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NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation

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01/29/2016

... director for a Korean-American non-profit serving victims of domestic violence, she discovered how hard it was to raise ... for her cause. Korean-American immigrants, Lee found, were new to the idea of...

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness

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02/22/2016

... to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness The majority of the alcohol industry’s actions around the world to ... lack evidence of effectiveness or haven’t...

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Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College

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02/26/2016

Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College Most students attend ... never completing their degree at all. A new report, The Real Value of What Students Do in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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Specialty Food Foundation Addresses Hunger With Social Entrepreneurship

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03/02/2016

... Entrepreneurship Specialty Food Foundation, a community of social entrepreneurs working to break the hunger cycle, is ... Food Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOI) as the first...

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Bloomberg Report: 'Data Gap' at City Halls Across the Nation

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03/10/2016

... development and affordable housing, according to a new report by the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works ... and 39 visits to municipalities in 2015—representative of about 40 percent of all...

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Community Development

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Century Foundation Report: Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance

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03/30/2016

Century Foundation Report: Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance Unemployment insurance (UI) is ... distress. But according to Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance, a new...

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Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry

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04/26/2016

Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry Federal prisons release nearly 50,000 ... some help from the nonprofit sector. Today, Project New Opportunity was announced by an organization...

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Justice Reform

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

... Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado City of Boulder officials are taking a unique approach to ... and low-income people. The resilience strategy is a new approach to city planning spearheaded...

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UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust

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05/04/2016

UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust ... others, I was outraged when pictures emerged last month of partying teens in New Jersey engaging in a shocking beer...

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Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation

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05/05/2016

Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation Surdna has an idea: Give more ownership of companies to workers. It’s not a new idea — worker cooperatives have been around since the ...

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With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

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05/09/2016

... Helmsley, Caltech Researchers Mya Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease The community of beneficial bacteria that live in our intestines, known as the gut microbiome, are important for...

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Commonwealth Study Inspires App to Connect People to Doctors Faster

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06/01/2016

... App to Connect People to Doctors Faster The creators of a new mobile app called Akira hope to make healthcare more ... video chat. Dustin Walper, the co-founder of Akira, felt there needed to...

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Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

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06/02/2016

... Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students A new report from the Century Foundation examines how to ... "When College Students Start Behind" offers a redesign of how community colleges...

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Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series

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05/19/2016

Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series Roundabout Theatre Company and ... Arts have announced the winners of Columbia@Roundabout 's New Play Reading...

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Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere

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05/24/2016

... its efforts entirely on inequality. This shift introduces new funding opportunities for nonprofits that work to combat poverty, the marginalization of women and minorities, and similar issues. But it also .....

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Stavros Niarchos, Charles H. Revson Foundation Initiative Recognizes Queens Branches with 'Oscars of Libraries'

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06/07/2016

... Initiative Recognizes Queens Branches with 'Oscars of Libraries' They are considered the Oscars of libraries and three Queens Library branches receive ... Far Rockaway Branch received $10,000 After...

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Twenty Cities Advance in Bloomberg Philanthropies' Latin American and Caribbean Mayors Challenge

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06/20/2016

... the 20 Latin American and Caribbeancities selected as finalists in its 2016 Mayors Challenge, a competition ... implementation support. The ideas reflect creative new approaches to some of...

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2016 Scholars

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06/30/2016

... The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2016 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, recognizing seven young ... science whose research holds great promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Launched First Program to Accelerate Reforms in Education For Health Professionals

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06/30/2016

... Reforms in Education For Health Professionals Most of the unending debate about healthcare focuses on coverage and how to pay for it, as well as how to lower costs and improve quality. But...

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