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Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

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08/31/2017

... to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña vowed to tackle ... classroom segregation with school rezonings across the city in the upcoming school year. Speaking...

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NYPD Expected To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday

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09/05/2017

... To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday NYPD and city officials are scheduled to announce Tuesday a continuing ... said. Through Sunday, there were 182 homicides in the city compared with 239 in the same...

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Justice Reform

Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’

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09/05/2017

... are the schools Mayor de Blasio doesn’t mention. At 32 city elementary and middle schools, the average English-math ... hour a day of instruction. Four did so poorly that the city Department of Education...

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Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods

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10/02/2017

... plan isn’t kosher — and that’s left many in the city ’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program they ... funded program on Sept. 6, promising free meals for all city students. But Jewish advocates say 30,...

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Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?

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10/04/2017

... community advocates, the local community board, the local City Council member, Laurie Cumbo, and the borough president, ... has vowed to work with local elected officials and the city -selected developer behind...

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Community Development

Harvard University, Wildlife Conservation Society Launch ‘Planetary Health Alliance’ with Support from Rockefeller

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12/14/2015

... are launching the Planetary Health Alliance, a new effort to dramatically improve our understanding of the ... seeing suffering due to global environmental change. How much suffering happens is up to us.” .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Century Foundation Fellow Co-Authors Report on Admission Preferences of Low-Income Students

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01/11/2016

... colleges and universities. Perhaps the most significant new finding of the report is that the vast majority of ... a trip to Mars," Levy said. "Students are unaware of how to apply for scholarships...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Century Foundation

Beth Cobert Named CEO of Skillful at Markle Foundation

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04/25/2017

... complex, and transformational initiatives. She knows how to bring together diverse stakeholders to create systemic ... are transforming jobs at an incredibly rapid pace, we need new pathways to opportunity and...

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From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults

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04/03/2013

Altman Foundation Program Officer Rachael Pine served as moderator for our recent program on the impact of disasters, like Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, on vulnerable populations.

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More Than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant

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12/2008

Most of foundations’ efforts to contribute ‘beyond the money’ has little beneficial impact on grantees. More than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant reveals that only when foundation staff provide assistance beyond the grant in one of two ways do grantees report a substantially more positive experience with their funders. Three exemplary foundations are profiled: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Winter Park Health Foundation, and the Wallace Foundation.

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The Wallace Foundation

4 Foundations Recognized for Aiding the Needy and Minorities

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03/26/2013

The NoVo Foundation, the Levi Strauss Foundation, the Woods Fund of Chicago and the California Community Foundation received the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s inaugural Impact Awards for creativity and leadership in giving.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Economic Security

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NoVo Foundation

TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal Featured in Profile Magazine

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07/06/2015

Mittenthal outlines TCC strategies on helping clients deepen social impact.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Impact Investing

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Jessie Smith Noyes Announces Open Call for Investment Advisors to Lead Next Evolution of Social Justice Investing

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10/12/2016

LOIs are due by November 1st. Noyes will review the LOI and then select up to five firms to receive a more detailed request for proposal.

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RFPs Etc

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Social Justice

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Watch Grant Oliphant, President of The Heinz Endowments and Former Board Chair of The Communications Network, Give A Rousing Keynote Address At ComNet17

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10/25/2017

Grant Oliphant, president of The Heinz Endowments and former Board Chair of The Communications Network, gave a rousing, inspirational, and impactful keynote address at ComNet17, urging social sector communicators to use their voices and speak up for...

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Take This Opportunity to Understand Disaster and Resilience through a Gender Lens

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10/28/2015

... a Gender Lens By Ana Oliveira, President and CEO, The New York Women’s Foundation In Fall 2012, The New York ... of low-income women in the wake of natural disasters,...

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Insights

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Disaster Relief

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The New York Women's Foundation

Day Of The Girl: A Worldwide Reminder That Gender Parity Awaits

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10/25/2016

... ago, McKinsey & Company released a report entitled “ How advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to ... At SHE , we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to get women into jobs that are they...

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Gender Justice

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Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth

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08/05/2015

... three years ago, my wife and I had a hard time finding resources around trans issues and instead saw a lot of stigma ... from the Palette Fund, will roll out more videos and resources over the coming months,...

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