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The New HR Challenge - Managing Misclassification Risks

Publication date:

10/2010

... IRS and the Department of Labor are undertaking efforts to identify cases of misclassification in order to recoup unpaid taxes. With back wages, benefits, lawyers ... fees, penalties and staff time, the costs can be very high to an organization. Notes from event: Misclassification ...

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Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

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03/10/2014

The Brooklyn Community Foundation and its President, Cecilia Clarke, were profiled ... by The Wall Street Journal. The Brooklyn Community Foundation is looking to press the reset button. The $60...

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Community Development

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Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists

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09/09/2014

... one of the nation’s top philanthropists, heading a new foundation with more than $2 billion in assets. Operating ... most exclusive office towers, Picower has set up The JPB Foundation , which is now one of the...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Fidelity Charitable Reports Record Results in First Three Quarters in 2013

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10/26/2013

... in 2012. Fidelity also reported that donors continued to leverage appreciated assets to fund their giving accounts, with 48 percent of ...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives

Release Date:

05/29/2014

... honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co-fund doctoral nursing students and establish new educational tracks designed to develop nurse leadership skills and help nurse leaders prepare future...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Health

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

09/22/2014

... years ago on college campuses. The announcement, timed to precede Tuesday’s opening of the United Nations climate ...

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Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate

Release Date:

11/20/2014

... Hill may have been consistently deadlocked when it comes to building meaningful legislation on immigration, a network ... nonprofits and advocacy groups have been working overtime to keep immigration reform on...

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Immigration

Bloomberg Philanthropies Anti-Coal Campaign Reaches Milestone

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05/04/2016

... Anti-Coal Campaign Reaches Milestone An effort to shut down coal-fired power plants reached a major ... force behind Beyond Coal, having donated $80 million to the campaign... Bloomberg Philanthropies Anti-...

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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa

Release Date:

09/23/2016

... Philanthropies has announced a $10 million grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute to expand its women's economic development program in Rwanda ... the grant will enable an additional twenty thousand...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy IBM is channeling ... with postdoctoral academic fellows and nonprofits to take on societal issues through data. With...

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Technology

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Manhattan DA Lightens Marijuana Penalties in New Policy

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... is changing its plea guidelines for marijuana arrests to lighten penalties for first- and second-time offenders, effective Tuesday. The new approach is expected to help some immigrants avoid penalties that...

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Justice Reform

Health Bill Appears Dead as Pivotal G.O.P. Senator Declares Opposition

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09/26/2017

... attempt by President Trump and Senate Republicans to dismantle the Affordable Care Act appeared to collapse on Monday as a pivotal senator announced her firm opposition to the latest repeal...

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General Motors Is Going All Electric

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10/03/2017

... proclaiming the age of electricity and promising to move away from gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles. In ...

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Google to Invest more than $1 Billion in Digital Literacy, Workforce Development

Release Date:

10/13/2017

Google to Invest more than $1 Billion in Digital Literacy, Workforce ... more than $1 billion in funding for nonprofits that seek to close gaps in education and the labor market nationwide. To...

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Workforce Development

Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

Release Date:

04/17/2014

By Nicole Rodriguez Leach, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Research shows the increasing importance of the post-secondary credential to one’s ability to participate in the labor market in this...

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Education

Ford-funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in Online Voting Registration Systems

Release Date:

09/06/2017

Ford-funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in Online Voting Registration ... This research was supported with funding from the Ford Foundation in support of the Data Privacy Lab at Harvard ...

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Civic Engagement