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Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach

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09/02/2014

... Mr. Walker envisions a shift in the foundation’ s support of racial equality in the United States. Support ... other ways, including through education policy changes and public advocacy.... Ford Foundation...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Social Justice

Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.

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09/03/2014

... efforts — on issues like gun control, immigration and public health But in recent months, Mr. Bloomberg — who ... — has become an increasing presence at Bloomberg’ s Lexington Avenue headquarters.... Michael...

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Immigration

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Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals

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12/18/2014

... accounting change could be a major boon in helping channel public attention and advocacy to stem the loss of billions of ...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Tow Foundation President Emily Tow Jackson Supports Governor Cuomo's Recommendation to Raise the Age

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01/20/2015

... President Emily Tow Jackson Supports Governor Cuomo' s Recommendation to Raise the Age New York state should ... planned to propose the recommendations of the Governor’ s Commission on Youth, ...

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation Funded Study Examines Priorities for Latino Millennials

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03/27/2015

... A survey of adults ages 18 to 35 released Friday by the Public Religion Research Institute found 54 percent of Latino ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Gender Justice

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Johnson & Johnson Makes $30 Million Commitment to USAID to Fight Tuberculosis

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04/01/2015

... five decades. USAID is hoping that Johnson & Johnson’ s latest commitment will spur further innovations in other global public health crises in which the status quo approach is no ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science

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04/22/2015

This year’s 32 winners were chosen from a pool of more than 300 candidates.

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Arts

Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool

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04/30/2015

Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U. S . Starts with Preschool Publicly funded preschools across ... Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U. S . Starts with Preschool ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Aetna Foundation Encourages Using Data to Help Tackle Healthcare Disparities

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08/11/2015

... Sabina write in a Health Affairs blog post. "A person' s ZIP code is a stronger predictor of his or her overall ... be prevented each year. Considering that there are many public health, policy,...

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New York Community Trust Adds Funds to the QueensWay Plan

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10/16/2015

... The New York Community Trust has given the Trust for Public Land a $100,000 grant for the QueensWay, a proposed ... according to an Oct. 5 release detailing the group’ s 84 total grants given to various...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

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Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

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10/21/2015

... Excellent Schools have declined to name the nonprofit’ s funders since it was founded in 2012. But a July filing with the state’ s Joint Commission on Public Ethics shows finance titans Dan...

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Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

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12/03/2015

... 'Unbanked' The Obama administration announced a set of public -private programs Tuesday to expand financial services .....

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Economic Security

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New York Community Trust Helps Mexican Students with Resident-Led Advocacy and Organizing

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04/28/2016

... has been a central tool in the New York Community Trust’ s strategy to improve the accessibility and quality of public education in New York City. The Mexican American ... felt they were not being welcomed to...

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

... on climate action plans to have other net benefits—like public health... Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Assists Global Resilience Partnership With New Ideas In Flood Risk Management

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05/24/2016

... has teamed up with the Global Resilience Partnership, a public -private initiative spearheaded by the Rockefeller ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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David Di Martino Elected to The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees

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07/14/2016

... has worked at the highest levels of national politics and public policy, having held senior positions on several ... the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and in the U. S . Senate and U. S...

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