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Following Ford's Lead, Another Foundation Goes All In on Equity

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08/17/2016

... a similar commitment to address inequality a little more than a year ago. The statement made by Ford ... over project grants, for instance, along with listening more carefully to marginalized voices, and...

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Russell Sage Survey Finds Fear of Other People Is Now Primary Motivation for American Gun Ownership

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09/19/2016

... a historic plunge in the national violent crime rate, more Americans than ever are arming themselves to protect ... are an estimated 265 million firearms in U.S. homes — more than the number of cars on...

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Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

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10/06/2016

... Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents More young blacks and Hispanics feel that they can't depend ... whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll. And more than half of millennials...

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NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep

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10/06/2016

... Islamophobia, the New York Community Trust in June awarded more than $500,000 in grants to several Muslim American and ... Director Shawn Morehead joins us to talk about this more recent initiative along with...

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Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension

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10/17/2016

... Public Affairs Research. The youngest in that group are more likely to still be in school, but the trend also holds for those in their late 20s. More than 4 in 10 of those aged 25 to 30 have nothing for ...

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Economic Security

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How Judith Rodin Created A New Model For Philanthropic Funding At The Rockefeller Foundation

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12/07/2016

... During her 11-year tenure at the helm, Rodin has added two more complex overriding priorities. That communities should be designed for more resilience—the ability to survive and thrive in the ...

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Ford-Backed Poll Finds that Young Americans Fear They Will Be Worse Off Post-Trump

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01/17/2017

... to 30, which found that the country’s young adults are more likely to expect they’ll be worse off at the end of ... term than better off. Such young Americans are also far more likely to think Trump will...

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Civic Engagement

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

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03/01/2017

... among students. To date, the Foundation and its more than 40 partners have completed 13 of these new spaces serving more than 6,000 students and their families... Weinberg ...

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NY Community Trust Calls for Funding A Better, Broader Environmental Movement

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05/04/2017

... Climate change and pollution affects us all, but some more than others. The poor, the infirm, and the elderly are ... and other environmental burdens lead the way toward a more just, sustainable future. They...

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Prudential Doubles Down On Financial Wellness

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05/17/2017

... financial wellness for American workers has never been more important, with nearly two-thirds of American workers living paycheck to paycheck and more than half with less than $10,000 saved for retirement, ...

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Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss

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05/24/2017

... a bat's social network, females who previously built up more friendships with non-relatives cope better with their loss. They score more food than do female bats who only invest in close kin. . .....

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Impact of Silicon Valley Community Foundation on Education around the Country Noted

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06/07/2017

... “innovation grants” and encouraging them to behave more like start-up founders and less like bureaucrats. In ... algorithms determine which lessons students see. And in more than 100 schools nationwide, Mark...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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SUNY Tuition to Rise $200 for Students not Eligible for Excelsior

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06/23/2017

... getting free SUNY tuition this fall, you will be paying more . The state University of New York this week quietly ... a year. So for those students whose household income is more than $100,000 and who attend...

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A Q&A with Sampriti Ganguli, Arabella Advisors’ CEO

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07/18/2017

... that has helped hundreds of clients representing more than $100 billion in assets increase their philanthropic ... issues, women’s rights, education, good food, and more . . . A Q&A with Sampriti Ganguli,...

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Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs

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08/29/2017

... Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs More than a year-and-a-half after the Fund for Public Housing ... to create a “leadership academy” for residents, and more . . . Nonprofit Supporting...

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Housing and Homelessness

Opinion: Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause

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08/30/2017

... weather causes heavier rainfall. Why? When the seas warm, more moisture evaporates into the air, and when the air warms ... which has also been happening in Texas — it can carry more moisture. . . Opinion:...

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Suspensions, Evaluations And The Absent Teacher Reserve: What A New Union Boss Has On His Mind

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08/31/2017

... Supervisors and Administrators, the union that represents more than 6,000 school principals, assistant principals and other education administrators. “Nothing is more challenging than leading a school or being...

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The Next Houston

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08/31/2017

... of just 100,000. Today, the Miami metropolitan area has more than 6 million residents. Even as Harvey lingers in the ... hurricane season continues, and threatens to bring more nasty storms in short order. In...

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Sustainable Business Model Innovation

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08/30/2017

... of sustainability opportunities. And interestingly, the more ambitious the innovation, the bigger the bang. We found ... profited from sustainability did so by changing three or more elements of their business...

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