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The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... investigative leads and given prosecutors ammunition in court. But as the police have gotten more aggressive about ... advocates are ringing alarm bells. WNYC and The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom focused on...

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Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods

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10/02/2017

... lunch plan isn’t kosher — and that’s left many in the city’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program ... city students. But Jewish advocates say 30,000 students in yeshivas aren’t getting the free meals...

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

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10/03/2017

... 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 in line, waiting to speak to a clerk. They’re...

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Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty

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10/04/2017

... a barrier success. "The American dream has succeeded in aggregate. We have failed, in my view, to create the equality of opportunity," Buffett ... conference in Omaha. Buffett...

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

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... years to a program created by StriveTogether, a national nonprofit that seeks to improve education for low-income ... centers on reducing racial and socioeconomic disparities in educational success and...

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Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash

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10/06/2017

... Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash Nonprofit lenders in the U.S. with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor communities have a foothold in the bond market. There are $...

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Century Foundation Fellow Addresses How this Higher Education Bill Will Only Increase Inequality

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12/12/2017

... non-profit counterparts. They argue the bill, passed in the waning days of this year's legislative session and now .....

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The Century Foundation

JPMorgan Chase, Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation Back Development in Detroit's North End and Grandmont-Rosedale Neighborhoods

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05/11/2018

... Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation Back Development in Detroit's North End and Grandmont-Rosedale Neighborhoods ... Develop Detroit will build or rehab or build 70 new homes in the North End and...

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Andy Warhol Foundation Awards Grants for Arts Writing

Release Date:

12/03/2018

... a total of $725,000. Administered by the New York–based nonprofit Creative Capital, the grants support critical ... perspectives,” foundation president Joel Wachs said in a statement. “Critical writing on...

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UJA-Federation of New York Mobilizes 3,000 Volunteers for 70 Service Projects on MLK Day

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01/16/2019

... January 21, more than 3,000 New Yorkers will participate in UJA-Federation of New York’s third region-wide MLK ... carry out approximately70 service projects to help people in New York City, Long Island, and...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces New David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center

Release Date:

06/05/2019

... reuse of the Orangerie, built by John D. Rockefeller in 1908 on the historic Rockefeller family estate and bequeathed to the nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1979 by...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation and Gilroy Foundation Set Up Gilroy Garlic Festival Victims Relief Fund

Release Date:

07/30/2019

... Set Up Gilroy Garlic Festival Victims Relief Fund In partnership with the Gilroy Foundation, Silicon Valley ... 13, were killed and more than a dozen people were injured in the violent attack. SVCF will...

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16 Sep 2020

Ray Madoff vs. Daniel Hemel: Should DAFs Be Reined In?

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 -

9:00am to 10:15am

... Capital Partners and Baruch College’s Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management .** Opaque. Inappropriately ... Please join us for a debate between two leading thinkers in this area as they lead us ...

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GoVoteNYC Fund in The New York Community Trust Announces $1 Million in Grants for Voter Engagement

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04/26/2022

GoVoteNYC Fund in The New York Community Trust Announces $1 Million in Grants for Voter Engagement (April 26, 2021) New York, NY ... events and materials to diverse New Yorkers. Two nonprofit...

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24 Oct 2011

Taking the Next Steps Toward a Greater Collective Impact

Monday, October 24, 2011 - 8:45am to Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 9:30am

... Kania on Collective Impact, a new approach first featured in the Winter 2011 Issue of the Stanford Social Innovation ... To utilize a Collective Impact approach: a group of cross- sector actors commit to a...

09 Nov 2012

Organizing Philanthropy's Response to Sandy -- Philanthropy New York’s Teleconference Series

Friday, November 9, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Please join us for the second call in this series convening Philanthropy New York members to ... communicate and collaborate around recovery funding, both in the short- and long-term. This series of...

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts

Release Date:

06/25/2014

... commitment was one of more than 20 new private sector pledges to drive more than $1.5 billion into impact ... will initially prioritize support for clean energy, in an effort to identify businesses positioned...

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Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge

Release Date:

07/22/2014

... Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge The "community quarterback" model can be an ... Fund, and Brandee McHale, COO at the Citi Foundation, in a post on the SSIR...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and USAID Launch $100 Million Partnership

Release Date:

08/04/2014

... to chronic stresses and increasing climate shocks in communities across Africa and Asia. Announced at the ... and development planning, connecting the private sector with civil society and government, and...

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MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa

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01/21/2015

... Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa The MasterCard Foundation today launched a $50 ... challenge fund to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa by enabling businesses to...

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