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Silent Killer: Sweltering Planet Braces For Deadly Heat Shocks

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... Sweltering Planet Braces For Deadly Heat Shocks When Hurricane Harvey blasted ashore in August, drowning south Texas in a year's worth of rain in just...

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School Systems Prepare for Puerto Rican Students

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... from Florida to Massachusetts are anticipating an influx of Puerto Rican students displaced by Hurricane Maria and have begun preparations to identify which ... Puerto Rico’s education secretary, told staff...

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Education

Funded in Part By The Charles H. Revson Foundation, NPR Reports on Puerto Rico’s Financial Storm

Release Date:

06/27/2018

Funded in Part By The Charles H. Revson Foundation, NPR Reports on ... Financial Storm Puerto Ricans are still rebuilding after Hurricane María devastated the island and its infrastructure last September. Since...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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21 Jun 2018

Report in Focus: Revving up the Deportation Machinery: Enforcement and Pushback under Trump - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, June 21, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:15pm

... and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* In the first eight months of the Trump administration, arrests and deportations of ... under Trump and the Pushback , based on their...

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Children, Youth and Families

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04 Oct 2012

Measuring and Strengthening Advocacy Capacity: Tools and Strategies

Thursday, October 4, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... strengthen and ultimately assess the effectiveness of advocacy efforts—yet taking deliberate steps at the ... strategies and tools are now available to assist funders in this process. A free electronic tool to...

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25 Feb 2014

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium VIII: Re-Imagining Impact

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 -

7:00am to 12:00pm

Baruch College School of Public Affairs

Join the Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York as ... Fiscal Management Associates, LLC, Foundation Center, Long Island Community Foundation,...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Executive Leadership

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19 Nov 2019

Equity, Access and Degree Completion: The Promise of Collective Impact in NYC

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The gaps in college degree attainment in New York City are stark and widen every step of the way from high school graduation to college graduation. ...

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A Road Less Traveled….

Release Date:

11/01/2011

... categories—those who want to get to their destination in the quickest time and those who want to take the “scenic ... and show results in a timely manner. This summer, a group of foundations...

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The Juvenile Justice Initiative at Philanthropy New York: Closing Remarks from Judge Judith S. Kaye

Release Date:

06/22/2010

... response to the growing momentum for systems reform in New York State and New York City. Its long -term goal is to ensure an organized and timely response ... served as Chief Judge of the New...

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Johnson & Johnson Announces $1.75 Million Donation to Save the Children to Support Syrian Humanitarian Refugee Crisis

Release Date:

11/18/2015

... impacted by the Syrian refugee crisis and strengthen long -term resiliency in their communities. The $1.75 million commitment was announced in advance of Save the Children...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

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03 Dec 2019

Moving Justice Forward: Perspectives from Manhattan DA Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 -

8:30am to 10:00am

What is the role of a 21 st century prosecutor? Join us for a conversation ... Investment Initiative (CJII) -- $250 million investment in transformative projects that strengthen and support youth, ... Designed for...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Public Policy

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Children, Youth and Families

Justice Reform

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01 Oct 2018

People Like Us: A Roadmap for Democracy

Monday, October 1, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... 2018 elections looming, we are seeing a wide range of individuals who are running for elected office at all ... New American Leaders especially has played a big part in encouraging and training candidates from...

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Open Society Foundations Releases Video Showing A New Outlook on Growing Up Intersex

Release Date:

02/27/2017

... Video Showing A New Outlook on Growing Up Intersex In Uganda, growing up intersex makes you a target — of discrimination, abuse, even violence. It can be viewed as a curse, something to purge. When the...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Video

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports National Geographic Documentary About the Coal and Mining Industry

Release Date:

04/14/2017

... About the Coal and Mining Industry On the heels of President Trump’s executive order to undo Clean Power ... as well as Jon Kamen, Katherine Oliver and Justin Wilkes, in partnership with Bloomberg...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... Program Associate for the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust. Technology has transformed traditional modes of learning—creating a vast online universe of...

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Education

Technology

Workforce Development

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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Simons Foundation Study Shows New Insights on Ocean Microoganisms

Release Date:

01/26/2016

... infect more than humans or plants. For microorganisms in the oceans -- including those that capture half of the carbon taken out of the atmosphere every day -- ... the size of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Commonwealth Fund, NY State Health Foundation, Peterson Center Noted as the Funders Behind the Movement for Open Notes

Release Date:

05/16/2017

... Behind the Movement for Open Notes Can the simple act of sharing a healthcare provider's notes with a patient ... movement thinks it can and, today, millions of patients in 37 states...

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Health

New York Health Foundation

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The Commonwealth Fund

Peterson Center on Healthcare

David Rockefeller’s Thoughtful Path to Philanthropy

Release Date:

11/08/2017

... Path to Philanthropy Somewhere beneath Rockefeller Center, in a workroom with the bare fluorescent lights and tall shelves of a big discount warehouse, auction-house employees are ... million to $30 million a...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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New Documentary Supported by The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Highlights the Unseen Side of Silicon Valley

Release Date:

03/14/2018

... The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Highlights the Unseen Side of Silicon Valley San Francisco Bay Area’s Silicon Valley ... and drama of the region’s evolution will be revealed in “Silicon Valley...

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