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NonProfitTimes Calls on Foundation Leaders to Demand Presidential Candidates Address NP Issues (Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)

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02/04/2016

The NonProfit Times' editorial notes that as the nation's presidential candidates talk policy, the charitable sector never gets its due, and asks foundation leaders to steer the conversation.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Peterson: With Primaries Near, Majority Of Voters Want Leaders To Focus On Fiscal Future

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01/26/2016

Peterson Foundation’s January Fiscal Confidence Index, a monthly measure of public attitudes about the nation’s long-term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to address America’s fiscal challenges, shows that a significant majority of...

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Economic Security

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Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits

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01/21/2016

In an NPR article, Michael Peterson, CEO of the anti-debt Peter G. Peterson Foundation, is quoted, saying that the CBO figures show "we remain on a dangerous debt path."

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Economic Security

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New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)

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01/21/2016

The U.S. Conference of Mayors in partnership with The Boston University Initiative on Cities, with the support of Citi, today released the 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors, which found America's mayors are concerned with aging urban infrastructure,...

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

With tens of millions of dollars to spend thanks to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere.

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Peterson Foundation Calls Tax Extenders Legislation Fiscally Irresponsible

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12/17/2015

Commenting on the large, year-end legislative package before Congress, Michael Peterson, of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said the costly and unfunded bill is a step in the wrong direction.

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Some Winning Ingredients in Movement Building Are the Spiciest of All

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12/14/2015

Paul Di Donato, Interim President of the Proteus Fund says that one lesson of the marriage equality fight is that funders can and must play an active role in advocacy, and that co-ordination of long-term strategy is essential.

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Insights

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative

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12/10/2015

Twenty-one American cities are now participating in the nation's most comprehensive initiative to help city halls use data and evidence to improve residents' lives.

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Community Development

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: What C40's Report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, Means to Paris Climate Summit

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11/25/2015

C40’s new report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, contains exciting and encouraging news about the world’s collective fight against climate change – and about the leading role that cities are playing in driving progress.

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Environment and Climate Change

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