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Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension

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10/17/2016

... Savings, Pension Young Americans with even just $1 saved for retirement are ahead of the pack. Forty-eight percent of ... according to a GenForward poll by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago...

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Can Theology Move the Needle on Environmental Issues? Henry Luce Foundation Thinks So

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01/18/2017

... foundation just gave $425,000 to the Methodist Theological School in Ohio for a seminary environmental leadership initiative. It’s ... a three-year grant in partnership with the Interfaith Center...

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Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project

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09/25/2017

Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project For Barry Diller, the turning point came at a Sept. 5 settlement meeting with the small band of ... had tied up his plans for a $250...

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Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality

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10/05/2017

... a national nonprofit that seeks to improve education for low-income children. Mr. Ballmer, the former chief ... in educational success and improving partnerships among school systems, education service...

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5 Questions for…Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides

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03/11/2013

... was working independently to encourage strategic giving for change in the African-American community, as well as many of ... mind, but at the end of the day it’s the rule of law...

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18 Oct 2022

Putting Equity at the Heart of Government: 3 Ballot Proposals to Dismantle Structural Racism

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... most critical strategic goals. In order to change the structures and institutions that shape lives, such ... foundation of our laws and policy, and imagine new roles for policy in creating a more equitable...

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Surdna Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans

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01/05/2018

... on a large "resistance map" in the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design show the locations of more than 300 ... across New Orleans. The display is part of the Small Center...

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New STARS Community, Funded by Josiah Macy Foundation, Will Focus Wise Choices And Value in Health Care

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09/21/2017

... Value in Health Care Every year, millions of Americans opt for surgeries, tests and other procedures that might not ... will support a new initiative by the Dell Medical School at The...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows

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07/15/2020

... in our societies that marginalized communities have faced for generations. That’s why the work of our fellows is so ... Leslie Hewitt, The Cooper Union; Carin Kuoni, Vera List Center for Art...

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19 May 2010

Philanthropy New York's 31st Annual Meeting, with NYS Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 -

3:15pm to 6:30pm

MEMBERS and INVITED GUESTS: For late registrations, please email ... York State, Richard Ravitch , will be the featured speaker at our 31st Annual Meeting . He will be joined in an ... his appointment, Lt...

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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs ... Dr. Blumenthal and Squires outline several options for addressing the challenge of runaway drug costs. They ... the monopoly...

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Soros' Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition

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10/14/2014

... Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition The story starts with financier and ... of marijuana legalization and other rollbacks of drug law , including ending criminal sentences...

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PRIs and Effective Intermediaries

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06/30/2015

... applied to “middlemen” who are commonly disparaged for making money while adding little value. As a trustee, ... Altman Foundation, and someone who supported the concept at the outset, I’m confident that the...

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Two Views on the Failure of Policing

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07/16/2015

... it should have been—that antagonism between American law enforcement and young black men had reached a dangerous ... City is a work of sociology (Goffman is a professor at the University of Wisconsin), and...

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Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings Matt ... in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was hired in 2004 by the Brookings ... Congress...

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Coalition of Women’s Foundations Release Statement Supporting Key Elements of Obama Budget

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02/11/2016

... opportunity, promote equality and build economic stability for women and working families in America. These efforts include: expanding paid leave; promoting equal pay for equal work; enforcing worker...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Releases New Book on the Value of Diversity

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10/25/2016

... Foundation to explore the value of our growing diversity for the American democratic project -- the enactment of ... in the economy, in educational systems, in voting and the law and politics more generally,...

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

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09/22/2017

Trump Administration Makes ACA’s Health-Insurer Payments for September White House declines to block ‘cost ... last-ditch attempt by Republican senators to undo the law they call Obamacare. The uncertainty...

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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

... about rising student debt levels, Congress passed a new law to give students a deal: Work in the public sector, for instance as a teacher, and after 10 years of making ... under threat like never before...

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