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New York Community Trust Grants $7.3 Million to 69 Nonprofits in All Five Boroughs and Nationwide

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06/09/2014

... is giving $7.3 million to nonprofit groups to help victims of human trafficking; stop gang violence throughout the City; ... and strengthen small businesses across the South Bronx. A group of...

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Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs

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07/07/2014

Instead of Retiring, Many Workers Seek 'Encore Jobs' A trend first ... to. Some who now hold jobs in the social services or education sector were laid off during the Great Recession and...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

... organizations to prepare future principals for the city' s schools. Among the stipulations of the foundation' s grant: a significant number of...

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Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91

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08/27/2014

Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91 ... and civic leader Virginia Sloane died on August 24 after a lengthy illness. She was 91. Sloane was...

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Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

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10/22/2014

Water.org Receives $ 2 .9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe ... and improved sanitation in Kenya. In addition, Water.org' s health and hygiene education programs will...

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Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals

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12/18/2014

Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals For the first time ever, ... this matters to them, this accounting change could be a major boon in helping channel public attention and advocacy...

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OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

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02/12/2015

... technology tools that protect and expand the accessibility of the Internet. "We know that you can fill in some of ... said. Life opportunities increasingly correlate to education levels...

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White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments

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03/24/2015

... groups — to excel in the STEM fields," according to a White House news release. "With the commitments being made today, the President' s "Educate to Innovate" campaign has resulted in...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

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05/28/2015

... nonprofits focused on providing workforce development and education opportunities in Baltimore. These grants are part of the bank’ s broader philanthropic investment in helping individuals...

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... to support its leading biology and genetics research and education programs. The uniquely structured grant reflects a commitment by The Pershing Square Foundation to support ...

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

... to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private sectors are struggling to ... jobs, but only 400,000 computer science students. It’ s time our education...

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2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth to the Public Good

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08/25/2015

2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth ... each having had significant and lasting impact on a particular field, nation, or the international community. ... has also...

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Ford Foundation Supports "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film" Series

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09/11/2015

... what would've been his 91st birthday last month) with a film series titled "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on ... for September 11-14. Obviously named after Baldwin' s 1976 book-length...

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Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds

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09/24/2015

... into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds As U. S . immigrants and their descendants integrate into society, ... make more money and learn to speak better English. But a new report found their well-...

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Success Metrics Questioned in School Program Funded by Goldman

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11/05/2015

... Program Funded by Goldman It was, in the vernacular of corporate America, a win-win: a bond that paid for preschool for underprivileged ... had helped 109 “at-risk” kindergartners avoid...

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How Do You Build a Field? Lessons from Public Health - Rockefeller Foundation

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11/23/2015

How Do You Build a Field? Lessons from Public Health - Rockefeller Foundation ... The world cheered as Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola earlier this month. An army of courageous .....

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Rockefeller’s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools

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12/03/2015

Rockefeller’ s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public ... Iris Chen, executive director of the NYC Department of Education ’ s private...

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Artist Catherine Opie Elected to Warhol Foundation Board

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12/15/2015

... for the Visual Arts today announced the election of artist Catherine Opie to the Warhol Foundation Board of ... President of the Warhol Foundation, said, ”Cathy Opie’ s...

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Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing

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04/14/2016

... with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on a collaborative effort to examine how results-based funding could revolutionize America' s approach to entrenched social issues. The...

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UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust

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05/04/2016

UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust ... last month of partying teens in New Jersey engaging in a shocking beer pong game called “Jews versus Nazis” — .....

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