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Herbert Sturz of Open Society Foundations Named A City & State Lifetime Award Winner

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01/12/2017

City & State is proud to announce the 2017 50 Over 50 honorees! The 50 Over 50 Awards recognizes some of the most distinguished public servants in New York City over the age of 50 who have committed decades of their life to making the city a...

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Open Society Foundations

Antoine Georges to Lead New Center for Computational Quantum Physics Supported by the Simons Foundation

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01/12/2017

The Simons Foundation is delighted to announce the formation of the Center for Computational Quantum Physics, in the foundation’s new Flatiron Institute, and the appointment of Antoine Georges as its director.

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Science

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Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty

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01/12/2017

The Future Cities Accelerator announced 10 $100,000 grants to organizations devoted to improving the lives of the urban poor, with the hope that some will be successful enough to export to other cities.

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UJA-Federation of New York Launches Centennial With Largest Volunteer Initiative in its History

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01/12/2017

Commemorating 100 years of service as a community safety net and champion of Jewish life for more than 4.5 million people in New York, Israel, and around the world, UJA-Federation of New York is launching Time for Good, the largest volunteer effort...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs

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01/12/2017

Lisa has been working with community-based organizations for the last 25 years, first as a community health educator and program director at several youth-serving agencies, then as a Senior Consultant at Community Resource Exchange

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How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Girls of Color

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01/12/2017

Black girls and other girls of color disproportionately experience harsh school discipline than their peers.

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Video

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Justice Reform

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

ESSA Explained: Inside the New Federal K-12 Law

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01/13/2017

The new Every Student Succeeds Act rolls back much of the federal government's big footprint in education policy, on everything from testing and teacher quality to low-performing schools. And it gives big new leeway to states in calling the shots.

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Caught Our Attention

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Education

Ford-Backed Poll Finds that Young Americans Fear They Will Be Worse Off Post-Trump

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01/17/2017

According to a new poll of Americans aged 18 to 30, the country’s young adults are more likely to expect they’ll be worse off at the end of Trump’s first term than better off. Such young Americans are also far more likely to think Trump will divide...

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Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Discusses How African Cities Need Urgent Back-Up Plans

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01/17/2017

As Africa’s economies grow, the risks of rapid urbanisation, unemployment and climate change are expected to increase in tandem.

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International/Foreign Affairs

New York State Health Foundation Supports Campaign to Urge Nutritious Food Donations

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01/17/2017

The Clinton County Health Department is working to ensure healthier meal options are available at places that often get overlooked by such efforts — area food shelves.

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Health

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Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program

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01/17/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced grants to seven cities to help them boost their capacity to tackle major challenges through innovation and improve quality of life for their residents.

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Community Development

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The Wallace Foundation Supports Creative Ways to Expand the Taste for Classical Music in NYC Eateries

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01/17/2017

Instead of diminishing the music, small-scale concerts offer the chance to bring it into our daily lives.

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Arts

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The Time is Now for Philanthropy to Talk about Healthcare

Release Date:

01/18/2017

Eighteen million people. That’s how many Americans will soon lose their health insurance with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and its replacement with plans previously advanced by Republican leaders in Congress.

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PNY News

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Health

New York Life Foundation and Afterschool Alliance Launch Aim High Grant Competition

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01/18/2017

The New York Life Foundation invests in middle–school out–of–school time (OST) programs to help economically disadvantaged eighth graders enter ninth grade on time.

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Supported by Novo, Notorious New York Prison Is Reclaimed By The Women It Once Caged

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01/18/2017

The project, called “The Women’s Building,” will offer office space for organizations advocating for women and children, and will serve as a global hub for people working on those issues.

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Justice Reform

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NoVo Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Teams With Columbia Journalism School

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01/18/2017

At a press conference in Greece, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) presented a three-year grant for intensive summer journalism courses for younger as well as more experienced journalists and journalism graduates in a program that is exclusively...

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Communications/Media

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United Hospital Fund Supports Family Caregiver Centers

Release Date:

01/18/2017

Hospitals are showing a greater interest in family caregivers in part because of new penalties for hospital readmissions.

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference

Release Date:

01/18/2017

On Monday, February 6, Robin Hood, New York's largest poverty-fighting organization, and the Russell Sage Foundation, the nation's premier foundation devoted to social science research, will host their first annual Poverty Solutions Conference.

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Economic Security

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Warhol Foundation Appoints Three New Board Members and New Board Chair

Release Date:

01/18/2017

The Andy Warhol Foundation has appointed three new board members: Ruby Lerner, Anne Pasternak, and Paul Ha. Igor DaCosta has also been appointed as the foundation’s new board chair.