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5/16/12 - iPad Games, Digital Mapping, Media Remixing: $874,000 for 12 NYC Projects Working Together to Get Teens Excited about Learning Read More..
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4/12/12 - A New Urgent Psychiatric Clinic, More Farmers' Markets in Poor Neighborhoods, Greenways in the Rockaways & More Read More..
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4/10/12 - Trust Releases New Guidelines for Social Work Grantmaking Read More..
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4/9/12 - Entries Invited for New York Community Trust — New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards Read More..
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3/28/12 - Bronx Museum Drops Admission Fee, Trust Helps Get the Word Out Read More..
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3/14/12 - Video: New Ways Pensions Can Rebuild Infrastructure, Create Jobs Read More..
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3/13/12 - Now Accepting Proposals for Van Lier Fellowship Program Read More..
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2/22/12 - Spaceworks Transforms Vacancies Into (Affordable!) Artist Studios Read More..
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2/14/12 - Many of the City's Worst Apt. Buildings Fixed Read More..
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2/8/12 - New York's Community Foundation Announces $5 Million in First Grants of 2012 Read More..
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2/1/12 - Grant helps start an e-waste depot in Gowanus, Brooklyn Read More..
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1/24/12 - Bushmeat: It's What's for Dinner Read More..
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1/5/12 - NYC rolls out greener carpet rule Read More..
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1/1/12 - After Three Decades, Tax Credit for Ethanol Expires Read More..
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12/28/11 - Trust funds grantees working at the intersection of health and the environment Read More..
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12/22/11 - NY Daily News: Trust grant to Safe Space to expand services for youth Read More..
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12/15/11 - New York Community Trust grant helps find jobs for Far Rockaway residents Read More..
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12/5/11 - Trust Stuffs Nonprofit Stockings with $5.5 Million in Final Grants of the Year Read More..
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11/30/11 - Police release quarterly report on school arrests, thanks to work of Trust grantees Read More..
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11/18/11 - Sen. Schumer recognizes contribution of Trust and other community foundations Read More..
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11/8/11 - Grantee U-HAB helps save the birthplace of hip-hop Read More..
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11/3/11 - Funding for City Youth to Geek Out Anytime, Anywhere Read More..
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10/24/11 - Trust grant to BAM helps start program to strengthen small arts groups Read More..
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10/14/11 - Groups Get $5.6 Million in Competitive Grants from Trust Read More..
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10/12/11 - Fund that continues the legacy of filmmaker Pare Lorentz helps 4 docs Read More..
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10/12/11 - Geeking Out with The New York Community Trust Read More..
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9/28/11 - [Video] A Trust Program Officer on Bringing Funders Together Successfully Read More..
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9/15/11 - Helen Merrill Playwriting Awards Announced Read More..
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9/9/11 - Trust and September 11th Fund Provide Legal Help to New Yorkers after 9/11 Read More..
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9/8/11 - Ten Years Later: A Q&A about 9/11 with Lorie Slutsky, Trust President Read More..
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8/25/2011 - New York's Fashion's Night Out: Where Fashion Meets Charity Council of Fashion Designers, Vogue, City of New York, and NYC & Co. to Benefit NYC AIDS Fund Read More..
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8/15/11 - The New York City AIDS Fund in The Trust - the official charity of Fashion's Night Out Read More..
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7/14/11 - Our grants to Girls Scouts NY featured in the WSJ Read More..
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6/29/11 - Mayor Proclaims June 23rd to be Healthy Communities Through Healthy Eating Day Read More..
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6/15/11 - Sixty-Four Nonprofits Get $4.7 Million in Competitive Grants from The Trust Read More..
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6/9/11 - SummerStage: a Stop on the Silk Road Read More..
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5/20/11 - Hunter School of Social Work moves to a new building in East Harlem. Read More..
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4/29/11 - Trust-funded Crop Count 2011, Project of Farming Concrete, Featured in the Times Read More..
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4/26/11 - NYC AIDS Fund Gives $1.3 Million to Stop the Spread of HIV/AIDS and Improve Care for Those with the Disease Read More..
