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Pace University navigates COVID-19, clinches national contest and looks to future

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the school across from City Hall in Lower Manhattan won the 18th annual national College Fed Challenge and enrolled its largest incoming class of first-year students.

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Nonprofit disability service providers generate billions for New York State

A recent report conducted by the Rockefeller Institute of Government set out to quantify the economic impacts of such providers.

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JM Kaplan Fund receives double amount of applicants for Innovation Prize this year

The J.M.K. Innovation Prize received a record of 2,826 applications from all 50 states. The prize seeks to elevate innovators transforming social justice.

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Leader to Leader: Bill Baccaglini

The president and CEO of The New York Foundling discusses stepping down from the child welfare organization.

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Advocates call for release of detainees in DOC custody as COVID numbers climb

New York City’s Department of Correction commissioner and public defenders called for the immediate release of Rikers Island and other DOC facility detainees in a joint letter.

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Opinion: What nonprofits can learn from bell hooks

The late author’s insights and philosophies provide inspiration and lessons for those working in the sector.

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Low-income New Yorkers want higher wages and affordable housing, according to new survey

A survey conducted by the Community Service Society documents the needs of low-income New Yorkers amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Opinion: Now is the time to push for arts in schools

With uncertain times because of COVID-19, music, art and theater can help students make sense of this ambiguity and invites them to explore new knowledge.

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Helping the elderly emerge from social isolation exacerbated by COVID-19

Meredith Levine, senior director at the Jewish Association Serving the Aging, discusses how a new chat program is helping older persons not feel alone during the pandemic.

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Real Talk: NYC Deputy Comptroller for Contracts and Procurement on what’s ahead for nonprofits

Lisa Flores talks to NYMedia about the process that’s hindered organizations doing business with the city and the opportunities to improve it.

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Opinion: A better way of keeping kids safe

Families and their children thrive through financial assistance, not when the government resorts to policing them.

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Passed NYC bill will better track MWBE contracts

City Council Member Ben Kallos said he hopes an expansion of data collection will help curb discrimination in communities of color