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Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say

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09/15/2017

... them nabbing two men around the corner on Smith Street just after 9:45 a.m., said attorney Nathaniel Damren , who ... car on Schermerhorn Street." It was not immediately clear when or where the other two...

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Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges

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09/20/2017

... The Administration for Children’s Services stepped in just this past weekend to remove a young boy who reportedly ... school officials on Staten Island that his mother beat him when he found her illegal...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.

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10/02/2017

... and it has lived up to expectations. “The food is just ——” he said, raising his fingertips to his mouth and smacking his lips. “ When you taste it you feel good.” Ghana, a coastal African ...

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Food Systems

ASPCA Launches New Social Media Campaign

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10/02/2017

... a perfect pup for every person — sometimes they just need help finding each other. That’s the theme of a ... the country. “Find Your Fido” launched on Monday when “Fido,” a cut-out of a smiling mixed-breed...

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Animal Welfare

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Many Young Adults With Autism Also Have Mental Health Issues

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10/03/2017

... motivational speaker in Bradford, Ontario. It wasn't just the challenge of organizing his assignments and fighting ... are so much harder to understand or initiate when by default you don't really...

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Health

Online Giving Up, But Overall Giving Declines

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10/03/2017

... Index. Online giving, conversely, went up by 9.8 percent when the two periods are compared. Large organizations, ... of the spectrum and saw overall growth of 2.4 percent, but just 4.4 percent online. Medium-...

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Schumer Calls On EPA To Resume 'Abandoned' Cleanups Of Radioactive Hot Spots

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10/10/2017

... investigation and cleanup efforts for the three properties when the work was halted. "EPA just packed up the trucks, abandoned the sites, abandoned .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $29.3 Million to Hellenic Fire Service

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07/31/2018

... the wake of catastrophic forest fires that raged for days just east of Athens, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has ... response and prevention and training programs. Since 1996, when the foundation was...

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Disaster Relief

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Survey Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Elderly Prone to Workplace Discrimination

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05/23/2019

... while 43% of adults younger than 45 say the same. "I just think they're not really aware of it," says Wendy Sachs, ... — say they believe their age puts them at a disadvantage when looking for...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Aging

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Consider This Tool for More Nimble Philanthropy

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02/27/2017

... and efficient means of launching a project – when time is of the essence and flexibility is the goal. For example, when a large number of Wall Street firms wanted to work ... offers administrative services...

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Philanthropy Should Focus on the Assets of Aging

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04/22/2016

... 65+. Do people 65-105 have the same opinions? Or do we just not care what they are? So what does this have to ... on the deficits, not the assets, of late life. But when the philanthropic discussion around...

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Philanthropy Must Shift Power to Others

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05/06/2016

... We have been around long enough to know that we’re not just going to write a check and “empower” women. Women ... asset. By investing in their power, we can get them the resources they deserve, and in so doing...

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Gender Justice

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UJA-Federation of New York Named an Official Charity Partner of the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon

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03/13/2017

... million in 2016. UJA-Federation was established in 1917, when a group of Jewish community leaders, determined to more ... address issues that matter most to them, pooling their resources to care for Jews...

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Evaluating a Culture

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05/22/2019

... many interests during his lifetime, the Board identified just one area of grantmaking for the future: the performing ... to stay mindful of time in other ways, too. For instance, when sitting down with...

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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... how everyone involved looks at inclusion in the workplace. When we have an open position that a manager seeks to fill by ... as well. The employee’s direct manager, human resources staff, and the employees who...

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Borealis Philanthropy Introduces María Alejandra Salazar, the new Program Officer of the Communities Transforming Policing Fund

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04/13/2022

... María Alejandra was director of the Multicultural Resources Program at Northside Community Services (NCR) in ... I thought, what else can I do to support movement work? When I learned about Borealis it felt...

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Open Society Launches Fund for a Free and Democratic Ukraine

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03/03/2022

... credible documentation of war crimes. This will include resources for investigative journalists, artists, and ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Disaster Relief

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PNY Joins Philanthropy Groups in Calling on Funders to Keep Equity at the Forefront of Philanthropy’s Response to COVID-19

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03/20/2020

... “The elderly and disabled are at particular risk when their daily lives and support systems are disrupted. ... are often the same people who do not have the financial resources or appropriate health insurance...

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New York Life Foundation's Award-Winning Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative Surpasses Milestone

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07/11/2019

... it has surpassed its goal of providing grief training and resources to 1,000 schools across the country through the ... "Reaching this milestone illustrates the demand for resources that equip school...

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