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Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

Release Date:

03/17/2016

... poverty rate in the United States is stubbornly high, with more than 12 million American children—16.5 percent of ... children—currently living in poverty. But according to new research out today from TCF’s...

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Ford’s Alexander Reviews ‘Incarceration Nations’ in Washington Post

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03/22/2016

... they’ve learned from television or the games they play with friends; they talk about good guys and bad guys, jails ... the description offered in Baz Dreisinger’s intriguing new book, “Incarceration Nations.”...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Share Research on 'The Theory of the Foundation'

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03/23/2016

... in response to changing conditions. Today, we need a new “theory of (or perhaps for) the foundation” to help ...

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Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results

Release Date:

03/28/2016

... in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was ...

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At Ford Event, de Blasio Says Cities Must Innovate Since Feds and State Won’t

Release Date:

03/30/2016

... higher levels of government have any interest in helping New York City grapple with income inequality. “In the end, on so many issues ...

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Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’

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04/18/2016

... a chance for people to discuss end-of-life care decisions with their families, putting aside the sorrow or awkwardness ... The day of discussion arrives on the heels of a new national study in which only 29...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers

Release Date:

04/20/2016

... collectively receive less than 5% of funds distributed by New York City foundations, according to a Foundation Center ...

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Arcus Foundation Report Reveals Trans Discrimination Not Limited to Bathrooms

Release Date:

05/13/2016

... Reveals Trans Discrimination Not Limited to Bathrooms With so much media focus on North Carolina‘s ... trying to live authentically in their true gender. A new report reveals transgender women and all women of...

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Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?

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05/26/2016

... of U.S. and U.K. primary care physicians are dissatisfied with their jobs, recent Commonwealth Fund survey findings ... a variety of practice settings in the U.S. and the U.K. A new Commonwealth Fund feature...

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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence

Release Date:

06/17/2016

With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera ... Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence In collaboration with New York’s Music-Theatre Group, Opera Philadelphia is ...

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Philanthropy Can Play a Role In Managing Student Debt Crisis

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06/27/2016

... the participants in the room during a recent Philanthropy New York member briefing entitled Know What They ... Owe--Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt...

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How Collaboration Can Spur Innovation and Spread Good Ideas (Part I)

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07/14/2016

... By Leigh Ross, Program Associate, Promising Futures, The New York Community Trust When nonprofits work together, they ... often undervalued, “but they can provide organizations with a safe context for...

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Rockefeller Fund Takes First Green Stake in Pivot From Oil

Release Date:

07/28/2016

... meant to bolster the fight against climate change. The New York City-based fund, founded in 1940 with the profits of Standard Oil Co., provided $10 million to ...

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Commonwealth Fund, Peterson Center on Healthcare, and John A. Hartford Foundations Combine Forces to Improve Health Care, Reduce Costs

Release Date:

07/29/2016

... at transforming care delivery for chronically ill patients with the greatest need. In an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, leaders of the Commonwealth ...

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Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year

Release Date:

08/11/2016

... shopping and hanging up swimsuits in exchange for new textbooks and class schedules. But for the 2.5 ...

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Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

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08/25/2016

... problems, but one that is committed to investing in new ways of building economies, environments and communities ... that was driven to invest in a better, more just world with people at the center. And this...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

... City Leadership Initiative will equip urban leaders with the tools, skills, and support they need — most of it ... complex leadership and management challenges associated with governing cities in the twenty-...

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Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children

Release Date:

09/07/2016

... have time or money for camps or enrichment activities. Now new research suggests that school districts can stave off the ... voluntary programs that mix reading and math instruction with sailing, arts and...

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Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize

Release Date:

09/07/2016

... for its 2017 Prize on October 3rd, 2016 . At least five New York based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Produces Short Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions

Release Date:

09/19/2016

... Each of the three-minute shorts, which feature interviews with mayors, artists and cultural leaders working together to ... between the arts and civic leaders. View the Upstate New York video here . Bloomberg...

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