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Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate

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11/20/2014

... immigration as early as this coming Friday. While Capitol Hill may have been consistently deadlocked when it comes to ... of big money in the fight for immigration reform. Here' s a look at four of those...

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New York City Students Are Getting Younger

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10/05/2017

New York City Students Are Getting Younger New York City' s preschool expansion is not happening in quite the same ... course of two years. Now, for the first time, the city' s public schools are...

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What Makes a Good CSR Leader?

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09/26/2013

by Tim McClimon, President, American Express Foundation I’m often asked what makes a good Corporate ... is interested in getting into CSR should have. There’ s no good answer to those questions, but there are a...

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Internet to Newspapers: Drop Dead—A Program Recap with Nicholas Lemann and Victor Pickard

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06/12/2009

... Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor at Columbia University’ s Graduate School of Journalism, and Victor Pickard , a ... this topic quite often, at least twice a week, and it’ s interesting to see how differently...

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Travelers’ Philanthropy: A Growing Trend in Development Assistance

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07/02/2009

... leave the best of ourselves behind wherever we go. Today’ s traveling grantmakers can choose to minimize their carbon ... new emerging phenomenon of travelers’ philanthropy. For foundation and corporate donors...

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Children, Youth and Families

School-based Health Centers in New York State: Ensuring Sustainability & Establishing Opportunities for Growth

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01/2014

In this NYSHealth -supported report, the Children’ s Defense Fund identifies ways to sustain New York State’ s school-based health centers (SBHCs), while also achieving ... of the Medicaid Redesign initiative, to serve New York’ s most at-risk children. New York State has 250 SBHCs, which ...

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09 Jan 2014

Twenty Feet From Stardom - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series

Thursday, January 9, 2014 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

Ford Foundation

... with others. (See trailer.) Part of Philanthropy New York' s Documentary Series . This program is " Completely Open ." ... Twenty Feet From Stardom - Philanthropy New York' s Documentary...

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The Building Blocks of Demonstrating Impact

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09/09/2013

... Hui Wen Chan, Impact Analytics and Planning Officer, Citi Foundation and Christine Rhee, Manager, Philanthropy, ... measure and demonstrate the impact of their organization’ s charitable work. Lisa Frantzen,...

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Some Measure of Leadership

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04/23/2009

... executives; and (3) seek substantial reforms of the City’ s contracting procedures, together with bridge loans. ( Read ... release .) What are we to make of all of this? The Mayor’ s announcement gives us an...

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Why the New Teachers’ Contract Is Great News for NYC’s Students

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06/03/2014

Why the New Teachers’ Contract Is Great News for NYC’ s Students by Greg Anrig, vice president of policy and programs at The Century Foundation This post was originally published on The Century ... that are fair...

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Edna McConnell Clark Announces Spend-Down, Major Investment in Blue Meridian Partners

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12/14/2016

... disadvantaged children and youth, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation ' s trustees have decided to "sunset" the Foundation and spend ... the best results. In the words of Hays...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Best Conference EVER!: #ForumCon18

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07/25/2018

... the headline above to mean that I think that this year’ s United Philanthropy Forum annual conference was its best to ... year, with PolicyWorks coinciding with Foundations on the Hill instead of the Forum’...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Public Arts Challenge Winners

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06/29/2015

... artworks and public programs focused on the city’ s environmental concerns; Spartanburg, South Carolina, which ...

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Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge

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08/29/2017

... was jailed for his beliefs. Today, she said, “there’ s not a lot of persecution, but it’ s difficult to find work.” Normally, someone seeking better ...

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After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize ‘Dreamers’

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09/06/2017

For 16 years, advocates for legalizing young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried to pass legislation to shield them from deportation. The bill was called the Dream Act, and in Congresses Democratic and Republican, and in...

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Can You Ask for Salary History in Your State?

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09/27/2017

... they’re job candidates. States and cities across the U. S . are banning employers from asking prospective staff about ... about salary expectations may be the safer course. That’ s exactly what Ryan S...

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Gender Justice

City to Overhaul 11 More Parks on Restoration Program As Its Cost Grows to $318 Million

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09/27/2017

... be fixed up under a city program — and the initiative' s cost has jumped by $33 million. It will now cost $318 ... Joseph C. Sauer Park and Playground One in Manhattan; Prospect Playground and Mapes...

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SUNY Revises Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers

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10/10/2017

... schools certify their own teachers ahead of Wednesday’ s vote, according to an updated proposal. Though the basic ...

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Learning in Place

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07/14/2011

By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation I am an ambivalent traveler. I get anxious about leaving things that are familiar—it’ s disorienting. But once I arrive someplace new, I feel .....

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