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Most Foundations Neglect Rural America. Helmsley Charitable Trust Doesn't

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11/02/2016

... America. Helmsley Charitable Trust Doesn't The dearth of grant dollars going to rural America has long been lamented by advocates of more equity in philanthropy. These...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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NPCC Announces Winners of 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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11/08/2016

NPCC Announces Winners of 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards ... the Columbia Business School Executive Education Programs in Social Enterprise. The three organizations will be honored .....

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The New York Community Trust

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Largest Funder of Tobacco-Control Efforts in the Developing World

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12/05/2016

Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Largest Funder of Tobacco-Control Efforts in the Developing World Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York has long been a...

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Geraldine R. Dodge and Silicon Valley Community Foundations Accepted to Knight Community Information Lab

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02/14/2017

... an 18-month lab that will help them get to the heart of the information gaps in their community, and develop long -term solutions with the input of local residents. ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Amsterdam News Profiles Harlem Native George Suttles of the John A. Hartford Foundation

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02/16/2017

Amsterdam News Profiles Harlem Native George Suttles of the John A. Hartford Foundation A little over a month ago, ... The foundation is also keeping abreast of new innovations in health and what...

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Korean American Community Foundation Accepting Applications for 2017 Community Grants

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02/22/2017

... Accepting Applications for 2017 Community Grants Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded in support of programs that strengthen the economic security ... services in support...

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2017 Soros Equality Fellows

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03/21/2017

... Society Foundations is pleased to announce the recipients of the Soros Equality Fellowship, a new initiative to help emerging mid-career professionals become long -term innovative leaders in...

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Social Justice

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Rockefeller Foundation Research Finds College Degree Can Be A Blunt and Inaccurate Way For Evaluating Real Talent

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03/22/2017

... For Evaluating Real Talent There's a harrowing disconnect in the hiring world: While job seekers say entry-level jobs ... say entry-level candidates are hard to find. Almost half of employers (43%) said...

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Soros-Funded Charities Targeted By Trump-Inspired Crackdown In East Europe

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03/23/2017

Soros-Funded Charities Targeted By Trump-Inspired Crackdown In East Europe The campaign against Soros in countries ... on foreign-funded charities drove Soros's foundation out of Russia two...

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United Hospital Fund Honors 31 Health Care Trustees

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05/02/2017

... and home care organizations throughout the five boroughs of New York City and neighboring Long Island, Westchester, and New Jersey. This is the 27th ... the Fund has presented Distinguished Trustee Awards. All...

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JPMorgan Chase Focuses on Asset Building in Communities of Color

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05/26/2017

JPMorgan Chase Focuses on Asset-Building in Communities of Color The mix of funders worried about America's vast ... to grasp that economic inequality is likely to serve as a long...

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Urban Design Team Proposes Outer Borough Light Rail

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06/30/2017

... Rail As derailments and train delays bring the "summer of hell" into sharp focus, the Regional Plan Association and Rockefeller Foundation have come up with some long range solutions. Four teams...

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With Support from Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers at UIC Identify Master Molecule Behind Corneal Inflammation

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07/12/2017

... Identify Master Molecule Behind Corneal Inflammation One of the symptoms of herpes simplex virus-1 infection of the ... layer of the eyeball. But without blood vessels, it...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Disabilities

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Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time

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07/13/2017

... Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustained by Prisoners of Time Despite the enactment of justice reforms in many states, the nation’s prison and jail population has ... tells much of...

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Justice Reform

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Ford, ConEd: Bronx Children’s Museum Construction Begins

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07/24/2017

... its own children’s museum! NYC Parks and NYC Department of Design and Construction joined elected officials and community leaders in breaking ground for the long -awaited Bronx Children’s...

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F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000

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08/31/2017

... a milestone that is expected to transform treatment in the coming years. The new therapy turns a patient’s ... them to recognize and attack the disease. It is part of the rapidly growing field of...

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City Hospital System Is Expanding Children’s Mental Health Programs

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09/06/2017

... childhood experiences can affect a person’s health long into adulthood, New York City’s public hospital system ... are designed to address the challenges facing many of the hospital system’s young patients,...

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New York City Offers Free Lunch for All Public School Students

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... at New York City public schools will be available free of charge to all 1.1 million students beginning this school ... Carmen Fariña, the schools chancellor, said on Wednesday in the basement cafeteria...

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In Rural Kenya, Escaping A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A Little Luck

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09/11/2017

In Rural Kenya, Escaping A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A ... across his slightly distended stomach. “I was in a lot of pain when I had the treatment, and I was very scared,” ... out the...

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