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Leadership Changes Announced at Gap Foundation and Gap, Inc.

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05/15/2015

... Bobbi Silten has been promoted and has taken on a new role. She is now Executive Vice President, Gap Inc. ... Sustainability. Dan is well positioned to take on his new role. He has served as a Gap Foundation...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator Project

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06/29/2015

... cohort of its Incubator Project– one of several new programs within the Foundation’s Brooklyn Accelerator, ... advantage of one year of free co-working space in BCF’s new headquarters at 1000 Dean Street, as...

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

... is stark in most major metropolitan areas, according to new data analyzed by Rutgers University's Paul Jargowsky in a new report for the Century Foundation.... Century .....

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Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow

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10/07/2015

... over the past two decades. Her best-selling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness ... will continue her advocacy efforts while working on a new book that addresses the...

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Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper

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03/18/2016

... Delaware released a report showing offshore wind energy in New England would be far less costly under projects that are ... 33 percent less than previous offshore wind contracts in New England by 2023. That...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans

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04/14/2016

... The 18th annual Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans were announced April 12 and included six Indian ... the 30 recipients. The graduate school Fellowship for New Americans — for immigrants and...

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Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

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04/19/2016

... John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will contribute $ 1 million to a new $20 million operations endowment campaign in support ... Foundation, announced the campaign Monday night at the New...

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Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy

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05/12/2016

... Investing on Philanthropy Impact investing can lead to new strategies for entrepreneurs and mission-driven businesses. That means room for new people to receive investment. For the leaders of large ...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Obamacare Is Helping Millions Get Needed Healthcare

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05/25/2016

... are getting healthcare they couldn’t previously get, a new nationwide survey indicates. And consumers are broadly satisfied with the new coverage, despite some cost challenges and an ongoing ...

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Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

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06/28/2016

... Sage Foundation. Jones-Correa and McCann used a new survey, the Latino Immigrant National Election ... analysis from other leading scholars, are contained the new edition of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation...

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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

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07/18/2016

... Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test A new UCSF study finds that some of the most popular apps for ... popular mHealth apps are basically useless, according to a new study out of the...

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NYCT, Jonas Center, John A. Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs

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07/20/2016

... the Affordable Care Act. The BLS notes that the supply of new nurses entering the labor market has increased in recent ... RNs who are retiring will create opportunities for many new nurses. .. NYCT, Jonas...

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Supported by Rockefeller and Bloomberg, Climate Finance Project Finds Solutions for Low-Carbon Growth

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07/26/2016

... to solve these worldwide challenges. It is engineering new solutions and supporting the development of new finance instruments that unlock private investment for ...

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Carnegie Corporation Names Robert Rosenthal Director of Information Technology

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08/01/2016

... all aspects of IT, including: selection and deployment of new applications; oversight and upgrades of systems; ... management; support of the design and implementation of a new website and intranet; and...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... school, seeing them as the quickest route to jobs. A new study finds the streamlined, focused curriculum that ... is also the reason many poor students drop out, however. A new study of 150 black youths from...

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Supported by Verizon Foundation, Three High School Students Graduate from 'Girls Who Code' Program at NJIT

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09/27/2016

... "Girls Who Code" summer Immersion program offered at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Makhdoom, Bryant, ... and Cohen were among 40 young women from throughout New Jersey who...

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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

... smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll. And more than half of millennials overall say an unexpected bill of $ 1 ,000 would cause them financial difficulty, a sign that...

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Supported by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines

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10/25/2016

... former secretary of state will help people like them, a new GenForward poll shows. Clinton’s largest advantage is ... how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new generation... Supported by Ford...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to Mayo Performing Arts Center 2016-2017 Season

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11/03/2016

... the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2016-2017 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a ...

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Covenant Foundation Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education

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11/08/2016

... Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education Four new Jewish learning agencies – Builders of Jewish ... Jewish Education. The expansion coincides with Shinui’s new partnership with The William Davidson...

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