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Report Details Employment Challenges Facing Latino Youth

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06/13/2014

... Facing Latino Youth A study supported by the Rockefeller Foundation finds that Latinos, the youngest and fastest-growing segment of the American labor force, face considerable challenges ... Them An Edge ,...

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Warren Buffett Honors His Hero, The Billionaire Who Secretly Gave It All Away

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06/18/2014

... Gave It All Away Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, two of the most iconic philanthropists in the world, say their role model is Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and a former billionaire who...

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Evaluation Shows How Program Related Investments Are Generating Positive Social Returns

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06/19/2014

... Returns An evaluation has found that The Rockefeller Foundation 's Program Related Investments (PRIs) have contributed to the financial sustainability of its investees and are helping them accomplish...

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Finance & Asset Management

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When It Comes To Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In

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06/24/2014

... Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In The idea of building a resilient city is not limited to a handful of people, but from workshops being conducted as part of the...

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Disaster Relief

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

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07/10/2014

... education and health outcomes, compared with children of better educated mothers, according to a report from the Foundation for Child Development. Mother’s Education and ... to well-paid work, and additional...

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Education

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Foundation for Child Development

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Hunger-Relief Programs Receive Morgan Stanley Support To Feed More Children

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07/09/2014

... Support To Feed More Children The Morgan Stanley Foundation is awarding more than $1 million in grants to ... in 27 cities and 17 states. The grants are part of a $13 million Morgan Stanley commitment to...

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Food Systems

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Bloomberg Says His Work Is About "Saving Lives"

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07/14/2014

... save lives." Adds Bloomberg: "Particularly, I want the foundation to focus on things that other people aren't ... Gates is really the spearhead, but we've given him a lot of money. Malaria...

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Wealthy Should Be Encouraged To Start Giving Sooner

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07/18/2014

... Atlantic Philanthropies. In an op-ed in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Oechsli, writes, that "age should not be the ... effective giving." In keeping with the intent of Atlantic's founder Chuck...

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

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07/22/2014

... 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 blog. Under the ... quarterback model, a "...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Awards €14.7 Million For Dementia Care

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08/14/2014

... $20 million) to improve the care and well-being of people suffering with dementia in the Republic of Ireland. Christopher G. Oechsli, president and CEO of the Atlantic Philanthrophies, said...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Aging

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Open Society’s Soros among Brookings Top Politically Influential Global Billionaires List

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09/16/2014

... Global Billionaires Political Power Index is a ranking of the top global billionaires in terms of overall political power. There are a number of existing rankings that rate the net worth...

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Russell Sage Study Shows Average Americans Get Poorer as Per Capita Wealth Reaches New High

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10/01/2014

Russell Sage Study Shows Average Americans Get Poorer as Per Capita Wealth Reaches New High While America as a ... whole is getting wealthier, the average American’s share of those assets is...

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Social Justice

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SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students

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10/02/2014

... Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students While several factors contributed to the ... illiterate. That’s right, illiterate. Defined as “having or showing a lack of...

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Arcus Awards Grant to Alliance of Baptists to Support Inclusion and Racial Justice

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10/09/2014

Arcus Awards Grant to Alliance of Baptists to Support Inclusion and Racial Justice The ... racial justice among Baptists. The grant from the Arcus Foundation , a charity that supports organizations that ... the...

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LGBTQ

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

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10/21/2014

... growth in primary school enrollment rates, but the number of students dropping out of school continues to be a challenge. The dropout rate in ... primary school studies. Sadly, without this educational...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Philanthropy’s Special Role in Supporting Community Recovery from Disasters

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10/29/2014

... from Disasters This week marks the two year anniversary of “Super Storm Sandy” hitting the Eastern Seaboard of the US, the Caribbean and Canada. Many of the hardest hit ... nearly 600 players...

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President's Message

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Disaster Relief

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PNY Members Funding LGBT Senior Care

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10/30/2014

... minorities and women, are especially vulnerable as they head into their not-so-golden years. But how often do you think of the shaky ground that many older LGBT Americans find ... issue, as...

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The New York Community Trust

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LGBTQ

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New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

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10/31/2014

... to use digital tools to educate young people in and out of school. One project, for example, lets kids create ... and engineers. Another uses digital “playlists” of physical challenges to get teens to exercise...

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