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NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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06/11/2014

... Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods New York City' s Green Cart initiative has increased access to healthy food in otherwise underserved high-density and low-income ... according to researchers at...

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Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss

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05/24/2017

... when family members go missing. When they remove a major food donor, like a mother or daughter, from a bat' s social network, females who previously built up more ... non-relatives cope better with their...

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Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling

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08/30/2017

... to new research from the Nielsen Co. Nearly 4 in 10 U. S . consumers say they would switch from the food and beverage brands they currently buy to others that ... said. Sixty-eight per cent are willing to pay...

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Food Systems

Will the Trump Era Transform the School Lunch?

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09/06/2017

... of his youth, he delivered a rousing defense of school food -service workers who were unhappy with some of the ... trays had to hold more fruits and vegetables. Snacks and food sold for fund-raising had to be...

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Adding Pantries and Spice to New York’s Hungry Neighborhoods

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09/12/2017

Adding Pantries and Spice to New York’ s Hungry Neighborhoods Over the past year, New York City’ s three biggest providers of emergency food have reorganized in an effort to feed underserved ...

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26 Feb 2013

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 -

7:00am to 11:00am

... York, Inc., NYCharities.org, VCG Governance Matters and Women in Development. Sponsored by American Express, ...

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18 Nov 2016

Philanthropy 101 - Module 3: Fundamentals of Grantmaking

Friday, November 18, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... components that make up grantmaking in a foundation? What resources , approaches, and tools does a foundation employ to ... Camille Emeagwali , Director, Programs, T he New York Women ' s...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation is Now Accepting Applications for the 2021-2022 Fellowship

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06/16/2020

... into a reality. Fellows also receive hands-on training, resources , and leadership development to scale the impact of ... The Fellowship is designed for emergent leaders in the U. S . who have limited access to...

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Ford Foundation Expands Flagship BUILD Program to Provide $1 Billion to Hundreds of Organizations

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04/07/2021

... another $1 billion in grant dollars spanning all of Ford’ s programmatic areas and regions. The next round of five-year ... to work in lockstep with our partners by giving them the resources and the...

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Social Justice

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Names Fiona Kanagasingam as Inaugural Vice President, Equity and Culture

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04/28/2022

... Kanagasingam will be a key member of the Foundation’ s leadership team, responsible for internally advancing RWJF' s mission and vision by building the strategy for and ... degree in Comparative Politics...

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Evolution of the Work Place in Hybrid Times

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12/2022

The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network of HR and operations professionals at member grantmaking organizations. FAN hosts quarterly meetings on a broad range of topics relevant to HR and operations administration. In the middle of Year 3 of a global pandemic, mask mandates are still being lifted, boosters are becoming optional, and there is an ever-evolving conversation of how we come back together and build back a new and better workplace. While there is no roadmap to a hybrid workplace that will work for every organization, we can...

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29 Jan 2020

A Trip Down Memory Lane: Activism, the Culture and the Individual Artist

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... citing that those more likely to become artists are white women of a higher socioeconomic status. Please join our ... committee continues to advise, inspire and inform GIA’ s thought leadership and programming...

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Arts

NY's Joan Mitchell Foundation Invests $20 Million For New Orleans Arts Center

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06/12/2014

NY' s Joan Mitchell Foundation Invests $20 Million For New ... it will have invested roughly $12.5 million buying up old property and commissioning new construction. With that ... roughly $20 million into the...

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Jewish Board Inherits $75 Million in Deals from FEGS

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06/03/2015

... social service agency has replaced FEGS as New York City’ s largest social service group. The Jewish Board of Family and Children’ s Services, or JBFCS, is taking over $75 million worth of ... to Crain’...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

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07/15/2016

A team of hundreds of physicists and astronomers have announced results from the largest-ever, three-dimensional map of distant galaxies. The team constructed this map to make one of the most precise measurements yet of the dark energy currently...

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Amazon Inks Office Space Deal on Manhattan’s Far West Side

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09/22/2017

Amazon Inks Office Space Deal on Manhattan’ s Far West Side Amazon.com Inc. plans to open an office on ... West, a revamped building that is part of Brookfield Property Partners L.P.' s new...

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Community Development

Schumer Calls On EPA To Resume 'Abandoned' Cleanups Of Radioactive Hot Spots

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10/10/2017

... fenced-in field by Holy Trinity Cemetery. "Now, with EPA' s abrupt departure there is uncertainty once again." . . . .....

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MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research

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06/04/2019

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a four-year, $8 million grant from the Simons Foundation in support of the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter.

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality

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05/16/2016

... some strides in achieving workplace equality, only 21 women helm the world’ s largest corporations today, according to a survey released ... announced a campaign to change that today at the Forbes ...

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