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The Case for Higher Taxes

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12/13/2012

... Fund President Stephen Heintz and Rev. Larry Snyder of Catholic Charities USA. The most intense debate in ... cuts and the last-resort automatic spending cuts agreed to as part of the budget-...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Public Policy

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How our community colleges are falling behind

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05/23/2013

The Century Foundation’s new report details the large socioeconomic, racial and ... elite institutions. Pop quiz: What's the biggest category of college or university in the United States? Is it big .....

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Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

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05/20/2013

... only independent polling agency has been accused under a new law of overtly political activity, due in part to a series of grants it has received from the MacArthur Foundation, the ...

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Ford Foundation

Target, General Mills, McKnight foundations top list of Minnesota grantmakers

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10/30/2013

... $26 million for charities and nonprofits in Minnesota, a new study found. Second place went to the General Mills ... in Minnesota. The McKnight Foundation rounded out the top of the list, paying out $85...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Moving to Crown Heights this Summer

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04/09/2014

... Brooklyn’s community foundation will have a memorable new address in the heart of the borough: 1000 Dean Street. Relocating from DUMBO to ... Station will house its day-to-day operations while serving ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Brooklyn Org

Dodge Foundation Awards $4.4 Million In Grants For Arts, Education, Environment, Media

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07/16/2014

... environment and media nonprofit organizations throughout New Jersey. “We are pleased to support nonprofit ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions

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07/25/2014

... going to Brooklyn nonprofits—for the first six months of 2014, a 10-fold increase over the same period last year. ... or pledged an additional $1.8 million through its new Donor Advised Fund Program......

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Arts

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Brooklyn Org

Andy Warhol Foundation to Exhibit Unseen Work, Increase Focus on Grantmaking

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01/04/2015

... in 2015, and not just at auction. About 40 exhibitions of that artist’s work — much of it previously unseen by the public — will be flooding ... of a record-breaking program of...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National History Teacher of the Year Award

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03/13/2015

... from The HISTORY Channel and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. “It’s unbelievable,” said Anderson, 43, of New Boston, who is the recipient of the 2014...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Explores Open Access to Published Research

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04/01/2015

... and the California Digital Library will lead a major new project, with an $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to help define the future of open access to scholarship. “Providing access to .....

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Three Key Roles Funders Can Play in a CEO Transition

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04/2015

... transition—and help sustain the organization until a new leader is found. Through our experience with executive ... in helping the nonprofits they support navigate this phase of their organizations' lives. Three Key Roles Funders Can .....

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Ford Freezes $4 Million in India Funding Amid Clampdown

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07/15/2015

... Foundation is holding up aid to organizations in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government scrutinizes foreign donors viewed as meddling in domestic affairs, Reuters reports. New...

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Elmezzi Foundation Increases Funding for Free Queens Programs

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07/29/2015

... Foundation, based in Queens, is expanding its funding of programs in the western part of the borough. A gradual increase in its funding for ... allowing the foundation’s Adult Learning Center to offer ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind Backs Program to Assist Blind and Visually Impaired College Students

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08/17/2015

... Ally, a national nonprofit organization, has announced its new College Success Program, designed specifically for ...

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality

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10/30/2015

... Inequality On Wednesday Darren Walker, president of the nation’s second-wealthiest grant maker, joined ... readers on Facebook to answer questions about what its new focus on reducing inequality means for the...

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Economic Security

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Peace and Security Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking

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04/05/2016

... Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking A new research project by the Peace and Security Funders Group ... and stability, despite making up a very small percentage of total foundation giving. The...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Economic Security

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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TX Healthcare Publication Says Commonwealth Fund is Targeting State Lawmakers

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04/11/2016

... Evidence is building that the repeated reluctance of Texas lawmakers to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has “left behind millions of low-income Texans,” according to a new...

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Health

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Says Jersey Water Works Initiative is a Powerful Collaboration

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04/27/2016

... cross-sector collaborative formed to address the problems of New Jersey’s aging urban water infrastructure, today ... said Chris Daggett, president and chief executive officer of the...

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Russell Sage Foundation Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes

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05/04/2016

... Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes A new NYU Steinhardt study published in the journal AERA Open ... Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students...

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