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COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation

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01/10/2017

... staff since 2010, will be taking a position at Sotheby' s . "Sharon was one of the first people Christy hired and ... chairman and president of the Foundation and the artist' s son. "Sharon...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

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03/21/2017

... of age. For 28 years, Mr. Rockefeller served as the Fund’ s generous inspiration, mentor and the loving head of his ...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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MetLife Foundation Announces Sponsorship of “Multipliers of Prosperity” for a Third Year

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04/05/2017

... of financial inclusion. According to the World Bank’ s Global Findex*, there are over two billion people globally, ... credit and insurance. Low income people who lack financial services often resort to using...

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Economic Security

MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur

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05/03/2017

... to promote financial capability and access to financial services in India. With more than 100 entries, Swadhaar ...

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Economic Security

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Casey Family Programs Report Finds NYC ACS Leader in Child Safety Practices

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07/10/2017

... official David Hansell took the helm of New York City’ s Administration for Children’ s Services (ACS), an agency that had found itself again in ...

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Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short

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07/17/2017

... rose continuously over the past three decades. Yet the U. S . population has poorer health than other countries. Life ... as the baby boom population ages, more people in the U. S .—and all over the world—are...

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Health

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

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07/25/2017

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’ s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting ... The Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years

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08/09/2017

... of ex-offenders have passed through Gregory Carpenter’ s small bakery, where he teaches them how to make buttery ...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

... examined 998 nonprofits in the arts, health, and human services looking for a correlation between executive turnover ...

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Seaport Museum's 110-Year-Old Lightship To Be Restored To Its Glory Days

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08/29/2017

Seaport Museum' s 110-Year-Old Lightship To Be Restored To Its Glory Days One of the South Street Seaport Museum’ s most prized possessions is set to undergo a major ... is currently docked at Pier 16, as...

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Arts

Audacious Philanthropy

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... Securing the right for same-sex couples to marry in the U. S . These efforts have transformed or saved hundreds of ... inevitable success stories in retrospect. Many of today’ s emerging large-scale...

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Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'

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09/08/2017

... the rural part of the country, about 75 percent of India’ s female population, have far less access to affordable ...

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Gender Justice

NYN Media Homeless Shelter Tracker

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09/11/2017

... transparency into the process. Under the administration' s plan, when a shelter is approved, the Department of Homeless Services will notify the community board and local elected ... or 30 days before the...

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Housing and Homelessness

New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment

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09/13/2017

... released in the January issue of Children and Youth Services Review, neglect reports involving young children ...

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NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented

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09/15/2017

... uninsured, lacking access to both coverage through the U. S . Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA health ... to repeal the ACA would likely increase the demand for VA services while increasing the...

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New York Health Foundation

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Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say

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09/15/2017

... according to a source and attorneys with Brooklyn Defender Services . About half a dozen agents were posted outside the ...

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Immigration

‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?

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09/15/2017

... for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’ s System? As leading Democrats embrace Senator Bernie Sanders’ s proposal to vastly expand Medicare to cover all Americans, ... idea in a news conference...

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Health

Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

... Can Be More Than Just Books For all of Sunset Park’ s celebrated taquerias, dim sum parlors and picturesque ... walls, posters promoted not just reading but citizenship services and business-planning classes...

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Housing and Homelessness

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

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09/20/2017

... Navigate Challenges Happy stories rarely land the city’ s child-welfare system in the headlines, and the last few ... have been no exception. The Administration for Children’ s Services...

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