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New Mortgage Program Big Boost for Detroit Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations)

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02/19/2016

... Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations) A new program to help Detroit home buyers finance purchases will guarantee 1,000 mortgages in a city where banks have been skittish about lending ... property values, Mayor...

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An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)

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02/22/2016

An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation ) One afternoon in late January, prominent New York restaurateurs, including ... pledging to do away...

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Doris Duke Foundation Supports New Website Focusing on Refugees

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03/08/2016

Doris Duke Foundation Supports New Website Focusing on Refugees Last ... media attention moved on. All of which did nothing to dispel Lara Setrakian's belief that what was required was ... — literally...

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Commentary from Rockefeller Foundation: A Solution to Hunger? Stop Throwing Dinner Away

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03/15/2016

Commentary from Rockefeller Foundation : A Solution to Hunger? Stop Throwing Dinner Away Picture a field ready for harvest. Any field in the world, it doesn’t matter: an acre of cassava in...

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

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03/23/2016

... Philanthropy Advisors Share Research on 'The Theory of the Foundation ' Just over 20 years ago, the iconic management expert Peter F. Drucker published an article in Harvard Business Review entitled “...

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Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities

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05/18/2016

Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities The Citi Foundation announced today that 40 nonprofit organizations have been selected ...

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The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot

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06/03/2016

The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation ’s $100 ... Over the past 18 months or so, the fad seems to have waned a bit, but now the John D. and Catherine T. ... an individual. The...

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NYS Health Foundation on the Learning and Listening That Lead to a Multi-Funder Collaboration

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06/30/2016

NYS Health Foundation on the Learning and Listening That Lead to a Multi-Funder Collaboration The Supreme Court’s ... New Yorkers to coverage. While many of our activities in...

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Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality

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07/29/2016

Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational ... eliminated legacy preference, alumni have still continued to donate in large numbers. For example, Texas A&M, which...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

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08/12/2016

... denied a request by a Utah-based for-profit college chain to convert to nonprofit status for federal financial aid ... purposes. The decision means the Center for Excellence in Higher...

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A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

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08/24/2016

A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field Another Big STEM Diversity Give, This One Backed ... the country is an especially hot funding area of late, as we've...

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Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children

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09/07/2016

... summers, lots of children forget the lessons they learned in school. But the hot empty months pose an especially big ... also shows, perhaps unsurprisingly, that students have to attend the programs regularly...

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Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

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10/19/2016

... a report from the Century Foundation finds. According to the report, "School Integration in Practice: Lessons from Nine Districts" (61 pages, PDF), ... with programs that promote...

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City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

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12/01/2016

City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation The City of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has ... Mayor Cyvette Gibson, and welcomed the City of Paynesville ...

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Foundation for Child Development Publishes New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family

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02/06/2017

... New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family In new research funded by the Foundation for Child ... the economic health of families and the ability of parents to invest ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller Foundation Initiative to Help Halve Food Loss by 2030

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02/07/2017

Rockefeller Foundation Initiative to Help Halve Food Loss by 2030 Local and global stakeholders in the Nigerian tomato value chain met late last year for the ...

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NY Women’s Foundation’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in Vulnerable Young Girls

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02/28/2017

... Foundation ’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in Vulnerable Young Girls A study released last month in the ... found that by age six, girls are already less likely to...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness

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03/03/2017

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness If ... blindness. Losing sight is a horrifying fate for anyone to contemplate, and it's not surprising that...

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It

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03/09/2017

... Flooding By Welcoming It For decades, New Orleans fought to keep water out of the city. In the city's new resilience district, with projects that ... paradoxically can reduce flooding. The plan was...

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