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Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others

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07/15/2016

... BRKA ), according to an official filing Thursday. He' s now made a huge donation 11 years in a row. This year, ... links to the Buffett family will share the rest: Buffett' s education...

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Appointments & Transitions

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NY Community Trust Announces Three Staff Promotions to Program Director

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07/28/2016

... Thriving Communities program; and Shawn Morehead covers Education and Human Justice in our Promising Futures program. ... and the Global Fund for Women. Michele has a bachelor’ s degree from Brown in...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients

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12/09/2016

Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U. S . Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients The U. S . healthcare system is failing patients with complex medical ... Nearly half the high-need population — which tends to...

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

Hazen Foundation' s Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students? It’ s been said that a budget is a statement of policy, the ... while states struggle to provide adequate funding for ...

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Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature

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02/17/2017

Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator' s BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature ... privilege... Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator' s BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY...

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Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

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03/17/2017

Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor' s Office in a Quest for Better Health Aetna recently ... opportunities for all Americans—regardless of income, education or ethnic background—to take an active role...

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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

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04/25/2017

... Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’ s Economy Billions Each Year Long Island’ s economy could ... emphasized that the region’ s overall economy would be...

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Social Justice

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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04/26/2017

... journalists, and authors with the goal of strengthening U. S . democracy, driving technological and cultural creativity, ... The winning proposals address issues such as inequity in U. S . education...

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Workforce Development

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program

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04/27/2017

... the national voice for baccalaureate and graduate nursing education , today announced that they have received a $33,000 ... Program. The first Compassion Scholars Program will be held in conjunction with the...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

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05/19/2017

... and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401(k) s or other retirement accounts. The survey shows older white ... On top of that, blacks earn less than whites with similar education and experience,...

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

... in Article on Fighting for Women of Color By now it’ s clear the Trump era will be cruel to women. The President and Congress have proposed ... cuts to the nation’ s most effective health,...

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Gender Justice

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Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

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09/12/2017

... others: those travelling alone, those with low levels of education and those undertaking longer journeys. Most ...

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Prodded by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side

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09/13/2017

... Integration Plan for Lower East Side The New York City education department on Tuesday revealed a plan that ... 1, which also includes the East Village. The plan’ s goal is for each school’ s...

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Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York

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09/15/2017

... with 500. The top three industries that added jobs were: education and health services, with 1,700; health care and ...

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43% of City Students Not Getting Required Sex Ed Courses, Comptroller Says

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09/18/2017

... Comptroller Says More than 40 percent of the city’ s middle and high school students are not getting the sex education required by the state, according to a report ... city teenagers is slightly rising,...

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Nonprofits Scramble to Respond to the New DACA Deadline

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... to the New DACA Deadline Since President Donald Trump’ s administration ordered an end to the Deferred Action for ... some 800,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U. S . in their youth to live, work...

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After Stabbing, Teachers Will Get Training on Defusing Behavior Issues

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10/03/2017

... Fariña, said Monday that, in response to last week’ s fatal stabbing at a school in the Bronx, the Education Department would focus its training for teachers on ... though not by Mr. McCree and Mr. Laboy, who...

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New Initiative Aims to Have Every New York City Public School Student See a Broadway Show

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10/10/2017

... League has teamed up with the New York City Department of Education to launch the first year of Broadway Bridges, an ... Chocolate Factory, Kinky Boots, Miss Saigon, The Band’ s Visit, The Lion King, and The...

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City to Expand 3-K Program to 6 New Neighborhoods

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10/13/2017

... City Hall on Thursday announced plans to expand its pre-K education program for 3-year-olds in six new neighborhoods ... running at full capacity in 2022, the operating cost will be $180 million annually,...

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