Workforce Development

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Technology

The New York Community Trust

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Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline in Women in Workforce

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07/28/2014

Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline Of Women in Workforce As economists search for an explanation for why the percentage of women in the United States who are working or want to work has been...

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Gender Justice

Report Shows Some Success For NYC's Young Men's Initiative

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07/28/2014

A program started during former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, and which received support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and Open Society Foundations, was successful at increasing job placement and internship attendance for at-risk males...

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Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge

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07/22/2014

The "community quarterback" model can be an effective approach to revitalizing troubled neighborhoods, write Nancy O. Andrews, president and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund, and Brandee McHale, COO at the Citi Foundation, in a post on the SSIR...

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation

Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

Two individuals with organizations supported by both the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation were named Tuesday by the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Surdna Foundation

Citi Foundation Pledges $10 Million To "My Brother's Keeper"

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07/21/2014

As part of a group of funders making additional commitments to the White House's "My Brother's Keeper" initiative, Citi Foundation will provide $10 million over three years to underwrite volunteer programs in 10 cities designed to increase college...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort

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07/17/2014

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help connect poor Americans with programs they may not know about but that could help lift them out of poverty.

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Volunteerism

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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In A Shift In Giving, JPMorgan Chase Focusing On Economic Growth

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07/13/2014

A major shift is taking place at the JPMorgan Chase Foundation as it moves away from "broad-based giving" to a focus on "economic growth," according to Bruce McNamer, chief executive.

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Community Development

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Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

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07/10/2014

Children whose mothers have not graduated from high school lag on economic, education and health outcomes, compared with children of better educated mothers, according to a report from the Foundation for Child Development.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

Foundation for Child Development

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Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs

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07/07/2014

A trend first spotted in a MetLife Foundation survey in 2011 seems to be on the rise as millions of Americans are making plans to work instead of retiring and with many opting for social sector jobs.

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Aging