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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Expands SEED Program, Adding 3 Locales in 2016

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12/11/2015

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has announced the expansion of its SEED program, which focuses on innovation in arts and culture, into Appalachia, Houston, and Santa Fe in 2016.

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NoVo Foundation Leaders Talk About Aversion to Measurement

Release Date:

12/10/2015

As the non-profit funding sector focuses increasingly on numbers, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, co-directors of the NoVo Foundation, seek to counter that trend. The hyper-focus on measurement ignores what truly motivates people to give away large...

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New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work

Release Date:

12/10/2015

Eight new standards for supervisors of school principals, covering topics such as instructional leadership and meeting the needs of diverse learners, aim to guide supervisors as they help those principals improve their effectiveness in an evolving...

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Deutsche Bank Supports Transgender Economic Empowerment Forum

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12/10/2015

Transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers need access to jobs and job readiness programs and it's up to the city and the private sector to make that happen, activists and bankers said at a forum Tuesday night.

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Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida

Release Date:

12/10/2015

A smartphone app might help adolescents and young adults with spina bifida improve their daily self-management skills, which can help prevent skin wounds and other complications, according to a pilot study of the interactive Mobitle Health &...

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Children, Youth and Families

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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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"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

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12/10/2015

A "resilience bond", a variation on a catastrophe bond, could help cities deal more effectively with climate change-related disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arabella Advisors Advocates for 12 Good Food Policy Priorities

Release Date:

12/10/2015

Arabella’s Good Food practice published its list of 12 Good Food Policy Priorities, in connection with an event for funders who care about Good Food policy: the Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders’ 2nd Annual Policy Briefing.

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Food Systems

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Commonwealth Fund: Latest Scorecard on Health System Performance Shows More Improvement Than Decline Across States

Release Date:

12/09/2015

States’ health care systems improved more than they declined, and access to care expanded across the nation, The Commonwealth Fund’s latest Scorecard on State Health System Performance finds.