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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... Amazon’s real estate and facilities VP, to the New York Times after an announcement this spring that the ... people roughing it in the streets, funders are looking to new methods—like permanent supportive...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

Making Kids Into “Makers” The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop ... how their work could help those around them. But a new program is encouraging them to do so outside of school. ...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... ago, the Hudson River Park Trust floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a ... manning those bridges. Extraordinary philanthropy, in our new Gilded Age, is extraordinarily praiseworthy...

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Commentary from The Century Foundation: Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics: No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap

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09/25/2017

... No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap Last week, the New York Times Editorial Board ran an editorial discussing ... lamented declining numbers of women council members in the New York City Council and the...

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Opinion: Construction Safety Bill Would Hurt Minority Workers

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09/26/2017

... construction leaders and advocacy groups like the NAACP New York State and One Hundred Black Men of New York to send that message to the City Council. It is ...

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Workforce Development

Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too

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09/28/2017

... lapsed donor file, and mailed a six-figure quantity of the new selection of names. While the actual criteria of the new selects is part of the ADA’s secret sauce, chances are ...

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U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories

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09/28/2017

... internet search history of legal immigrants as part of a new tracking system set to roll out next month. The policy ... travel ban is set begin. First reported by BuzzFeed, the new rule was quietly published...

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NADA to Launch Acquisition Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami

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10/05/2017

... of Contemporary Art putting the finishing touches on its new permanent home, this season is a big one for the Miami ... its collection. At the upcoming NADA Miami art fair, the New Art Dealers Alliance will...

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Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years

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10/05/2017

... Requests Over Past 3 Years At the start of December 2014, New York Post reporter Susan Edelman sent an intriguing ... “informal advisor” on school issues, according to The New York Times... Documents Show NYC’...

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The Heavier Baggage of Immigrating while Black

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10/06/2017

... of origin. This number is even higher in 2017, with the New York Times reporting that 36 percent of all refugees ... by the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) and New York University Law School’s...

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Citi Community Development Is Partner in NYC’s First Citywide Community Land Trust

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10/25/2017

... Center for NYC Neighborhoods (CNYCN), Habitat for Humanity New York City (Habitat NYC), Mutual Housing Association of NY ... Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB). They hope the new CLT can help address...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

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10/31/2017

... Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains A new report has found that while civic tech is a growth ... What the report found is that technology has opened new paths for citizens to contribute to...

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

... as they move together in this uncharted territory of new ideas, Miller adds. He lays out a four-step cycle of ... and refinement to help the foundation’s efforts adapt to new information and improve... Wallace...

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Watch Another Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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01/22/2018

... WNYC , correspondent Matt Katz has the story of how new American policies are creating uncertainty for a married ...

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John B. King Jr., President and CEO of The Education Trust Speaks at the First Annual PNY Policy Forum

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01/31/2018

... Trust, former U.S. Secretary of Education, and former New York State Education Commissioner touches ... the work of Janice Nittoli, a former Philanthropy New York Board Member, who passed away in the summer,...

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UJA-Federation Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide

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05/31/2018

... Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide A new study by UJA-Federation of New York finds that the executive director/administrator role ...

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Jerome Foundation Announces Inaugural Organization Grant Recipients

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06/18/2018

... in grants to 84 arts organizations in Minnesota and New York City. These grants to nonprofit arts organizations ... comprise inaugural offering of the foundation’s new Organization Grants Program. The two-...

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01 Oct 2018

People Like Us: A Roadmap for Democracy

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... with Sayu Bhojwani , Founder and President of New American Leaders and author of People Like Us: A New Wave of Candidates Knocking at Democracy’s Door , who ... has been seeing this trend emerge over the...

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Helmsley Trust Awards $5.4 Million to Help Standardize Clinical Data

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09/04/2018

... The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust in New York City has announced a $5.4 million grant to the ... Benefitting both the T1D and CD communities, the new standards will enable research centers to...

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