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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Details its Mission-Aligned and Impact Investment Strategy

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09/16/2016

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund launches the Mission-Aligned Investing section on its website, detailing how the Fund's investments align with its mission, and how these documents and specific investment information can serve as resources for other...

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Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits

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09/21/2016

... Deficits A digital assessment platform designed to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ms. Foundation for Women President Attends White House’s First South by South Lawn

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10/05/2016

I was with a group of amazing women from both coasts, including Teresa Younger from the New York-based Ms. Foundation for Women.

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Gender Justice

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Novo Foundation Supports Transformation of Former NYC Prison Into 'Women's Building'

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11/16/2016

Finding affordable real estate in New York City can take forever. Just ask Gloria Steinem and other feminist activists who searched for decades before finding a building to house women's groups.

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

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01/18/2017

... and the Green Seminary Initiative in New Jersey, and will involve a certification program and nationwide ...

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Commonwealth Fund President Writes About Keeping Perspective During Turbulent Times

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02/07/2017

At times of dramatic change in a nation’s history, fear and anxiety can become pervasive and overwhelming. Troubling visions of authoritarianism or chaos, of political persecution, and even civil war disturb our waking thoughts and nightly dreams.

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Century Foundation's Richard Kahlenberg Writes About School Integration in The Atlantic

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04/06/2017

... was needed, that proponents of school diversity need to look beyond the federal government for support during ...

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Education

Tiffany & Co. Foundation Funds Study on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate

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05/03/2017

A new Wildlife Conservation Society study reveals evidence that some corals are adapting to warming ocean waters - potentially good news in the face of recent reports of global coral die offs due to extreme warm temperatures in 2016.

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Fast Company Names James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies 'The Most Creative Person of 2017'

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05/16/2017

Innovative leaders are changing the world through their work in tech, fashion, food, entertainment, and more. James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies, is using technology, data, and a focus on sharing to spread best practices among cities.

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Technology

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Prudential Doubles Down On Financial Wellness

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05/17/2017

Prudential Financial, Inc. has deepened its commitment to the financial wellness of American families. The company announced a three-year $5 million partnership with the Aspen Institute to advance solutions that increase financial security for all...

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Supported by WT Grant Foundation, Research Finds School Choice Policies Impact Segregation

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05/23/2017

Despite decades of educational reform and legal efforts, many U.S. schools are experiencing increasing segregation. The new generation of school choice policies adopted in response to legal decisions may actually be increasing school inequalities,...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Education

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Commonwealth Fund: CBO Score on Senate Health Bill: 22M Americans Uninsured & Sharp Increases in Premiums for Elderly

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07/03/2017

... Act, which passed the House earlier this month. We take a look at the major reasons why. . . Commonwealth Fund: CBO ...

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Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?

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08/29/2017

... you may already have a hard time finding somebody to look after you. Paul Osterman of the Massachusetts Institute ... nothing is done to draw more workers into the field, there will be a shortage of at least...

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Eight Top 10 Lists From New York City’s 2017 State Test Scores

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08/29/2017

... in English or math. In the lists below, we take a closer look at which schools had the largest and smallest shares of ...

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Education

Transgender Ban Frozen as Mattis Moves Forward With New Review Of Options

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08/30/2017

... transgender people serving in the military, saying that he will first establish a panel of experts to provide advice and ... move in a statement attributed to Mattis, saying that he will first develop a study...

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Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most

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09/05/2017

As we prepare to head to the polls, voters should realize that New York is a tale of two cities when it comes to jobs as well as housing.

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Workforce Development

Century Foundation Report: Toward a More Secure Retirement for Domestic Workers

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09/14/2017

Domestic workers face particularly tough challenges, since they are often low-income and may be employed by families, making them even less likely than others in the gig economy to have access to workplace supports, writes Shayna Strom of the...

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A New Door Into the Kitchen for Aspiring Chefs

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09/19/2017

... other girls. “On ‘Barefoot Contessa,’ they make it look so perfect,” said Ms. Merced, who is now 19 and lives ...

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Workforce Development

Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream

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09/21/2017

Public housing was once the egalitarian dream of urban planners in post-war New York City, uniting people from all walks of life in a social experiment that prospered. Today, these developments are under attack from systematic neglect and deliberate...

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