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11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

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05/30/2014

... to expand opportunity for boys and young men of color. In response, 11 of America’s leading foundations working ... private-sector initiative issued a joint statement. In addition to the Open Society, the...

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

... on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing In an interview with Shelterforce, Surdna President Phillip ... recent launch into the impact investing world. In discussing how Surdna zeroed in...

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Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

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08/28/2014

... national and local funders exploring how to respond to social justice issues that have surfaced since the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the police response to the protests...

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

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02/03/2015

... ways of seeing. Consider the term "capacity building." In the social sector, it has been lifted up as a panacea and mocked .....

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Deeper Than Political Sound Bites on Economic Inequality

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04/15/2015

... of income inequality and highlighting the “2015 Social Progress Index,” asserting that perhaps “we obsess ... the knowledge that philanthropic professionals should have in their intellectual toolbox and will...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Backs Workforce and Educational Development Opportunities

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06/30/2015

... The selected charitable organizations play a critical role in connecting low-income individuals and families to ... point of need, according to bank officials. “The social and economic benefits of employment...

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program

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08/04/2015

... provides recent college graduates with work experience in the philanthropic sector. In addition, the program is designed to expand, enhance, and ... demonstrated leadership skills, as well as commitment to...

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Aetna Foundation Encourages Using Data to Help Tackle Healthcare Disparities

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08/11/2015

... Garth Graham, MaryLynn Ostrowski and Alyse Sabina write in a Health Affairs blog post. "A person's ZIP code is a ... disparities were eliminated, up to 80,000 early deaths in the United States would...

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

... Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box' This week, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Daryl Atkinson of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice described his journey from incarceration to decent...

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Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program

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10/07/2015

... to examine how cultural narratives impact and shape social movements, and how media and the arts can contribute ...

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Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

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06/28/2016

... scientists, Michael Jones-Correa and James A. McCann, in a report published for the Russell Sage Foundation. ... edition of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences... Russell Sage...

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Ford's Walker Included in New Class of Disrupters Making New York’s Cultural Boards More Diverse

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08/01/2016

Ford's Walker Included in New Class of Disrupters Making New York’s Cultural Boards More Diverse Board membership in New York has always been a rich person’s game. In exchange for the...

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With Support From Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Encourages Participation in Arts Programs

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09/13/2016

... R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Encourages Participation in Arts Programs Despite overwhelming agreement that the arts ... sizable numbers of New Jerseyans do not participate in related activities that help to...

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Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits

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09/21/2016

... to the results of a study published Sept. 20, 2016, in Translational Psychiatry. Ultimately a therapeutic ... 16p11.2 deletion, which is associated with challenges with social communication. Some children may...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966

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10/06/2016

... key works created around the time of its founding. But in addition to spotlighting revolutionary movements that now have an established presence in art history, the subjects of many of the works focus on...

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Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy

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10/07/2016

Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy Women still earn less than men, ... but they've narrowed the gap because they tend to work in jobs that require more social...

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Gap Foundation Supports Advancements in New Ecosystems for Learning

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11/14/2016

Gap Foundation Supports Advancements in New Ecosystems for Learning Collective Shift, an organization dedicated to redesigning social systems for the connected age and creator of ... will allow both organizations...

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Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns

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01/04/2017

... dogs, or providing many other services has been hot in the media. Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and others became ... firm Cision to perform a one-year news media and social media analysis to see whether attitudes...

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Ford’s Walker Talks Philanthropy in CNBC Interview

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02/07/2017

Ford’s Walker Talks Philanthropy in CNBC Interview The key to understanding this moment in American history— in black history—is empathy. That's ... $11.2 billion philanthropic giant that...

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