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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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UJA-Federation Launches Campaign for Passage of Education Tax Credit

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05/27/2015

... to pass the Education Tax Credit bill. Governor Andrew Cuomo reintroduced this legislation last week as the Parental ... to discuss the important impact the bill will have on New York’s Jewish day schools and...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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New York Community Trust Adds Funds to the QueensWay Plan

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10/16/2015

... Plan The QueensWay gets greener even as the leaves on the trees growing along the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail ... Over $443,000 was given to the trust through Gov. Cuomo ’s New York City Regional Economic...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

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The New York Community Trust

Several NY Donor Families Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the Wealthy

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03/23/2016

... PNY Donor Families Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the Wealthy More than 40 millionaires on Monday asked New York state to raise taxes on the wealthy, ... the millionaires said in...

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Public Policy

Bloomberg, NYS Fund a 9/11 Rescue, Recovery Workers Memorial

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05/31/2017

... September 11 Memorial & Museum by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo , 9/11 Memorial Board Chair and former New York City ... The permanent memorial is expected to be installed on the southwest corner of an 8-acre...

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SUNY Tuition to Rise $200 for Students not Eligible for Excelsior

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06/23/2017

... York this week quietly voted to raise tuition by $200 on students who are not eligible for the free tuition ... called the Excelsior Scholarship, that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature instituted in...

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Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up

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12/16/2015

... Dierdre DeAngelis, the Principal of New Dorp Academy on Staten Island, described the turnaround process her large ... students achieve is almost impossible to fund on a DOE budget, and both ROADS and East Side...

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Environment and Climate Change

13 Apr 2015

Social, Environmental and Economic Resiliency - Follow-up to Puerto Rico Learning Tour

Monday, April 13, 2015 -

9:00am to 11:15am

... all Puerto Ricans benefit equally. Learn about updates on philanthropic support and collaborations underway in San ... Juan and around the island. Our distinguished panel will offer fresh thinking to systemic...

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PNY Joins Philanthropy Groups in Calling on Funders to Keep Equity at the Forefront of Philanthropy’s Response to COVID-19

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03/20/2020

PNY Joins Philanthropy Groups in Calling on Funders to Keep Equity at the Forefront of ... Lauren A. Smith made an important point about a focus on equity in philanthropy’s response to the coronavirus. .....

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PNY News

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Disaster Relief

The Burke Foundation Plans to Expand CenteringPregnancy and CenteringParenting to 50 Sites in the Next Five Years

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04/20/2021

... infant and child health outcomes, with a particular focus on reducing health disparities among under-resourced ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

Health

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The Burke Foundation

Funding the Future of Activism

Release Date:

02/04/2013

... most troubled schools with the fewest resources. People on the margins struggle with a fraying social service safety ... and immigrants, women and unions face harsh crackdowns on their basic rights. VOCAL-NY...

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Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

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08/13/2010

... (NYSHealth) worked to find a way to help victims of the disaster —and at the same time follow its mission to improve ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

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07/01/2010

... recovery efforts as the corporation at the center of the disaster . What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

New York Community Trust Announces $4.5 Million in Grants

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02/12/2013

... rebuild after Superstorm Sandy and prepare for the next disaster , the 45 grants below deal with the shortage of ...

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Community Development

Disaster Relief

Bank of America Announces Support for Communities, Clients after Hurricane Michael

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10/19/2018

... This includes $150,000 directed to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund for immediate relief. Bank of America ...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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New York Community Trust Honors 2015 Winners of Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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12/01/2015

... 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards on November 18. The organizations range in size, budget, ... Committee for their outstanding management, focusing on Eight Key Areas of Nonprofit...

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The New York Community Trust

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Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of NY

United Hospital Fund Works to Tackle Antibiotic Misuse in Outpatient Care

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02/22/2016

... Obama administration announced its national action plan on the issue, demonstrating that antibiotic stewardship has ... and will bring additional institutional resources to bear on the challenge of developing...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm People of Color

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11/03/2016

... are three industries that have had a devastating impact on communities of color and low income communities in our ... Steered by an Advisory Council of national and local experts , the Foundation’s Racial...

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2017 NoVo Social Emotional Learning Innovation Fund Award Winners Announced

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07/17/2017

... to and connect with a group of national SEL practitioners, experts and advocates at a convening later this year. The ... novel interventions or instructional practices focused on improving competencies such as...

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