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Atlantic Theater Company Names Amy Staats Tow Playwright-in-Residence

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09/28/2017

... lineup for its upcoming Amplified Reading Series and two new commissions. Actor and playwright Staats’ plays include ... Off-Broadway theatre. Atlantic has also commissioned two new works via its Launch...

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Arts

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Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools

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10/04/2017

... Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools A new study says that on average, New York City charter school students show growth equal to 23 ...

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Education

Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’

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10/04/2017

... CEO Eva Moskowitz has more in common with her longtime foe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio than you might think, she told ... is a level of injustice in the city, around the state of New York, around the country...

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Education

Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces

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10/05/2017

... Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces Four communities in Western New York will receive up to $2.5 million in state funding ... assets and help dress up their streetscapes to attract new businesses, residents and...

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Community Development

City Council Members Still Navigating Outside Income Divestment Ahead of Deadline

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10/05/2017

... City Council members, two of whom voted against the new restrictions, continue to be involved in their private ... the process of figuring out divestment as mandated by the new law... City Council Members...

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Economic Security

Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems

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10/26/2017

... organizations that promote whole-child initiatives for a new program that will award up to $150,000 each to 10 communities that propose new ideas for meeting the needs of diverse student ...

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Education

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ABNY Releases The Second Season of ABNY Talks

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01/23/2018

... Talks , an education series delivered by experts to give New Yorkers insight into how and why policy decisions get ... civic issues from experts and leaders who are changing New York. The City Budget & How...

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Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award

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04/16/2018

... announced 10 finalists for the Engaged Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to ... a program designed to empower city leaders to generate new ideas and advance policy that...

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JPMorgan Chase, Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation Back Development in Detroit's North End and Grandmont-Rosedale Neighborhoods

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05/11/2018

... Develop Detroit will build or rehab or build 70 new homes in the North End and Grandmont-Rosedale ... real estate developer and is the first scaled, for-sale, new construction in the North End in decades...

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Community Development

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Capital One and Others Fund Tech Training for Youth

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06/29/2018

... North Carolina medical software developer with offices in New Orleans. “I think we have a unique chance to change the landscape for the people of New Orleans and get them jobs that can more than pay their ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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Euan Robertson Joins Simons Foundation As Chief Operating Officer

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04/01/2019

... most recently as chief operating officer of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. During his ... he focused particularly on projects designed to grow the New York City tech economy and strengthen...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program

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06/05/2019

... T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program The New York City-based William T. Grant Foundation supports ... to significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas...

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12 May 2021

State of Health Town Hall

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

If the COVID-19 pandemic was a stress test on the New York and the nation’s healthcare and public health ... health and safety. While the major hospital systems around New York City ramped-up surge capacity in...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Javier Valdés as U.S. Director of Civic Engagement and Government

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05/04/2021

... as U.S. Director of Civic Engagement and Government New York, NY (May 4, 2021) -- The Ford Foundation announced ... and Government (CEG) program. Valdés will assume the New York-based role in August 2021,...

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16 Jan 2020

A Balancing Act: Navigating Power in Our Capacity Building Efforts

Thursday, January 16, 2020 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... change over time? What role, if any, should third-party “ ratings ” or “assessments” play in the process? Join us ...

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05 May 2022

Restoring Safety & Dignity to People Seeking Asylum: What Funders Can Do - A Webinar Hosted by Four Freedoms Fund

Thursday, May 5, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Please join us to hear updates on Title 42 and ongoing advocacy to restore the right to asylum in the U.S., how communities are scaling up humanitarian services and support for people arriving at the border, how advocates plan to counter anti-...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Immigration