, which will also come with a new name. The donation, which the ... with $151 million from a longstanding city commitment, it will cover the...

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What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

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09/29/2017

... Delivering humanitarian aid can be enormously complex. It requires far-flung logistical efforts that involve moving, ... are very few funders consistently seeking ways to improve cost -effective and adaptable...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

By funding the library system's surprisingly costly amnesty program, JPB calls to light a problematic and age-old obstacle to public library engagement: library fines.

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

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10/31/2017

... has found that while civic tech is a growth industry, it is one largely filled with organizations struggling to ...

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Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies

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02/21/2018

... in favor of supporting program-related efforts. In 2016, it committed $1 billion toward helping up to 300 nonprofits ... into fund-related investments. In 2017, Ford pledged that it would deploy $1 billion of...

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Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Award 16 Jewish Camps With Grants to Increase Accessibility

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04/01/2019

... physical and sensory disabilities. The grants will go for capital improvements, professional development, ... to independently raise 25 percent of the project’s cost before applying. They will...

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Christine Rhee Joins the Wallace Foundation

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12/11/2013

Christine Rhee has joined the Wallace Foundation as Program Officer for the Arts.

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Report Details Employment Challenges Facing Latino Youth

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06/13/2014

A study supported by the Rockefeller Foundation finds that Latinos, the youngest and fastest-growing segment of the American labor force, face considerable challenges gaining stable employment.

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Confidence Index Finds that National Debt is Top Priority for Voters

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09/30/2014

... to address America’s fiscal challenges, shows that Americans remain highly concerned about the country’s ... Confidence Index, is 41 (100 is neutral), indicating Americans want to see more action from their...

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Bank of America and Feeding America Partner to Tackle Hunger in America

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09/01/2015

... Give A Meal, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation will give $2 more, up to $1.5 million – giving donors the ... banks, supporting our efforts to stabilize the lives of Americans struggling with hunger,...

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Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

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12/16/2015

... Student presentations took place on Sunday morning. It was moving to see these Brooklyn youth come together in ...

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Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050

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05/19/2016

... to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050 A study published today by researchers at ... to double over the next 35 years. By 2050, the number of Americans with a variety of...

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PhilTV This Week: Feb. 3, 2017

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02/07/2017

Featuring NY Community Trust, UJA-Federation of New York, MAC AIDS Fund, The Search for PNY's Next Public Policy Fellow.

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness

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04/05/2017

Under a program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, some student loan borrowers were supposed to be able to have the balance of their student loans forgiven after ten years of both on-time payments and eligible work in the public sector. Last...

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'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia

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04/12/2017

... as a young heiress and socialite in the 1930s and 1940s, Americans worried about a very different set of foreign ...

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