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Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

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06/17/2014

Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy ... downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis for the first time in decades is being hailed by the Ford Foundation as an ... began more than five...

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Boards as an Accountability Mechanism

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06/2014

This paper examines board functioning in relation to both legal and broader conceptions of accountability, and empirical evidence from over 5,100 nonprofits in the Urban Institute National Survey of Nonprofit ...

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Citi Foundation Pledges $10 Million To "My Brother's Keeper"

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07/21/2014

... initiative, Citi Foundation will provide $10 million over three years to underwrite volunteer programs in 10 cities designed to increase college preparedness for ...

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Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, Dies

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07/25/2014

... hundreds of millions for the UJA-Federation of New York over his decades of involvement with the organization, and who instilled the importance of giving to charity in his employees, died Friday at age 86. “...

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Ford Foundation Partners with Mozilla to Draw Young Engineers into Nonprofit Sector

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09/30/2014

... aren't nearly enough tech geeks working for nonprofits and in government. New research from Mozilla and its partner, the ... 10 percent of computer science students wind up working in those sectors. The...

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Philanthropy’s Special Role in Supporting Community Recovery from Disasters

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10/29/2014

Philanthropy’s Special Role in Supporting Community Recovery from Disasters This week ... and Canada. Many of the hardest hit communities were in New York and New Jersey – the storm’s destruction has ... dollars...

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Giving Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System

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11/26/2014

... to achieve often mediocre outcomes; we are under-invested in actually keeping people healthy, with many more resources ... approaching, I am also thinking about what's working in our health system, and...

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JPMorgan CEO's $100 Million Plan to Turn Detroit Around

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02/18/2015

... Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon was inspired to invest in the struggling city of Detroit after visiting his daughter in the West African nation of Ghana. The unfinished ... mostly empty. It's a familiar...

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Citi and Goldman Sachs Launching Projects with NYC to Boost Women Business Owners

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03/12/2015

... 5,000 of them to free training and business services over the next three years. Here’s Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen’s vision: a woman in the Bronx has perfected her grandmother’s mole sauce ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $100 Million Data for Health Program in Developing Countries

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03/23/2015

... Launches $100 Million Data for Health Program in Developing Countries Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the Australian government, is launching ... develop policies, deploy resources, and measure...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Weighs in on What Nonprofits Will Look for in Potential Employees in 2020

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04/09/2015

Rockefeller's Rodin Weighs in on What Nonprofits Will Look for in Potential Employees in 2020 With the economy on the ... nonprofits will do more hiring than the private sector over...

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Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children

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07/07/2015

... by the Afterschool Alliance, finds that participation in afterschool programs has increased dramatically, from 6.5 million children in 2004 to 10.2 million today. Unmet demand has increased, as ... career and...

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The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far

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10/05/2015

... Has Gone Too Far On July 29, 2013, a Latina mother in Illinois named Natasha Felix sent her three sons, ages 11, ... and 5, out to play with a visiting cousin, a young girl, in a fenced park right next to...

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Toyota Named Among of World’s Best Companies on Addressing Water Concerns

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10/22/2015

... water information collected on behalf of investors. In a year when the World Economic Forum has ranked global ... water quality – as the greatest threat facing the planet over the next decade in...

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Citi Foundation Supports Young Entrepreneur Challenge

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11/03/2015

... I founded Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) in 1987, I have been privileged to meet young people from all over the country who share one key attribute: they aspire to ...

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Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey of Americans’ Health App Use

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11/04/2015

... and other health-related smartphone apps are acquired in large numbers by Americans, but over time, many are left unused by those who download them. ... health, and a majority also had a strong degree of faith...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies-Backed Report: U.S. Electric Sector Expected To Hit Lowest CO2 Emissions In 20 Years

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11/05/2015

... U.S. Electric Sector Expected To Hit Lowest CO2 Emissions In 20 Years The U.S. electric sector is expected to hit ... due to the widespread closure of coal-powered power plants over the past five years, a...

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Century Foundation Pledges Support to Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color

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11/18/2015

... The Century Foundation has joined two dozen organizations in pledging resources to the goal of advancing equity through ... through Research — TCF will fulfill its commitment over the course of the next five...

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Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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01/13/2016

... the cornea, weak, which leads it to become cone-shaped over time. The last decade has brought new treatment options, ... Policy and Innovation, are published online ahead of print in the journal Ophthalmology...

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