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08 Apr 2014

Meet the New Health Commissioner: Dr. Mary T. Bassett is One of Our Own

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... Bassett, the newly appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Most recently, ... questions about the future of public health in New York City . The program will start...

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Issue-Based

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Public Policy

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Health

Public Policy

New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records

Release Date:

06/01/2014

... studies done around Rochester, New York’s third-largest city . .. New York is building one of the nation’s largest ...

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Health

Teagle Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Two New Higher Education Initiatives

Release Date:

05/24/2014

... Education Initiatives The Teagle Foundation in New York City has announced grants totaling more than $2.1 million ...

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Education

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The Teagle Foundation

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

Release Date:

06/04/2014

... ‘dangerous dollars’ More than half the members of the City Council have fired off a letter to Walmart demanding ...

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Workforce Development

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The New York Women's Foundation

Why Do Banks Care About Youth Career Readiness in New York?

Release Date:

06/03/2014

JP Morgan Chase recently announced a $250 million initiative to bolster the skills of workers, with a big focus on young people and three months later, the Citi Foundation also announced its biggest initiative ever: a $50 million, three-year effort...

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Economic Security

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Citi Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort

Release Date:

07/17/2014

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help connect poor Americans with programs they may not know about but that could help lift them out of poverty.

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Volunteerism

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Economic Security

Workforce Development

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Weinberg Foundation To Make $700,000 in Emergency Grants to Nonprofits in Israel

Release Date:

07/29/2014

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced today it will donate $700,000 to support many of its active grantees that have provided crucial social services to those affected by rocket attacks on cities in Israel.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies' Global "To Do" List Has Familiar Look

Release Date:

08/23/2014

As mayor, Michael Bloomberg fought against smoking and sugary drinks in NYC and now--as a philanthropist--he's taking those fights, along with other efforts to save and improve lives, to cities and countries around the world.

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Children, Youth and Families

Environment and Climate Change

Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

09/22/2014

... United Nations climate change summit meeting in New York City , is part of a broader and accelerating initiative.... ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail

Release Date:

10/03/2014

... to be the first Puerto Rican-owned music store in the city are among the sites set to get markers that will ...

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Arts

Community Development

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The New York Community Trust

Foundations Shouldn’t Shrink From Supporting Marches to Curb Climate Change

Release Date:

10/19/2014

... But as such things go, last month’s march in New York City , which attracted some 400,000 people to promote policies ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

The Living Wage Debate: Affordability and Feasibility

Release Date:

11/17/2014

... work. Many of them – an estimated 35,000 in New York City , many of them part-time – are paid less than $15.00 an ... of non-profits in the social services sector in the City . She urged that they be given...