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Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

Publication date:

09/2016

... with their strategy, culture, and mission. How much should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the information they receive from evaluation is useful to them? With whom should they ...

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Funders Need Good Data to Evaluate Programs That Decriminalize Drug Addiction

Release Date:

09/20/2016

... recent PNY Program, " Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic ." ... Vera’s work on bail reform and pretrial justice in New York City, with ...

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

Release Date:

09/28/2016

... textile art. This new curatorial position is supported by a $500,000 five-and- a -half year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to advance the ...

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City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans

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10/07/2016

... Stringer wants to force employers to offer their workers a retirement plan, a move that could provide more savings ... accounts. At least 1.5 million of these workers are in the nation’s...

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Economic Security

Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

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10/19/2016

... outcomes for both low- and middle-income students, a report from the Century Foundation finds. According to the report, "School Integration in Practice: Lessons from...

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Russell Sage Publishes Study on the Problems of Parents Funding College Education

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12/14/2016

... might be exacerbating economic inequality, according to a new study by a University of Kansas professor. “Young adults from families in the top quarter of the wealth...

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Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

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01/10/2017

... The project will, among other things, help establish a state-of-the-art pediatric ophthalmic diagnostic and ... do something.” The money to pay for the effort will come from the Barbara and Donald Jonas Family...

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Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program

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01/17/2017

... of life for their residents. The third cohort of cities in the foundation 039 ;s Innovation Teams program — Anchorage, ... Toronto, Canada — will receive grants of up to $500,000 a year for...

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The Century Foundation Releases New Report on Syrian Rebels' Lessons on Aleppo

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01/27/2017

... Lessons on Aleppo Syrian rebels’ loss of east Aleppo in December was a turning point in the country’s civil war. But rebel ... they barely managed to negotiate their safe exit from...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Supported by Rockefeller, New Report Shows Resilient Cities Require Resilient Food Systems

Release Date:

02/09/2017

... and secure food systems for food-insecure populations, a report from the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and ... Foundation warns. Based on an analyses of food systems in...

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United Hospital Fund, NYSHealth Foundation Give $400K to Integrate Mental Health Care into Primary Care Practices

Release Date:

03/02/2017

... that they hope will lead to primary care physicians in small practices better support for treating common ... anxiety and depression. The two grants, one for $188,320 from the United Hospital Fund and one for...

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Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities

Release Date:

03/16/2017

... Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) today announced a $3.8 million grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support ... with Bank of America to promote business and job growth in...

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

Release Date:

03/24/2017

... Food Waste Food waste is increasingly garnering attention from governments, businesses and private individuals as its ... as well as bottom lines — companies that invest in reducing food waste can expect...

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Aetna Foundation Supports 'Magnobrain' Educational Games for Kids

Release Date:

03/27/2017

... 750 sets of their educational games to youth organizations in Miami Dade and Broward County in Florida. The games where ... their “Inspire Me to Learn” initiative founded by a grant of $30,...

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Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

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03/29/2017

... assets. The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this summer, thanks to grants and material donations from Garnier®, TerraCycle®, and Target Corporation...

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Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich

Release Date:

03/31/2017

Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich David ... He continued the tradition of giving that ran from his grandfather, John D., the founder of Standard Oil; ... his father, John Jr.; and his oldest...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Nonprofit Trailblazers Unite for Third Annual American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit

Release Date:

04/03/2017

... its third annual Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit in New York on April 3 and 4, celebrating ten years of a transformative program that has developed nearly 3,000 ... purpose leaders. Fifty-one...

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

Release Date:

04/04/2017

... Join Simons Foundation 039 ;s SPARK Initiative Autism has a strong genetic component. To date, approximately 50 genes ... have been identified that almost certainly play a role in...

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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

Release Date:

04/25/2017

... economy could have had an infusion of $24 billion in 2014 alone were it not for racial inequities resulting in ... gap faced by African-American residents, according to a report released...

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually

Release Date:

04/26/2017

... Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually A penny-per-ounce state tax on sugar-sweetened beverages ... Such a tax would likely would face tremendous opposition...

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