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Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem

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02/16/2017

Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem Early in his career as a cardiologist, Garth Graham treated a ... point that good health starts well beyond the four walls of...

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After Cuts in Funding from DoE, Learning Leaders Shuts Down Despite Support from Funders Like NYCT, Pinkerton

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02/17/2017

... Leaders, a nonprofit that trains volunteers to work in hundreds of low-income schools across the city, will shut down next ... and community engagement in city schools, will close March...

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Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation

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02/22/2017

... the nation better understand and address its legacies of slavery, racism and discrimination. The five-year Mellon grant will assist the university in establishing a center for racial justice, hiring faculty...

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Capital One, Howard Gilman, and Doris Duke Support City Parks SummerStage 2017 Season

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04/11/2017

... Parks Foundation is excited to announce the 2017 season of SummerStage, New York City's largest free outdoor ... bringing more than 100 performances to Central Park and 15 neighborhood parks throughout...

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Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds

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05/04/2017

Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded ... who left school are living informally with a man. And only 15 percent of Mexican girls who dropped...

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Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research

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05/12/2017

... advance this mission, the foundation is accepting letters of inquiry for its Russell Sage Foundation/Carnegie ... on Immigration and Immigrant Integration. Grants of up to $150,000 over one or two years will...

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Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center

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05/24/2017

... The ambitious new arts center known as the Shed, rising in Hudson Yards, has received $75 million from Michael R. ... the Far West Side continues to be shaped by a small group of influential billionaires. They...

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Commonwealth Fund: The American Health Care Act: Economic and Employment Consequences for States

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06/14/2017

... Consequences for States On May 24, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA, ... The U.S. Senate is currently developing its own version of the legislation. A January...

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Staten Island Foundation Supports Worker-Owned Co-Op Businesses Starting Up on Staten Island

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06/20/2017

... putting together final details, before the official launch of two new businesses. “Exciting because we're going to be ... to run it the way we've decided.” Edith Lopez is one of 6 women who have been...

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Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs

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08/29/2017

... and community programming, is showing encouraging growth. In a subsequent interview with Gotham Gazette, Rasmia Kirmani-Frye, the founding president of the Fund for Public Housing, said the nonprofit has begun...

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States Sue To Block DACA Termination, Citing Trump's 'Racial Animus'

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09/07/2017

... immigrants known as DREAMers. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the Eastern District of New York, was brought by the attorneys general of 15 states and the District of...

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City Council Approves Zoning Plan to Revamp Far Rockaway with More Housing, Commercial Repairs

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09/08/2017

... a commercial overhaul. Mayor de Blasio pledged to rezone 15 neighborhoods under his affordable housing plan — but with months left in his first term, the Rockaway plan is only the second one ... are expected...

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What’s The [Data] Point? 77,651, with the City Housing Commissioner

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09/25/2017

... with the City Housing Commissioner For this episode of the podcast, we bring you excerpts of a speech the city's housing commissioner, Maria ... Commission event on Wednesday, September 20, followed by...

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The GOP Tax Plan: Tough Choices With Limited Room to Maneuver

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09/26/2017

... focus: They are trying to fit more than $5 trillion of tax cuts inside a $1.5 trillion box. This week’s planned release of a unified GOP blueprint from the Senate, the House and the Trump administration marks...

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Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program

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09/26/2017

... Program Stanford University Press is redefining the world of traditional academic publishing through an innovative ... research that involves digital tools not usually found in online journals. The idea for...

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De Blasio’s ‘Homeless Hotels’ Plan Is Way Behind Schedule

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09/28/2017

... two years after Mayor de Blasio announced a plan to create 15 ,000 units of supportive housing to deal with the homelessness crisis, ... had initially said at least 250 units would be operating in...

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Protesters Demand Affordable Housing Outside City Hall

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10/10/2017

... More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside City Hall in the rain on Monday to demand more affordable housing from ... They released a four-point plan that included building 15 ,000 units of...

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Shake Shack Founder on Changing The Way Restaurants Do Business

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10/10/2017

... The Way Restaurants Do Business If you've eaten out in the past couple of decades, chances are a restaurateur named Danny Meyer has ... changed the way America dines out. Danny Meyer now runs 15...

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Bay Area Arts, Education Nonprofits to Receive Hearst Grants

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10/13/2017

... Foundations this week announced more than $1.5 million in grants for California nonprofits, including more than $800,000 for Bay Area initiatives. The largest of the area grants went to UC Berkeley, which...

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