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4/11/11-Thirty-Seven Groups Get $4.7 Million in Competitive Grants from NYC's Community Foundation Read More..
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3/16/11 - Donors' Group Awards $835,000 to Help Reform NYC Public Schools Read More..
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2/16/11 - Trust board member wins award from New York Academy of Medicine Read More..
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2/14/11 - Trust-Grantee Amida Care Receives Grant from AIDS United to Help End National AIDS Epidemic Read More..
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2/4/11 - Thirty Nonprofits Get $3,860,000 in Grants from The New York Community Trust Read More..
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12/16/10 - Neighborhood Revitalization Grant Recipients Announced Read More..
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12/7/10 - New York Wins Grant to Train Workers in Health Care Sector Read More..
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10/8/10 - Listening to Immigrant Voices: Feet in Two Worlds Receives Trust Grant through the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Community Read More..
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Trust-funded study asks: is your home bad for your health? Read More..
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Making New York City a better place for older people Read More..
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8/30/10 - The NYC AIDS Fund in The New York Community Trust to benefit from Fashion’s Night Out Read More..
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7/28/10 - GED Website Launched with Trust Support Read More..
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Trust Awards $1 Million in Arts Grants to 21 Small and Medium-Sized Cultural Groups Read More..
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6/2/10 - $1.7 Million Initiative to Bring Vulnerable People with HIV/AIDS into Care Read More..
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2/25/10 - Foundations Start Major Push to Get Accurate City Census Count: $562,000 Awarded to 35 Nonprofits Read More..
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2/23/10 - New York’s Community Foundation Gives Emergency Funding to Help Haitian Immigrants Read More..
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2/9/10 - New York’s Community Foundation Awards $7.25 Million to Help New Yorkers Through the Recession Read More..
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2/4/10 - Youth Reporters to Help End Gun Violence Downtown Community TV Receives New York Community Trust Grant through the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Community Information Challenge
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David Okorn is Appointed as Executive of Long Island Community Foundation Read More..
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1/4/10 - Times Editorial on Climate Change Features Trust Grantee Environment America Read More..
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Hotline Help for Nonprofit Executives This service by CRE is supported by The Trust, 7/29/09.
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Lower East Side Is Given 'Endangered' Designation By Sewell Chan for the New York Times, 5/21/08 Read More..
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Where the Other Half Lives... By Manny Fernandez for the New York Times, 4/13/08. Read More..
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Less Crime: No Reason To Shut Prisons "By Jim Dwyer for the New York Times, 4/12/08 Read More..
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In Confronting the Foreclosure Crisis, a Bill Strikes a Balance New York Community Trust grantees, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project and New York Acorn Housing, are mentioned. 6/22/08. Read More..
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11/3/11 - Funding for City Kids and Teens to Geek Out Anytime, Anywhere Read More..
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New York’s Fashion’s Night Out New York’s Fashion’s Night Out: Where Fashion Meets Charity Read More..
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New York's Fashion's Night Out New York’s Fashion’s Night Out: Where Fashion Meets Charity Read More..
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4/2/11 - NY E-Waste Recycling Laws Take Effect, Trust Grant Helps Develop Brooklyn Recycling Station Read More..
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3/24/11 - General Counsel Jane Wilton is quoted in FT piece on donating works of art Read More..
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4/11/11 - NYT piece on One NYC One Nation: Helping Immigrants Navigate Government Read More..
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4/4/11 - Lorie Slutsky on charitable giving in New York Times Read More..
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3/30/11 - Donor of the Day: The Trust's Donors' Education Collaborative Read More..
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3/28/11 - Financial Times: Jane Wilton, Trust General Counsel, on Donations of Artwork Read More..
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3/7/11 - Common Ground's promising approach to sheltering the homeless featured on NPR's All Things Considered Read More..
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3/7/11 - Home of grantee Coney Island USA gets landmark status. Read More..
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2/16/11 - Met Opera and the Juilliard work together on "The Bartered Bride" Read More..
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1/23/11 - Restored Pare Lorentz film of first trial of top Nazis premieres in U.S. Read More..
