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Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit

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01/27/2016

... were able to send their two oldest daughters—who are now in college—to desegregated St. Paul schools. But it’s ... a metro-wide integration plan to satisfy what they argue is the state’s constitutional...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits

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02/11/2016

... our neighborhoods but around our nation. The organization is targeting the most critical issues of our time, from ... give over $1 million to our Community Fund last year. Now it’s full steam ahead. The launch...

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Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)

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02/18/2016

... The findings improve our understanding of how sleep is regulated--a process that we know surprisingly little ... Jason Rihel, who collaborated with Prober at Harvard and now has his own lab at University...

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Sloan-Supported Study Shows Whales Dine With Their Own Kind

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03/03/2016

... to the shallow banks, including many species of whales. Now researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, the ... Partnership Program, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and is a contribution to the Census of...

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How Do I Master That Skill? LinkedIn, Markle Want To Help

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03/18/2016

... That Skill? LinkedIn, Markle Want To Help Living online is great fun. But pizza, the scent of an ocean breeze — and ... lunch or your vacations, the work-focused social network now is...

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NYS Health Announces Funding Opportunity in Its Newest Priority Area, Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State

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05/06/2016

... in New York State The New York State Health Foundation is pleased to launch a Request for Proposals (RFP) for our ... Health Care Consumers . Too often the health care system is putting patients last, when...

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NYSHealth Launches 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals

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09/02/2016

... 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available. Applicants must submit an online inquiry ...

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal on Patient Difficulties Accessing Medical Records

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09/09/2016

... in helping to digitize medical records, but the process is still in its infancy, with data that is often nonstandard and hard to transfer between systems. ... information technology for the Obama...

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As Schools Adopt Social-Emotional Programs, A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help

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05/17/2017

... question that has dogged the jargon phrase for years: What is social and emotional learning and why should schools get involved in it? The term is bedeviled by abstractions, but the concept is...

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Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund

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06/12/2017

... 15 highest known prices ever paid for an artwork. Ms. Gund is confirming that sale now , revealing that she parted with the painting (for what ... Monday at the Museum of Modern Art, where Ms. Gund is...

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Goldman Givers: Seven Things To Know About Donors from Goldman Sachs

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08/14/2017

... world. We've profiled more than 100 of these donors, now , and are discovering new ones all the time. After many ... rise in philanthropy. Moreso even than tech, finance is producing the largest number of...

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... Bay Area locations. Co-founder and CEO Paul McDonald has now stated he wants to roll out 50 new Bodega locations on ... more than 1,000 units and go national. “The vision here is much bigger than the box...

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Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

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09/19/2017

... for both coastal and inland cities in Texas, which is now a federal state of disaster. "Hurricane Harvey was a .....

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Trump Administration Makes ACA’s Health-Insurer Payments for September

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09/22/2017

... The Tuesday announcement came as Mr. Trump's White House is throwing its weight behind a revived, last-ditch attempt ... could force them to pull out of certain markets. Insurers now must wait each month...

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Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

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09/28/2017

... Simon, President, Akonadi Foundation "The work of NCRP is needed now more than ever," said West-Scantlebury, who is leaving the board due to term limits after serving for .....

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U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Union Dues Case

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09/29/2017

... of Justice Antonin Scalia. Unions fear the high court, now joined by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, will ... court, Illinois state child protective worker Mark Janus is objecting to fees he’s obligated to...

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Century Foundation President's Commentary Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt

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10/03/2017

... the loan program has received little attention—until now . This month, as the Public Service Loan Forgiveness ... loan forgiveness, a milestone that comes as the PSLF is under threat like never before. Critics...

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Banking Against Urban Poverty, Inside JP Morgan Chase Philanthropy

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10/05/2017

... checks to local charities without asking many questions— is giving way to a more focused and strategic approach. Many businesses are now looking to tap the full range of their assets to make a ... impact on a...

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