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New York Foundation and Brooklyn Community Foundation Lauded for Nimbleness

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05/27/2015

... by being able to respond to the issues of the day. " We don't limit our grant-making to particular issues areas," she said, "and so we 're able to be fairly nimble when issues shift and...

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Jersey City Receives $1 million Investment for Job Training from JPMorgan Chase

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07/09/2015

... City, Chicago and Detroit. "Through our philanthropy, we invest more $200 million every year for communities across ... president for JPMorgan Chase. "Jersey City is a community we are especially to...

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Ford Program Officers on Why Black Lives Matter to Philanthropy

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07/25/2016

... Program Officers on Why Black Lives Matter to Philanthropy We are living in anxious, often frightening times. Earlier ... Michael J. Smith, Brent Thompson, and Patrick Zamarripa. We ’ve seen reductive attempts...

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Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley

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08/03/2016

... that rising temperatures affect the Hudson in many ways. " We see sea level rising; we see more intense storms," he continued. And he said .....

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NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep

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10/06/2016

... the Trust's long-standing work with immigrant communities. We also speak with Donna Lawrence, President and CEO of the I Have A Dream Foundation. We discuss her nonprofit's work serving students from...

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January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants

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12/14/2016

... of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants We support high-quality research that is relevant to policies ... lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States. We fund research that...

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NYSHealth Invests in Veterans' Health

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02/01/2017

... population of veterans in the United States. We know that half of veterans returning to New York from Iraq ... veterans and their families. Learn more about the work we 've done and plan to do in the...

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De Blasio Derided by Sergeants Union for Deportation Stance

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02/28/2017

... re-election this year, of “placating” voters. “ We can’t ignore people who commit crimes, harbor them, because we want to get votes in an election year,” Mullins told the ...

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Ford to Dedicate $1B of Endowment to Mission Related Investments

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04/05/2017

... contested, conversation about “impact”—both how we measure it and how we deliver it. More recently, this discussion—in the Ford ...

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PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem

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04/18/2017

... gender equality and empower all women and girls.” We combine our approach of servant leadership with our ... their transformational potential, it’s imperative that we close the persistent gender gap prevalent...

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Aetna Foundation Leverages Philanthropic Investment to Build Healthier Communities

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04/20/2017

... research that has the potential to revolutionize how we age and how we heal... Aetna Foundation Leverages Philanthropic ...

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How to Build a Strong Local Food System

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08/29/2017

... It goes beyond farmers' markets and CSA shares. Before we had ‘local food,’ we just had food. Communities fed themselves with whatever .....

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Eight Top 10 Lists From New York City’s 2017 State Test Scores

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08/29/2017

... not proficient in English or math. In the lists below, we take a closer look at which schools had the largest and ... on the two tests, meaning they scored 3 or 4. And we reveal which schools had the biggest...

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Opinion: How A Pied-À-Terre Tax Could Help Solve New York City's Housing Crisis

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08/31/2017

... Crisis It’s not an understatement to say that every time we think it can’t possibly get more expensive to live in ... history and continue to climb. To change these trends, we primarily need to build more...

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Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

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08/31/2017

... District 3, in other neighborhoods. “Right now, we want to be able to do what we ’ve done in District 3, in at least three or four other ...

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Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The Program

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09/06/2017

... Trump: Don't mess with your fellow New Yorkers. As a city, we do not take kindly to anything that affronts our people. We don't like it when our neighbors are singled out for who .....

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Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’

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09/14/2017

... minor improvements that move us in the right direction, we continue to institutionalize a test-focused curriculum ... Jeanette Deutermann, parent and founder of NYSAPE said. “ We can do better.” . . ...

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Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago

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09/14/2017

... one another, Obama said in a video released Wednesday. " We want to inspire and empower people to change the world," Obama says at the end of his video message. "And we hope you'll be a...

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Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream

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09/21/2017

... affordable housing stock, Mitchell-Lama is in crisis. We hear it every day in community meetings, on the streets across Brooklyn, and on social media; and we see it in buy-outs, displacement and rising rents...

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