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Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit

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06/17/2014

... I n the wake of last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York’s teachers unions and education reform groups are ... Education reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the New Teacher Project say a...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues

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08/20/2014

... Urban Issues Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new $45 million investment to boost the capacity of city ... Delivery model, an approach to generating and implementing new ideas that has been tested...

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NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues

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02/11/2015

... Address Immigrant Issues In her first year leading the New York City Council, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito took ... for the nearly 3 million foreign-born residents of New York. Set to give her first State of...

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National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

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03/13/2015

... groups that typically march in lockstep have split over new net-neutrality rules, and their discord has escalated ... even personal, feud. Beyond a split over the merits of the new policy, civil rights groups...

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NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids

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03/24/2015

... Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids New York City’s effort to supply lawyers for every ... has kept 13 children from being deported as of February, new data provided to BuzzFeed News shows...

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National LGBT Museum Board of Directors Votes to Establish Museum in NYC

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04/30/2015

... the National LGBT Museum has voted to base the museum in New York City and has elected longtime LGBT activist Kevin ... with elected officials and LGBT organizational leaders in New York before voting to...

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UJA-Federation Launches Campaign for Passage of Education Tax Credit

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05/27/2015

... of the Orthodox Union, together with the UJA-Federation of New York, is launching a 30-day campaign to push – over the next six weeks – for New York State legislators to pass the Education Tax Credit ... to...

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Jersey City Receives $1 million Investment for Job Training from JPMorgan Chase

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07/09/2015

... two years. The investment is part of JPMorgan Chase's " New Skills at Work" initiative, which has been implemented in about a dozen cities, including New York City, Chicago and Detroit. "...

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Wallace Foundation Releases Reports on Successful Audience-Building Efforts

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08/14/2015

... Efforts The Wallace Foundation today released two new case studies analyzing strategies used by two ... Fleisher Art Memorial – to reach and engage audiences new to those organizations. The reports explore how...

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Stonewall Foundation’s Jarrett Lucas Among '40 Under 40' Nonprofit Rising Stars

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11/05/2015

... 40 Under 40 Nonprofit Rising Stars For the first time, New York Nonprofit Media is recognizing 40 of New York’s rising stars in the nonprofit world under the ... events journal provided at our celebratory...

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Tow Foundation Gives $25M to Barnard for Tech Center

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02/01/2016

... the Columbia University affiliate will use to build a new teaching center in New York City. The Tow Foundation, overseen by Leonard Tow ... Vagelos and Roy Vagelos. The money will be used for a new...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds $1M Public Art Project

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04/15/2016

... The project, called Seeing Spartanburg in a New Light , will include nine sites across 10 neighborhoods ... Erwin Redl, whose art has been on display in Austria, New York and Charlotte... Bloomberg...

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Mellon Foundation Contributes to 'THATcamp' on Humanities and Technology

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04/21/2016

... to 'THATcamp' on Humanities and Technology At the Central New York THAT (The Humanities and Technology) Camp held in ... subject matter, since digital humanities is a relatively new and rapidly...

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Simons Foundation Gives $40M for Astronomy Facility in Chile

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05/12/2016

... Simons Foundation has given $38.4 million to establish a new astronomy facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert, adding new telescopes and new detectors to existing instruments in order to boost ...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program

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05/17/2016

... Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program A new 60-page guidebook on effective transfer practices is ... of process and policies. Although almost every day a new articulation agreement is announced...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Mentioned in Atlantic Article On School Discipline Reform

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06/30/2016

... like a parent’s nightmare. Roughly two dozen children at New York City schools were hit, kicked, and bullied by fellow ... shows a clear and undeniable escalation of violence in New York City schools,” said...

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Novo Foundation Supports Transformation of Former NYC Prison Into 'Women's Building'

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11/16/2016

... Into 'Women's Building' Finding affordable real estate in New York City can take forever. Just ask Gloria Steinem and ... co-founded Ms. Magazine in 1972. "There was just nothing. New York...

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Former Capital One Foundation President Forms Consulting Practice to Strengthen Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships

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12/02/2016

... communications professional Carrie Fox to form a new consulting practice geared toward helping nonprofits form ... more productive relationships with corporations. The new company will officially launch Jan. 1...

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Bloomberg Urges World Leaders Not to Follow President Donald Trump’s Lead On Climate Change

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04/24/2017

... Follow President Donald Trump’s Lead On Climate Change New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg urged world leaders ... considered a presidential bid after serving three terms as New York City’s mayor, addressed...

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