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American Express

'Docu-Ad’ Exposes Hardship of Those Without Bank Access

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06/03/2014

... of Those Without Bank Access A new commercial from American Express , presented like an investigative ... a promotional ad for “Spent” declares. “It’ s time for a change.” By commissioning “Spent,” ...

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KACF Expands to San Francisco

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06/19/2014

... is expected to begin operation next Fall, will follow KACF' s decade-long mission in the New York area of serving ... “This is an exciting opportunity to expand KACF’ s reach to more communities that...

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Korean American Community Foundation

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Community Development

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Huge Gap Found Among States In Long-Term Services Quality and Access

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06/20/2014

... Wisconsin—provide the best care by nearly all of AARP’ s measures. Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, West ... survey. The study looks at nearly two dozen measures— from access to Medicaid’ s...

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The Commonwealth Fund

How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

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06/25/2014

... the last place to go with a bold and risky idea. What’ s behind this disconnect? Foundations are in part to ... failure so long as people can tell you what they learned from it. One executive director spoke...

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Arcus Foundation

ACA May Be Modified, But Based On Enrollments, It's Here To Stay

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07/02/2014

ACA May Be Modified, But Based On Enrollments, It' s Here To Stay Now that an estimated 20.1 million ... Care Act — and as the number of individuals benefiting from the law grows — its wholesale repeal will...

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The Commonwealth Fund

The Next Big Idea for the Next Decade: The Resilience Dividend

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08/21/2014

... originally appeared on Medium.com. Here is an excerpt from her post: "In a conversation with The Washington Post' s Phillip Kennicott, I made the case for why building .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Documentary Funded by New York Life Foundation Wins Emmy

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08/26/2014

... been awarded the 2014 Emmy® for outstanding children’ s programming. “ONE LAST HUG: Three Days at Grief Camp,” ... offers an intimate portrayal of The Moyer Foundation’ s Camp Erin®, where grieving children...

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Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool

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10/24/2014

... a more inclusive economy, especially for young people from low-income communities who are often the biggest losers ...

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Arts Funders Create Fund in The New York Community Trust to Advance Cultural Policy and Equity in New York City

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11/03/2014

... York City Cultural Agenda Fund to strengthen the City’ s arts advocacy network, develop a cohesive agenda for ... contributions and equally supported. “New York City’ s arts landscape runs the gamut ...

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UJA-Federation Report Explores Ways to Cut NYC Poverty Rate

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03/11/2015

... the poverty line participate), reducing the poverty rate from 21.4 percent to an estimated 15.9 percent, followed by ... wage or housing subsidies — would nearly halve the city' s poverty rate to 12.1...

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Kress Foundation Trustee to Lead Metropolitan Museum of Art

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03/12/2015

... He will succeed Emily Kernan Rafferty, who will retire from the Met on March 31 after 10 years in the post, and ... was formally elected to the Museum presidency at today’ s regular meeting of the Board of...

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How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

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04/24/2015

... Kresge Foundation head Rip Rapson; the Knight Foundation' s Alberto Ibargüen; and the Kellogg Foundation' s La June Montgomery Tabron—and made a jaw-dropping ... pay for the mistakes of the past...

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Ford Foundation

Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer

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07/15/2015

... Ella Baff, the executive and artistic director of Jacob’ s Pillow Dance Festival, will be leaving the organization to ... heritage starting in October. Ms. Baff has led Jacob’ s Pillow, established in 1933 in...

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Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant

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07/16/2015

Bloomberg' s Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of ... United States. This marks a milestone in the country’ s transition to clean energy and underscores Iowa’ s growth...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Charter Schools and District Integration

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09/16/2015

... this issue of inter-district segregation. The report’ s author, The Century Foundation education fellow Halley ... charter school model, including: 1. enrolling students from multiple districts 2. using an...

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science. The study from University of Chicago psychologists Sian Beilock and ... between parents’ uneasiness about math and children’ s low math achievement. To read the full...

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Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed

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10/22/2015

... The focus of the discussion will be how to make America’ s law enforcement, courts and correctional practices more ... and promoting successful reentry of those released from federal prisons. The panel...

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