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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

... as corporate giving and volunteer programs, as well as new efforts such as impact investing and skills-based ... the talents of their employees to nonprofit organizations. 2 The rise in popularity of these...

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US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... under the US health care system, so the states of Alabama, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and Colorado are using the program ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'

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09/08/2017

... Last month, the Indian government rolled out a new tax plan — the Goods and Service Tax — labeling ...

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Gender Justice

NYS Health Foundation Unveils Health Care Cost Transparency Website

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09/12/2017

... health care cost transparency website, will empower New Yorkers from across the State to plan for and manage ...

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Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

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09/12/2017

... come from sub-Saharan Africa. These findings come from a new UNICEF and International Organization for Migration (IOM) ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... ask for grant applications. Instead, it used a hot new format for foundations: a prize competition. The ...

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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

... Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think ...

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Economic Security

Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... on themselves. The other half were instructed to choose a new recipient each week on whom to spend the money. In other ...

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Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

... of computers, indulging in a world of knowledge that many New Yorkers take for granted. It was a hive of activity, one ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Housing and Homelessness

The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.

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09/21/2017

... to find uninsured residents and persuade them to enroll. A new health care bill before the Senate would require every ...

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A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... cheap? McDonald’s sells a McDouble burger for less than $ 2 . A rotisserie chicken costs $4.99 at Costco. Government ... all these policies, and what, if any, are the benefits? A new nonprofit organization...

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Food Systems

Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... leaders would preserve the charitable deduction under a new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for ...

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Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation

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09/28/2017

... the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in Manhattan as its new executive director, the organization plans to announce on ...

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Arts

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

... sense (the Food Safety and Inspection Service) to a brand- new undersecretary post where it arguably does not. . . ...

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Food Systems

Johnson & Johnson Brings Better Sanitation to Homes in India

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10/06/2017

... bring a better sanitation solution to some small homes in New Delhi. ARCHIVE Global's unique toilet design requires .....

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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... in its school accountability system. That raises some new questions: Did backers of social-emotional learning miss ...

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Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students

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10/06/2017

... hands-on STEM-styled experiments, encouraging them to try new things — and try them over and over. … Growing Fab ...

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Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. "Higher Highs .....

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

... Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods With a new round of grants, the philanthropic arm of Aetna is ... play to improve health outcomes. The foundation pledged $ 2 million in grants to 25...