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Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Group to Register Dominican-American Political Power

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10/06/2016

... The non-profit group Dominicanos USA got initial funding from the Vicini family, wealthy Dominican sugar tycoons. But ... new funders in the last year, including other businesses from the Dominican Republic...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Picks 20 Nonprofits for 2016 Spark Prize

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10/12/2016

... civic, business, and neighborhood leaders all hailing from Brooklyn chose the 20 finalists from a highly competitive pool of 150 applicants... Brooklyn ...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study Examining Student Involvement in Racial Justice Movements

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10/14/2016

... A new study, funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, from North Carolina State University, the University of ... and that what drives Black students to engage is different from what drives Latino students...

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Coalition Rallies against Cuomo’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Subsidies

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10/28/2016

... subsidize three upstate nuclear plants with $7.7 billion from electric ratepayers over the next 12 years. A small group of leaders from the groups made their case against the so-called Cuomo ...

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East Harlem Gets $10K Grant to Preserve Nation's First Little Italy

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11/11/2016

... Avenue area in East Harlem got a $10,000 grant Thursday from the The New York State Council on the Arts and the ... it housed the largest concentration of Italian immigrants from the 1800s to the 1970s... East...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

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11/17/2016

... Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed From The Commonwealth Fund: A new survey of adults in the ... sick, or get recommended care because of the cost, down from 37 percent in 2013 (Exhibit 1)...

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Three Red Hook Nonprofits Are Finalists in Inaugural Brooklyn Community Foundation SPARK Prize

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11/28/2016

... Seventeen ae Brooklyn-based organizations, including three from Red Hook: Dance Theater Etcetera (DTE); Red Hook ... $100,000 will be awarded to five of the chosen finalists from the Brooklyn Community...

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Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'

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11/30/2016

... of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award' Today 10 librarians from across the country were honored with this year's I Love ... and lifelong learning. The librarians were selected from nearly 1,100...

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US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations Honing Strategies for Greater Impact

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02/03/2017

... have a formal conflict of interest policy in place, up from 30 percent in 2005, and 78 percent saying they have an investment policy statement, up from 52 percent... US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations ...

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Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation

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03/13/2017

... Allen Foundation, Knight seeks ideas on “topics ranging from , but not limited to, the role of algorithms in news consumption, methods for separating facts from fiction, building bridges across ideological...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs

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04/17/2017

... Society’s back list of monographs has gained funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The financial support jointly from the National Endowment for the Humanities-Mellon ...

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UFT May Have to Dramatically Slash $182M Budget

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09/05/2017

... Court ruling that would bar mandatory “union dues” from government workers’ paychecks to support union ... dollars. The 187,000-member UFT collects $56 twice monthly from each teacher’s paycheck via automatic...

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MCC Signs $500M Compact with Nepal to Improve Power and Roads

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09/15/2017

... has been years in the making, also includes a commitment from the government of Nepal to contribute $130 million of ... funds toward the project, the largest upfront contribution from any compact country.....

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Follow a Community Organizer Teaching Undocumented Immigrants Their Rights

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10/02/2017

... immigration raids, as well as collecting vital information from some undocumented residents in case they're suddenly detained and separated from their children. . . Follow a Community Organizer .....

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Mark Zuckerberg Clashed With Facebook Execs Over Letting Employees Work On His Philanthropy

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10/02/2017

... to abandon the idea early last year after opposition from senior executives. Zuckerberg's desire for his two ... network's board of directors, according to court documents from a recent lawsuit...

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Harlem's Black Churches Cash in on Gentrification

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10/10/2017

... Churches are losing members but gaining profits from gentrification. Nearly two dozen churches have either ... high maintenance costs and the lure of millions of dollars from developers ready to buy in Harlem...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Putting Equity at the Heart of Government: 3 Ballot Proposals to Dismantle Structural Racism

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... New York City, race-based inequities have been baked into our institutions and society, undermining some of ... the often unseen inequities woven into the foundation of our laws and policy, and imagine new...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $6 Million for Legal Aid to Detained Immigrants, Climate Resilience, and More

Release Date:

12/08/2017

... is using $150,000 to provide user-friendly information and resources to policymakers, community leaders, and health ... diets and lifestyle changes, emphasizing fresh foods from nearby Hunts Point Produce...

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Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

... career path. After earning a master’s in public policy from Georgetown and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was ... that Washington couldn’t protect...

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