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'Field Trip New Jersey' Launches (Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation)

Release Date:

01/14/2016

The Community Foundation of New Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation launched a fund called "Field Trip New Jersey" to support opportunities for students in underserved communities to connect classroom learning with real-life experiences.

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Disaster Philanthropy Playbook Launched, Living Online Resource Funded by J&J and Rita Allen Foundation

Release Date:

01/14/2016

The Disaster Philanthropy Playbook, a comprehensive resource of best practices and innovative approaches to guide the philanthropic community in responding to future disasters, is now available online.

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Johnson & Johnson

Rita Allen Foundation

The Future of ‘Zipcode as Destiny': Three Scenarios

Release Date:

01/14/2016

The Rockefeller Foundation's Claudia Juech and Rachel Korberg talk about new researchhighlighting some ways to mitigate birthplace as determinant of life outcomes.

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Insights

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Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Citi Director and NYC Commissioner Jointly Advocate for Helping Immigrants Become Citizens

Release Date:

01/14/2016

Naturalization may lead to an average increase in individual earnings of 8.9%, or $3,200, in the first year after becoming a U.S. citizen, according to new research. If all eligible immigrants were to naturalize, employment and homeownership rates...

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Immigration

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Citi

Peterson Foundation President Comments on State of the Union Address

Release Date:

01/13/2016

Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, issued a statement on the President's State of the Union Address, emphasizing national debt must be included in the discussion of the country's long-term challenges.

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Member News

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Economic Security

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Director of Older Adults Grants Departs Weinberg Foundation

Release Date:

01/13/2016

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announces that Michael Marcus, Program Director, Older Adults Services, will leave the Foundation on February 29, 2016.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Aging

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

PNY Board Chair Phil Li Named President of Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Release Date:

01/13/2016

Philip Li has been named President and CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation effective February 1, 2016.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

The Century Foundation

Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

01/13/2016

A large new study reveals previously unknown risk factors associated with an eye condition that causes serious progressive nearsightedness at a relatively young age. The findings, made through the largest-ever clinical study of the condition called...

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Health

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Research to Prevent Blindness

Supported By Many PNY Members, 2016 Creative Capital Awards Given In Literature, Performing Arts

Release Date:

01/13/2016

Creative Capital awarded grants to artist-activists, who are engaging some of the most significant and hotly debated issues of our time. Projects receiving funding span a wide range of genres and forms.