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Soros-Funded Charities Targeted By Trump-Inspired Crackdown In East Europe

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03/23/2017

... by Moscow appears to follow a template set by Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose own crackdown on foreign-funded charities drove Soros's foundation out of Russia two years ago. And now, with ...

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Podcast: Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities

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04/10/2017

... Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities When President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 law that created the ... National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, one of the people at his side was...

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Cuomo, Schneiderman Say They'll Sue to Protect "Dreamers"

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09/05/2017

... Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, policy if President Donald Trump succeeds in ending the program. The ... to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children. The delay would give...

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My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation

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09/07/2017

... later spun off into a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit known as the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, or MBK, will merge with the Obama Foundation. MBK, arguably one of Barack Obama’s most personal White House...

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‘Brooklyn Prime’ Campaign Aims To Bring Amazon Headquarters To NYC

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09/13/2017

... to Boston to Buffalo and beyond – to pitch themselves as an ideal home for the growing online shopping giant. Now you can officially count Brooklyn as one of the contenders trying to woo the...

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Workforce Development

The Holocaust Museum Sought Lessons on Syria. What It Got Was a Political Backlash.

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09/20/2017

... Museum is finding itself in an unfamiliar position: as a lightning rod for the fierce debate over the Obama ... the study’s authors had sought lessons on how a future president could mitigate similar crises...

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Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.

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09/27/2017

Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S. President Trump plans to cap refugee admissions at 45,000 ... decision, setting a historically low limit on the number of people who can resettle in the United...

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African Philanthropy Forum to Promote Transformation of the Continent 'From Within'

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04/22/2013

The Global Philanthropy Forum has announced the formation of the African Philanthropy Forum to support the expansion of strategic philanthropy on the African continent; the Tony ... Equity Group and Rockefeller...

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Service Through Philanthropy Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari

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04/15/2014

... Dr. M. Starita Boyce Ansari is a scholar in the field of philanthropy. She has been recognized by Ford Foundation ... Dr. Boyce Ansari is a trainer and presenter in the areas of philanthropy, strategic...

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Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs

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07/07/2014

Instead of Retiring, Many Workers Seek 'Encore Jobs' A trend first ... MetLife Foundation survey in 2011 seems to be on the rise as millions of Americans are making plans to work...

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Inside the Russell Sage Foundation

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04/15/2015

... Sage made his wealth in America's first Gilded Age— as a financier and railroad executive. Lately, that fortune ... has bankrolled a remarkably deep dig into the inequities of the second Gilded Age, with...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Among Those Pushing for Stronger Climate Risk Disclosure

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04/24/2015

... is providing a stress test for the fossil fuel sector of the risks it is likely to face due to climate change, ... demand — that are not sufficiently disclosed in their financial filings. Given these climate-...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

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05/28/2015

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce ... individuals and families in Baltimore lead stronger financial lives. Securing and maintaining stable jobs ... Baltimore. The city’s unemployment rate was...

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HSBC Cuts Links With Big Muslim Aid Charity

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01/04/2016

... that the nonprofit's funds could end up in the hands of terrorist groups, Economic Times writes, citing reporting ... stemmed from Islamic Relief's work in conflict zones such as Syria and Gaza,...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Publishes Report Calling for Improved Oversight of Colleges

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04/13/2016

... Fellow Publishes Report Calling for Improved Oversight of Colleges The report -- titled “Looking in All the Wrong ... colleges are too narrowly focused on the minutia of how financial aid is...

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Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing

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04/14/2016

... Fund (NFF) is partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on a collaborative effort to examine how ... committee of nonprofit, foundation, government and financial -sector...

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Westchester Community Foundation Helps Students Turn Opportunity Into College Degrees

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06/21/2016

... was to target students who were vulnerable to dropping out of college for academic, personal or financial reasons and send them to a college with a big ...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Only a Third of These Obamacare Insurers Made Money on Their Plans in 2014

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07/20/2016

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Only a Third of These Obamacare Insurers Made Money on Their Plans in 2014 ... that uncertainty about how to price Obamacare plans, as well inaccurate guesses about the health...

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Milbank Memorial Fund's Koller Comments on Consequences of Dumping Essential Benefits

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03/24/2017

Milbank Memorial Fund's Koller Comments on Consequences of Dumping Essential Benefits A last-minute attempt by ... the average consumer’s upfront insurance costs, such as premiums and deductibles, said...

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