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The Teagle Foundation Announces Nearly $4 Million in New Grants for Liberal Arts Education

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06/07/2022

The grants are distributed through three initiatives: Cornerstone: Learning for Living ; Education for American Civic Life ; and Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts .

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PNY's Policy Corner: Following the Lead of our Partners by Supporting #WHY15 and #JustPay Campaigns:

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02/02/2024

... City has never been more vital. At Philanthropy New York, we ’re committed to growing the capacity of both our ... therefore the social safety net in New York. We recognize that a system laden with delayed...

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United Way of New York City Names Mary Ann Sallas as Director of New York City’s Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)

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11/01/2012

... then as a board member of the Friends of Fisher House, West Palm Beach since 2003. She is a graduate of the ...

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Huge Gap Found Among States In Long-Term Services Quality and Access

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06/20/2014

... measures. Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Indiana provide the worst, pretty much ...

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... stated he wants to roll out 50 new Bodega locations on the West Coast. By the end of 2018, his company plans to ...

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Food Systems

Iceberg That Broke Off Antarctica Was 4 Times the Size of Manhattan

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09/27/2017

... Glacier -- one of the largest glaciers within the West Antarctic Ice Sheet , accounting for about 20 percent of ...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States

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12/14/2017

... Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and West Virginia. The uninsured rate for children under age 19 ...

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John A. Hartford Foundation Named One of Nation’s Top Funders Addressing Aging America

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12/15/2017

... Archstone Foundation in Long Beach and the Gary and Mary West Foundation in San Diego, are among the few funders to ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New Grants for Immigrant Families Facing Deportation

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06/21/2017

... community safety, and social services to advocacy, organizing , and leadership development. Nearly 40% of ... work, and are a strong statement from our donors that we stand together against injustice.” In...

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NYC Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams

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06/17/2014

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña plans to preserve the hallmarks of New York City’s gifted programs, the immensely popular classes and schools that draw high achievers but have been criticized as shutting out low-income children.

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Simons Foundation Gives $40M for Astronomy Facility in Chile

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05/12/2016

The 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.

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Guttman Foundation Leads Funder Collaborative All About Child Care in New York City

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07/25/2016

... child care funders are few and far between, they do exist . Alongside the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Ms. ...

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

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12/02/2016

When Capital One Foundation President Carolyn Berkowitz stepped down earlier this year to pursue other opportunities, one question remained: Just what were those opportunities?

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Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit Convenes Nation’s Leaders To Discuss “Rising Debt in a Changing Economy”

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05/24/2017

... reform proposals, and examine the opportunities that exist to ensure policy solutions are sustainable, fiscally ...

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Opinion from NY Community Trust: How Arts And Culture Make New York A Place For All Of Us

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06/21/2017

A city like ours doesn’t happen overnight. It is the result of centuries of migrations, policies, protests, and practices of people that value culture, heritage, and expression.

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Mayor De Blasio Revives Push To Convert Former Greenpoint Hospital Into Affordable Housing

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08/31/2017

The city is seeking proposals to transform the site of the former Greenpoint Hospital — shuttered since 1982 — into hundreds of units of affordable housing, Mayor de Blasio will announce Wednesday night.

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Housing and Homelessness

More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

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09/21/2017

More than half of the city’s 1.1 million public school students attend overcrowded schools, according to a new report from the watchdog group Class Size Matters.

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Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces

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10/05/2017

Four communities in Western New York will receive up to $2.5 million in state funding apiece to enhance their assets and help dress up their streetscapes to attract new businesses, residents and tourists.

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