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NYN Media Homeless Shelter Tracker

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09/11/2017

... the Tide on Homelessness" will aim to close 360 cluster sites and hotels, and aim to open about 20 shelters annually. ... been welcomed by neighbors and members of the community. In response to historic...

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Housing and Homelessness

Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data

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09/12/2017

... Data Several months ago, David Leonhardt wrote a column in the New York Times summarizing evidence of the striking success public charter schools have had in providing better educations for urban children. “...

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Education

J.J. Watt's Hurricane Relief Fundraising Closes at More Than $37 Million

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09/18/2017

... out of desperation when he couldn't be there to help in person. And in the end, it can be stated with authority — J.J. Watt's ... Hurricane Harvey might be the feel-good story of the year in...

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Assemblyman Peter Lopez Picked as New EPA Regional Administrator

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09/29/2017

... as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top official in a region that reaches from the Adirondacks to the ... issues as ongoing issues related to PFOA contamination in the Rensselaer County...

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UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift

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10/02/2017

... gift from the Jack S. & Shirley M. Silver Foundation in support of the organization's Jewish Day Camp Centennial ... Campground s (HKC), the largest Jewish day camp system in North America, through...

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Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/02/2017

... and Asian American and Pacific Islander students in K-12 schools and on college campuses have not met since President Donald Trump took office in January. Although members of the groups have reached out, ...

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Education

Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Digital Archive Hosts 3,000 Years of Roman History, At The Click Of A Mouse

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10/18/2017

... 3,000 Years of Roman History, At The Click Of A Mouse In the late 19th and early 20th century, the Roman ... settlement. Today, Lanciani’s archive is housed in a 15th-century palace (formerly also Mussolini’s...

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United Hospital Fund Study Doubts Utility of Quality Performance Websites

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01/03/2018

... study looked at 70 publicly available websites, with 32 sites evaluated for the same ten common procedures and ...

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Surdna Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans

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01/05/2018

... Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans Points on a large "resistance map" in the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design ... display is part of the Small...

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Civic Engagement

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Listen: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Hosts a Conversation On The Value Of Workplace Diversity

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02/28/2018

... that Celeste Headlee hosted last week at the Carter Center in Atlanta. This conversation about workplace diversity was ...

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Carnegie Funded Commission Releases Report on Financial Aid & The Future of Undergraduate Education

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05/11/2017

... released a new publication: Undergraduate Financial Aid in the United States, authored by Judith Scott-Clayton, ... individuals and society by focusing on college completion in addition to college access, and...

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Supported By The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Alliance for Audition Support Looks to Increase Diversity in Orchestras

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04/18/2018

... Alliance for Audition Support Looks to Increase Diversity in Orchestras Orchestras are among America’s least ... for only 1.8 percent of the nation’s orchestra players in 2014, according to an industry study...

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Practices That Put Your Expertise Into Play

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10/16/2018

... GrantCraft when I was able to interview program officers in many different foundations to create 30 guides that shared ... their “second job” – the craft of how they worked in sustainable, transparent and...

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13 Feb 2019

Can Data + Organizing Drive Policy? Prospects for Strengthening Tenant Protections in New York City and Statewide

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8:45am to 10:00am

... panels that reveal the sophisticated work of organizing in today’s complicated, high-pressure real estate market, ... provides some excellent background: Rent Regulation in New York City: How it Works, and How...

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $2.3 Million to NPower to Prepare More than 700 Veterans for High-Quality Technology Jobs

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11/11/2019

... technology-focused job training to more than 700 veterans in San Jose, CA, Jersey City, NJ and Dallas, TX. With JPMorgan Chase’s support, NPower will provide in -demand digital skills training and job placement...

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Arcus Foundation Releases Social Justice Program Strategy Evaluation Report: 2021

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01/23/2023

... to movements and organizations working toward LGBTQ rights in East and Southern Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, ... down the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As in previous annual evaluations...

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Rockefeller Playhouse and Family Properties Gifted to the National Trust for Historic Preservation

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07/31/2018

... Tudor-style building built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1927 as a venue for family recreation and events, as well ... At the bequest of David Rockefeller, who passed away in March 2017 at the age of 101, the...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Supports the Rebuilding of Jacob's Pillow Theater

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12/17/2022

... the campus of Jacob’s Pillow, a celebrated dance center in Becket, Mass. The site of the former theater has been ... the center’s executive and artistic director, said in an interview. “To be looking forward...

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