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New Commitments Totaling $10.8 Billion Announced During 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

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09/28/2013

... included a call to action by the Nike Foundation, in partnership with the NoVo and United Nations foundations, ... framework. Today, President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton,...

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Bloomberg Lured Donors for New York Programs

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11/29/2013

... the Bloomberg Administration has attracted $1.4 billion in noncity financing for NYC programs over the past 12 years. ... (Ford Foundation President Darren Walker is also quoted in this New York Times article...

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Community Development

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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

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03/15/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies and Simons Foundation profiled in New York Times article on billionaires privatizing ... research. Last April, President Obama assembled some of the nation’s most august scientific...

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The Citi Foundation Launches Pathways to Progress to Improve Career Readiness for 100,000 Youth

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03/31/2014

... today announced Pathways to Progress, a three-year $50 million initiative to unlock economic opportunity for 100,000 low-income youth in 10 cities across the United States. Pathways to Progress ...

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Medicine’s Top Earners Are Not the M.D.s

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05/17/2014

Cathy Schoe of Commonwealth Fund quoted in New York Times article on doctor's salaries. Though the recent release of Medicare’s physician payments cast a spotlight on the .....

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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... programs. Speaking from the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, the mayor said the city’s training and ... minimum-wage jobs, costing city taxpayers more than $500 million for all the training and placement...

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The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge

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07/08/2014

The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge The Giving Pledge may be vogue ... other industrialists to give away their fortunes. In the "Gospel of Wealth," published in...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels

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09/22/2014

... from Standard Oil is planning announced that its $860 million philanthropic organization, the Rockefeller Brothers ... The announcement, timed to precede Tuesday’s opening of the United Nations climate change...

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Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save Detroit

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11/10/2014

Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save Detroit Late one afternoon last November, leaders of some of the nation’s top foundations were invited into a private meeting ...

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Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate

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11/20/2014

... reform on the political agenda. Julia Preston of the New York Times recently published a piece on the role of big money in the fight for immigration reform. Here's a look at four...

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Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

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11/24/2014

... Group LP co-founder who has championed the cause of U.S. debt reduction, is now taking aim at some $800 billion in annual waste in the nation’s health-care system. The ... Peter G. Peterson...

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President’s Changes on Immigration Mobilize Nonprofits, Foundations

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12/17/2014

... president’s executive action on immigration announced in November. All together, an estimated 5 million undocumented immigrants may be eligible. The number ... They also will have to reach older immigrants,...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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01/01/2015

... concern across the USA, where employer plans cover 60% of working-age Americans, or about 150 million people. Coverage long considered the gold standard of health insurance now often requires...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco

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03/19/2015

... Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have set up a $4 million fund to help poor countries resist pressure from big tobacco companies desperate to offset falling sales in mature economies by expanding elsewhere...

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The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Program Announces 2015 Fellows

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04/15/2015

... graduate school fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants, announced their 2015 recipients. The thirty ... said Daisy M. Soros, who co-founded the Fellowship program in 1997 with her late husband,...

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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

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Commonwealth Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches

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04/15/2015

... make life better for patients and doctors – getting rid of bulky and messy paper files, streamlining delivery of care ... A new analysis of government records, published Tuesday in...

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Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System

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06/03/2015

Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System As presidential candidates declare why they seek to be elected in 2016, they are promising jobs, growth, and a better future. With...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing Virtual Labor Organizing

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06/10/2015

... Virtual Labor Organizing Joining a labor union is one of the best financial decisions a worker can make to boost individual and family wealth—worth up to $1.5 million in additional earnings...

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

... OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private ... is not equipped to fill them. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that by 2020,...

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