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2/11/11 - Boarding House Residents Protected From Eviction Read More..
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2/11/11 - Jose Reyes and Big Boi are picking up the phone to fight truancy: What's The Trust doing? Read More..
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12/30/10 - Trust grantee cautions against faults of Secure Communities immigration enforcement program Read More..
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12/21/10, New York Times - Bloomberg Wants State to Release Control of Young Inmates Read More..
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12/16/10 - The Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund featured in the Wall Street Journal Read More..
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12/10/10 - Trust Grantee Make the Road New York Challenges Supermarkets that Under-pay Workers Read More..
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12/23/10 - Museum of the City of New York Puts Historical Photo Collection Online Read More..
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11/29/10 - Trust Grantee Out2Play Helps Fill Playground Void Read More..
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12/22/10 - Trust board member is Wall Street Journal's Donor of the Day Read More..
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12/20/10 - a Times editorial on the importance of the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York Read More..
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11/18/10 - Food Bank for NYC Launches Text Fundraising Campaign Read More..
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11/08/10 - First Lancelot M. Berkeley - New York Community Trust Prize in Astronomy Awarded Read More..
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10/28/10 - Feet in Two Worlds reports on City immigrant enforcement program
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9/30/10 - Lorie Slutsky quoted in WSJ piece on new leadership at the Red Cross Read More..
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8/20/10 - Trust-funded study asks: is your home bad for your health? Read More..
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8/16/10 -The AIDS Fund on CBS News Read More..
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8/23/10 - The Trust's ad campaign featured on Forbes.com Read More..
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8/23/10 - Our recent ad: Why let billionaires have all the fun? Read More..
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8/17/10 - Center for Arts Education finds art supply spending down in City schools Read More..
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8/18/10 - Palliative care extends life, study finds Read More..
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7/18/10 - Grant to Academy of Medicine is helping to make City a better place to grow old. Read More..
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6/28/10 - Trust-funded report finds living expenses in NYC rising far faster than wages. Read More..
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Program officer Pat Swann moderates panel: "Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?" Read More..
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6/29/10 - Lorie Slutsky Makes Crain's "40 Under 40 Greatest Hits" List Read More..
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6/21/10 - Trust President Named to The Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York Read More..
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5/5/10 - Workforce development funder group wins Distinguished Grantmaking Award The National Fund for Workforce Solutions received the 2010
Distinguished Grantmaking Award for Collaboration - the Council on
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5/25/10 - WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show discusses Trust-funded 'Beyond Bullets' program Read More..
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5/18/10 - Trust recognized for supporting anti-gun violence campaign Read More..
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5/7/10 - Trust leads foundation effort to restore summer youth programs on the chopping block Read More..
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A Trust grant to equip a women's health center in Jordan is featured in a video on philanthropy and global health. Read More..
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New Immigrant Community Empowerment is a grantee for its work to "Break down resistance to the Census" Read More..
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4/21/10 - Trust-funded Efforts By Citizens Union Move Redistricting Reform Forward Read More..
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4/21/10 - Congratulations to the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York Trust grantee receives special Tony Award Read More..
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4/15/10 - Trust Grantee Fiscal Policy Institute Crunched Numbers for Report on Highly Skilled Immigrants in Workforce Read More..
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Trust-funded task force proposes building-code improvements Read More..
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Trust funds Web site to help youth prepare for G.E.D Read More..
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Obesity and hunger in the Bronx Read More..
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2/1/10 - Green Codes Task Force Gives NYC Building-code Proposals Read More..
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Bronx Appartment Building Facing Foreclosure, Example of Troubling Trend Read More..
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Bronx Apartment Building Facing Foreclosure, Example of Troubling Trend Read More..
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1/19/10 - Trust Program Officer Weighs in on the Race to the Top Read More..
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12/13/09 - The Trust Featured in Crain's Article on "Battling Mission Attrition" Read More..
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12/2/09 - President Lorie Slutsky Gives Advice to Donors Giving in Tough Times Read More..
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Uncovering Unhealthy Tap Water Throughout the Nation Read More..
