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More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

Release Date:

09/21/2017

More Than Half of City' s 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog More ... school students attend overcrowded schools, according to a new report from the watchdog group Class Size Matters. ... the...

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Red Tape, Frustration Pushing Out Applicants for Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Program, Report Shows

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09/26/2017

... Sandy victims have dropped out in droves from the city’ s Build It Back recovery program, new data shows. An analysis by City Controller Scott Stringer ... exit the program since 2014. The biggest drop was in...

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Community Development

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

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... lineup for its upcoming Amplified Reading Series and two new commissions. Actor and playwright Staats’ plays include ... her residency, she will be integrated into Atlantic’ s day-to-day operations and will...

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The Tow Foundation

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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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 ... own cities. The Award is part of Michael R. Bloomberg' s American Cities Initiative,...

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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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Capital One Foundation

Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 2)

Release Date:

06/24/2014

... Associate for the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust. What are digital badges, and why should ... D.C. And the New York City Department of...

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Education

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The New York Community Trust

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond

Release Date:

10/01/2018

... wave of college affordability reforms with the nation’ s leading higher education experts, advocates, and ...

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Video

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The Century Foundation

Philanthropy Should Support Frontline Workers During Pandemic and Beyond - from Arabella Advisors

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03/27/2020

... Their health, income, social networks, and communities all are under threat. They need urgent as well as long-term ... are going to weather this crisis and support our nation’ s recovery. These frontline...

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Arabella Advisors

Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

Release Date:

11/07/2014

... Americans behind bars in six years. It plans to create a database of incarcerated people, build political capacity in ...

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Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Kress Foundation Invites Applications for Scholarly European Art Projects

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05/09/2016

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation is accepting applications for its History of Art grant program, which supports scholarly projects that enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture, from antiquity to the dawn of the...

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Women in Leadership: Why It Matters

Publication date:

05/2016

Women in Leadership: Why It Matters It’ s no secret that women have historically faced greater ...

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Report

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Gender Justice

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The Right Starting Point for Productive Grantee Relationships is Putting Power Points Aside

Release Date:

09/03/2014

... the ones seeking the funds--needs to be overcome. It all starts, of course, at the first meeting—with everyone ... fun at all . That hit home to me a few years ago when our new president Rick...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

26 Sep 2019

A Threat to Health and Wellbeing: Public Charge's Expected Impact and How Philanthropy Can Respond - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, September 26, 2019 -

10:00am to 11:15am

... on a first come, first served basis.* In August, the U. S . Department of Homeland Security filed and officially ... the rule will go into effect on October 15 th . The new rule will dramatically impact the...

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Immigration

Weinberg Foundation Details Chief Investment Officer Transition

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03/22/2022

... Foundation Chair. “We also celebrate David Gilmore’ s seamless transition to the role of CIO, reflecting the ... estate holdings in Hawai’i—we needed to quickly build new , external investment relationships and...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Insights from 2025 Financial Series: Reframing Financial Due Diligence - Part 2

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06/26/2025

... Part 1 of this series, Hilda Polanco, Principal for BDO’ s Nonprofit and Grantmaker Advisory, unpacked the framework ... out the root cause of why they can’t access sufficient resources — what do they need?” —...

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Overcoming Setbacks

Release Date:

09/11/2018

... As president, Obama offered hope that he would usher in a new period of political progress, increase the role of ... more than two decades when President Trump announced the U. S . withdrawal from the Paris...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Borealis Philanthropy's Racial Equity to Accelerate Change Fund Moves $2.2 Million to Racial Equity Practitioners

Release Date:

11/01/2022

Borealis Philanthropy' s Racial Equity to Accelerate Change Fund Moves $2.2 Million ... Racial Equity to Accelerate Change (REACH) Fund proudly resources racial equity healers, facilitators, and capacity...

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Social Justice

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Borealis Philanthropy

Wallace, Mellon Foundations Embrace Identity and Race

Release Date:

04/21/2016

... million initiative at Skidmore College’ s Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. In ... the initiative will boost audience engagement through the lens of "identity and race." And how,...