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Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast

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05/09/2016

Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation, City Harvest, NRDC, Sustainable America, GrowNYC and other partners, GRACE is proud to cohost Feeding the 5000 NYC, an event designed to raise public awareness about food waste.

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Food Systems

New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers

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05/16/2016

The New York Community Trust (NYCT) has renewed a grant through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to educate and train more social workers.

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The New York Community Trust

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New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond

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07/07/2016

... to resilience building that help communities be better prepared against rising seas, flooding, and other natural ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Community Development

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Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

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08/25/2016

William Codery, program officer of Surdna Foundation’s Strong Local Economies program, advises that "in order to create the ecosystem needed for local communities to thrive economically, socially and culturally, we have to invest in their success at...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Community Development

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Surdna Foundation

Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

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10/19/2016

... and charter schools across the country increasingly are pursuing socioeconomic integration, with data on those ... report found that when socioeconomic diversity policies are implemented effectively, they...

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The Century Foundation

PIMCO Awards New York City Mission Society Money for College Readiness Program

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11/17/2016

... counseling services. Learning to Work serves students who are either returning after dropping out or are struggling to finish high school, helps them navigate the ...

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Columbia Law School Receives $15 Million From Greene Foundation

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05/12/2017

Columbia University has announced a 15 million dollar gift from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation to endow a full-tuition scholarship program and clinical professorship and increase public service opportunities for deserving law school students.

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NY State Health Releases Policy Recommendations to Address Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems in NY State

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06/12/2017

... Systems in NY State This NYSHealth-supported white paper, prepared by the New York State Public Health Association ... as e-cigarettes, vapes, and other similar products. ENDS are products that produce an...

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New York Health Foundation

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NY State Health Foundation Report: FQHC Utilization of State & Federal Loan & Scholarship Programs to Support Clinician Recruitment

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... Clinician Recruitment This NYSHealth-supported report, prepared by the Community Health Care Association of New York ... at more than 650 service sites in New York State, FQHCs are a critical safety-net system...

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New York Health Foundation

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The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy

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09/27/2017

... limited, relying on a small sample size (the researchers are preparing for a larger study). But hookworm, a parasite ...

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Nonprofits Scramble to Respond to the New DACA Deadline

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09/29/2017

... York, which is home to roughly 42,000 DACA recipients, are preparing for the worst.“With DACA being rescinded and ...

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Immigration

No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... emotional competencies to determine whether their schools are successful. Nearly two years later, not a single ...

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P2CP Program Is Expanding with Support from The David Rockefeller Fund, Ford Foundation, JM Kaplan Fund, Teagle Foundation and Pinkerton Foundation

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10/20/2017

At Otisville, the Prison-To College Pipeline is expanding educational opportunity for students both inside and out.

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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Justice Reform

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico

Release Date:

11/30/2017

... – physically, economically, and socially – and more prepared to confront future challenges. The commission will ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Open Society Foundations

NYS Health Foundation and The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Release New Reports on Strengthening Nutrition Education for New Yorkers

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01/17/2018

... Education for New Yorkers Nutrition education programs are designed to increase healthy food choices and improve ... why stronger support is needed for them. Recommendations are included for expanding the...

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New York Health Foundation

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Photojournalist Documents Moments From the San Quentin State Prison Marathon on Open Society Foundations' Weekly Instagram Takeover

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01/22/2018

... that they may never again see life on the outside. Here are images from a training session just before the 2017 11th ...

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

Pfizer Foundation Fights Hunger and Supports the UN Global Goals at SXSW

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03/27/2018

... had been stacked, more than 11,016 donated meals had been prepared . At Pfizer, we recognize the importance of achieving ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Nina Stack Joins Champlain Foundation as Executive Director

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04/17/2018

... Chairman Kelly Sheridan, said of the announcement in prepared remarks: “We are thrilled to have Nina joining us as our new executive ...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Funds New Medical School Curriculum

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05/01/2018

... to improving the training of health professionals. “We are excited to be recognized by the Macy Foundation for the work we are doing,” said Heritage College, Cleveland, Dean Isaac ...

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