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Peterson Foundation's Fiscal Summit Convenes Leaders To Discuss Economic Priorities for Next President

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05/11/2016

... and thought leaders will offer their recommendations on what needs to be accomplished in the next four to eight years to make progress on our ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Economic Security

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Conservative Activist O’Keefe Targets Liberal Foundations, Foiled By Open Society Program Staff

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05/23/2016

... a “rather quiet Wednesday.” That afternoon, she was in her cubicle at the Open Society Foundations, on West ... oversee the nonprofit group’s pro-democracy programs in Eurasia. The Foundations are the...

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Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships

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07/08/2016

... Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships "Internships," the headline in the New York Times’s opinion section read, "Are Not a ... by Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation, and it discussed what he called...

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Communications/Media

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Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal

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09/09/2016

... or have an immigrant parent are more likely to be liberal in their views on politics and immigration than those with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows. ... who will...

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS What can microbes from space tell scientists on Earth? The ... goal is to find something beneficial to Earth and mankind in general. Some research materials are...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It's So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors

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09/29/2016

... conducted a study with the Milbank Memorial Fund to learn what the challenges were in implementing a more social services-oriented approach ...

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Health

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NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member

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10/31/2016

... of its money by selling sugary drinks and fatty snacks. What ’s more, there is a well-established link between ...

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City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

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12/01/2016

... announcement preceded Ms. Liz Agbor-Tabi's presentation of what it meant for Paynesville to earn the membership, and .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn

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01/04/2017

... Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn Forty people sit in a circle. Most are residents of Crown Heights, a dynamic, ... sixty years. All were there to answer the key question, “...

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Lessons from Family Philanthropy: Rockefeller Brothers Fund at 75

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04/04/2017

... How might the ingredients of its success be described? What lessons can it offer? The Fund’s founding brothers ... evolution within Rockefeller family philanthropy, if only in their sheer number. Their father...

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JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million

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05/11/2017

JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million JPMorgan Chase & Co. today ... leadership, as well as improving economic conditions in the city. "Detroit’s resurgence is a model for ...

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Workforce Development

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Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet

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05/15/2017

... meetings, chat over lunch, or just run into each other in the hallways. That’s the kind of research environment ... and its most ambitious yet, the Flatiron Institute. What ’s more, Jim and Marilyn Simons also...

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Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress

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07/31/2017

... Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress Recently in Rio de Janeiro I had the chance to visit a ... through a book, hoping to enjoy a few hours of reading in front of that breathtaking landscape. Yet I...

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Social Justice

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Trump’s Threats on Health Law Hide an Upside: Gains Made by Some Insurers

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08/29/2017

... by state regulators, the last “bare” county in America — in rural Ohio — found an insurer willing to sell health ... Senate hearings set to start on Sept. 6 for a hint of what steps, if any,...

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Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship

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08/29/2017

... into resourceful and virtuous future leaders, instilling in them the admirable traits of citizenship, loyalty and ... The Boy Scouts admitted young men, and the Girl Scouts let in young women — a fundamental...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?

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08/30/2017

Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification? A fence in East Harlem gets a facelift every few months — a new ... of chalk and a prompt encouraging passersby to write what...

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Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

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08/30/2017

... Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank...

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A Smarter Response: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars

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09/11/2017

... and Facebook to donate to Hurricane Harvey recovery. What you may not have noticed is that the recipient of those funds was a small nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., called the Center for Disaster ... The...

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How JPMorgan Chase Is Fueling Detroit’s Revival

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09/11/2017

... up?” Most of the one- and two-story buildings are clad in drab painted plywood or the gunmetal gray of security ... bus stop. The driver is conducting a cash-for-something- in -a-sandwich-bag transaction with...

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