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Exposing Cancer Risks in the Kitchen The Children's Environmental Health Center at Mount Sinai is quoted in this 12/06/09 New York Times piece.
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Congress Fails to Act to Prevent Temporary Estate and GST Tax Repeal Read More..
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12/11/09 - Trust Program Officer Co-Authors Book on Community Organizing for Better Public Schools Read More..
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12/1/09 - NYC AIDS Fund Honored by Mayor Bloomberg Read More..
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11/30/09 - Lorie Slutsky, Joyce Bove, and Pat Swann make The Voice's Thanksgiving Honor Roll Read More..
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The Trust's Pat Jenny Speaks at Capital Hill Briefing on Job Creation Read More..
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11/18/09 - Lorie Slutsky takes questions on community philanthropy for the New York Times Read More..
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ReServe takes its successful program for connecting older adults and nonprofits on the road Read More..
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10/1/09 Grantee Environment America quoted in Times piece on climate change Read More..
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10/26/09 Sustainable South Bronx's SmartRoofs project seeds small business trend Read More..
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10/30/09 Trust grantee Rocking the Boat featured in The Times Trust grantee Rocking the Boat is featured in this 10/5/09 New York Times piece by Bao Ong. Read More..
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10/28/09 Trust Honored by United Neighborhood Houses Read More..
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An Evening of Playwrights, Honors, and Shrimp The Helen Merrill Playwriting Awards
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10/27/09 - Fashion's Night Out Helps People with AIDS Read More..
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A New Generation of Scientists Results of a survey of blood disease researchers previously funded through the Florio Fund from 1996 to 2003.
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10/9/09 - Poor New Yorkers Helped by NYCT Safety Net Grants Read More..
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9/18/09 - Eight Playwrights Win Helen Merrill Award Read More..
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The Trust supports most of the Bronx arts organizations mentioned in this article. Read More..
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8/26/09 - The Trust's investment in the City's nonprofit sector is praised on Huffington Post Fran Barrett, founder of Community Resource Exchange writes about The Trust's work to shore up the City's nonprofit sector during the economic downturn. Read More..
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Give to The NYC AIDS Fund Today! Give to The NYC AIDS Fund Today!
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9/1/09 - New York City AIDS Fund Works with Fashion's Night Out Read More..
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The Trust's early grantmaking to help New Yorkers through the recession is mentioned in the Times Read More..
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The Trust called "heroic" for large grants that have helped New Yorkers in need A piece in City Limits Weekly examines the state of the nonprofit sector in the City. Read More..
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Lorie Slutsky in 2009 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50 Trust President Lorie Slutsky was named in The NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 list, published in the August 1, 2009 issue. Read More..
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Environmental Grantmaking at The Trust "Foundation Focus: Different Approaches to a Common Goal"Merrill Lynch Nonprofit News, Summer 2009
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Nonprofits Gird for Long Battle This article is part of a Crain’s series that looks at nonprofits’ efforts to fill yawning gaps in funding, using a mix of strategies. 6/17/09. Read More..
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Renovated High Line Now Open for Strolling Trust grantee Friends of the High Line is mentioned in this New York Times piece by Robin Pogrebin. 6/9/09
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Child Obesity is Linked to Chemicals in Plastic The Trust funded the research by Mount Sinai School of Medicine featured in this piece by Jennifer 8. Lee for the New York Times. 4/17/09 Read More..
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Detained Asylum-Seekers Find it Harder to Win Release Trust grantee Human Rights First is mentioned in this Times piece, 6/1/09.
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The Trust Honored by Legal Services NYC On June 16, 2009, The New York Community Trust was a Visionary Leadership Honoree at Legal Services NYC's Jazz for Justice gala. Read More..
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Money Available for Healthy Food Request for Proposals Announcement
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New Board Chairman, Board Member, and Program Officers Welcomed to The New York Community Trust Read More..
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Keep Donations Flexible Now to Avoid Conflict Tomorrow Lorie Slutsky, Trust president, is quoted in this New York Times article, 5/27/09.
