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Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.

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09/27/2017

Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U. S . President Trump plans to cap refugee admissions at 45,000 over the next year, according to current and former ... The limit, first reported by The Wall Street...

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Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... without college degrees — saw large gains in net worth over the past three years, the Federal Reserve reported ... didn't narrow the inequality gap: The share of U. S . income held by the top 1 percent of...

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New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions

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10/03/2017

New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions At New York City' s housing court in downtown Brooklyn, where judges preside over landlord-tenant disputes, about 30 people stand...

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Kessler Foundation Awards Reeves-Reed Arboretum with Grant to Complete Accessibility Project

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10/03/2017

... Accessibility Project The mission of Reeves-Reed Arboretum is to engage, educate, and enrich the lives of visitors to ... planet. With an ever increasing number of visitors - now over 100,000 annually - the...

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Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform

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10/04/2017

Policy Brief: NYC’ s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform There are people who ... face of mounting scientific evidence, that climate change is something society must address. There are folks who deny ... advocacy...

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United Hospital Fund Recognizes Four New Yorkers For Their Leadership to Improve Health and Health Care

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10/04/2017

... and health care. The event at Cipriani 42nd Street raised over $1.7 million and was attended by more than 500 health ... and community leaders, marking the opening of UHF’ s 139th fund-raising campaign in...

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Children’s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles

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10/05/2017

Children’ s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles Bipartisan negotiations over an extension of children’ s health insurance are ... hardball on Wednesday, saying a fix for ObamaCare that ...

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Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality

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10/05/2017

... Inequality Steve and Connie Ballmer are giving $60 million over six years to a program created by StriveTogether, a ...

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U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through

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10/06/2017

U. S . Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared ... Texas and neighboring states knocked down September’ s national payroll totals. But whatever damage the storms ... not expect it to significantly...

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Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education

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10/13/2017

... $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education Google says over the next five years it will spend $1 billion on ... morning in Pittsburgh, the city where he arrived in the U. S . from India 24 years ago. Pichai also...

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Google to Invest more than $1 Billion in Digital Literacy, Workforce Development

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10/13/2017

... aims to help Americans get jobs or grow their businesses. Over the next five years the company will award $1 billion in ...

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The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Recognizes Young Volunteers from Every State

Release Date:

10/17/2017

... volunteer work of middle level and high school students. Over the past 22 years, Prudential Spirit of Community Awards ...

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Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems

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10/26/2017

... approach emphasizes the needs and interests of students over institutions, combining quality educational ...

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Open Society Foundations Funds the Mayor Exchange to Offer Help to Puerto Rico

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03/02/2018

... Offer Help to Puerto Rico A new network of local leaders is stepping in to provide aid and support from cities on the ... who can offer help to their counterparts on the island. Over the coming weeks, 40...

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issues Report on Undercount of Young Kids in 2020 Census

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06/29/2018

... child advocates of troubling consequences for the nation’ s kids with the likely undercount of about 1 million children ... at child well-being in the United States. In this year’ s Data Book, the Foundation...

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Johnson & Johnson Partners with Other Global Leaders to Expand HIV Treatment

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07/26/2018

... & Johnson, the Elton John AIDS Foundation along with the U. S . President’ s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Unitaid, the ... International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam. Leveraging over...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Senior Program Officer Donald J. Waters to Retire

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05/12/2019

... Donald J. Waters to Retire The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation' s Senior Program Officer for Scholarly Communications, Donald ... 20 years of exceptional service at the Foundation. “ Over the past two decades...

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William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program

Release Date:

06/05/2019

... 5 and 25 in the United States. To that end, the foundation is inviting applications for its Scholars Program. Through ... scholars in any discipline will be awarded up to $350,000 over five years in support of...

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Gerstner Philanthropies Awards $4.9 Million For Helping Hands Emergency Grant Program

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02/07/2022

... avoid homelessness and instability. Helping Hands reaches over 4,000 families each year, providing assistance with ...

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11 Jun 2015

Funding Where Poverty Lives: City and Suburban Realities

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8:45am to 11:00am

... notes and presentation here . Did you know that poverty is growing faster in the suburbs than in the City, here in ... social issues Why a focused policy effort on the suburbs is critical in increasing...