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Trust Grantee International AIDS Vaccine Initiative discovers AIDS antibodies The Trust has made $875,000 in grants over the past four years to the
New York-based International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Rob Waters reports for Bloomberg News on their recent discovery of antibodies
that can neutralize many strains of the AIDS Virus. Read More..
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New Playgrounds Planned for PS 88, 182, 224, and 877. A 2008 grant to Out2Play is helping to refurbish five elementary school playgrounds. Queens Village Times, 4/16/09.
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Confronting the Climate Challenge in New York City Trust Program Officer Jasmine Thomas presents at NYRAG's upcoming event: Confronting the Climate Challenge: Incorporating Climate Change Into Your Funding Strategies. Read More..
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New York Community Trust Awards $8 Million to Local Nonprofits Posted on the Philanthropy News Digest, 6/21/08. Read More..
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Foundations' Longevity Should Be Valued By Lorie Slutsky and Susan Berresford, published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, 9/4/08. Read More..
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Featured by New York Association of Regional Grantmakers On the NYCT's strategic environmental grantmaking to the Bronx River Alliance and Riverkeeper. Read More..
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Even Renters Aren't Safe Elizabeth A. Harris for the New York Times, 4/13/08 Read More..
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Immigrants take on landlords Marlene Naanes for amNY, 5/12/08. Read More..
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As Investment Firms Buy Up Buildings, Tenants See Bullies By Gretchen Morgenson for the New York Times, 5/9/08. Read More..
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Lorie Slutsky Recognized in 2008 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50 Lorie Slutsky is recognized for the 6th consecutive year by the Nonprofit Times. The report is exerpted below. Read More..
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They Channel Intentions to the Right Places The Trust featured in the Giving Section of the New York Times, 11/12/07. Read More..
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Growing Opportunity: How Charities Can Tap Donor-Advised Funds By Elizabeth Schwinn for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, 5/28/08. Read More..
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NYCT Gives Nearly $8 Million through 119 Grants to NY Nonprofits New York City’s community foundation announced that it had approved 119 grants totaling $7,969,000 at its June 5 board meeting. These grants were made to improve the lives of all New Yorkers in the fields of education, arts, and the humanities; health and people with special needs; community development and the environment; and children, youth and families. Below is a small sample of the grants. Read More..
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Preparing for the Elderboom: Strategies for Success through Workforce Development and Advocacy Len McNally, the program director for The Trust's Health and People with Special Needs program, will be moderating a panel on philanthropy's role in workforce development. Read More..
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Hunter School of Social Work to Move The New York Community Trust and its Lois and Samuel J. Silberman Fund are featured in this Times article by Glenn Collins, 10/28/08. Read More..
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4/2/09 - $7,000,000 to Help Struggling New Yorkers. “These kinds of grants have always been a major part of our giving,” said Lorie Slutsky, The Trust’s president. “What’s different is that we have given significantly more money to agencies that have the ability to increase the number of people they help, but face a serious drop-off in private contributions and severe reductions in public funding. And we’re doing it early in the year.” Read More..
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The Trust Said 'No' to Investing with Madoff The Trust's communications director, Ani Hurwitz, is quoted in this New York Times piece by Diana B. Henriques on the after-effects of the Madoff ponzi scheme, 12/20/08.
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Critical Condition The Trust helped fund a film about what happens when you're sick and uninsured. Premiered 9/30/08 on Thirteen/WNET. Read More..
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U.S. Says Many Apartments Violate Law on Disabled By Charles V. Bagli for the New York Times, 8/19/08. Read More..
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Lawmakers Agree to Ban Toxins in Children's Items By Lyndsey Layton for the Washington Post, 7/29/08. Read More..
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Vibrant Gateway Planned for Lincoln Center Campus By Robin Pogrebin for the New York Times, 7/17/08. Read More..
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Taking Lessons, and Confidence, From the Water By Sara Rimer for The New York Times, 6/26/08. Read More..
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Unemployment Rate Hits 5.5% as 49,000 Jobs Lost By Peter S. Goodman and Michael M. Grynbaum for the New York Times, 6/7/08. Read More..
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