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William T. Grant-Funded Study Explores Effect of Financial Distress on Academically Prepared Minority Students

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09/10/2015

... Distress on Academically Prepared Minority Students A new study of more than 500 Black and Latino college students ... confirmed that many encounter obstacles after enrolling in college...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank

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10/15/2015

... and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank ( New York, NY) – The Gish Prize Trust announced that ... and paved the way for the next generation. Established in 1994 through the will of legendary stage and...

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BofA Charitable Foundation Supports Women's Giving Network Conference; Women Pool Dollars for Innovative Community Transformation

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10/19/2015

... Community Transformation Philanthropy is trending in a new direction and women are leading the way. The newest ...

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Bloomberg and WHO Present Report on Global Road Safety

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10/20/2015

... – and it is one of our great opportunities to make a difference. Traffic crashes are the 9th leading cause of death in the world and are the number one cause of death for people ... road deaths. Last year, we...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Aetna Foundation President Writes on Turning the Clock Forward on Health Disparities, City Block by City Block

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10/20/2015

... Forward on Health Disparities, City Block by City Block In America today, a person’s ability to lead a long, healthy life is so ... how long the average American lived in...

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MetLife Foundation Supports Expansion of Green Schoolyard Initiative

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10/20/2015

... Schoolyard Initiative PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Michael A . Nutter, Deputy Mayor/Department of Parks and Recreation ... partnership and celebrated the latest accomplishment in the initiative, the pending completion...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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MetLife

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation Join Pew in the Protection of Vast Swaths of Ocean

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10/30/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation Join Pew in the Protection of Vast Swaths of Ocean We've been writing a lot over the past year about the new money and energy pouring...

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Environment & Sustainability

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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The Pew Charitable Trusts

Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism

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11/19/2015

... Directors of Wideman/Davis Dance and Assistant Professors in the University of South Carolina Dance Program, Ruptured Silence is a new media and dance performance that examines contemporary...

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Mellon Foundation

Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy

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12/04/2015

... Philanthropic consultants Arabella Advisors is launching a new practice area, titled "Good Food." According to an ... "After 10 years of working to build Arabella into a...

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Food Systems

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Arabella Advisors

Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

... Foundation Supported Research Reveals The amygdala, a small structure at the front end of the brain's temporal ... behaviors generally, and specifically with fear. But new research from Michael Platt, the...

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The Simons Foundation

Peterson Foundation Calls Tax Extenders Legislation Fiscally Irresponsible

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12/17/2015

... Extenders Legislation Fiscally Irresponsible Michael A . Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson ... plus the additional interest required to finance that new debt. Over the next two decades,...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

... Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness) A team of University of Iowa and Columbia University Medical ... have corrected a blindness-causing gene mutation in stem cells derived...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits

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02/11/2016

... and analyzing input from nearly 1,000 participants in our 2014 Brooklyn Insights project, the foundation created a new vision, mission, and strategy that resonates not only in...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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Education & Youth

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Brooklyn Org

Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students

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02/12/2016

Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In -Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students On a sultry evening last July, a tall, soft-spoken 17-year-old ... Most nights, he put...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Education & Youth

Education

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JP Morgan Chase Institute Report: Understanding Income Volatility & the Role of the Online Platform Economy

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02/19/2016

... examine the income volatility workers are experiencing on a regular basis. We know that individuals experience high ... more clearly understand the root causes of this volatility in order to arm decision...

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Surdna, Ms. Foundation Authors: Mind the Gap – How Philanthropy Can Address Gender-Based Economic Disparities

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03/08/2016

... men and women to close. The women garment workers in New York City who marched on this day in 1857 and again in 1908 demanding safer working conditions, a...

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Women & Girls

Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT)

A new Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT), an ... interest and informed by our rich history of work in foundation strategy, governance, operations, and capacity ... part of the Ford support TCC will look at initial trends in foundation capacity and will be producing a report for the ...

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Commonwealth Fund Brief Documents ACA’s Costs for Low- to Moderate-Income People

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03/18/2016

... reductions, available to low-to-moderate-income people in silver-tier marketplace plans, substantially lower ... out-of-pocket spending limits, and copayments for a range of key health services, a...

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Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda

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03/30/2016

... part of its Educating for Justice Gala on Monday, May 23. In addition, Peter J. Beshar, Vice President and General ... The event will take place at 6:00 PM at the Plaza Hotel in New York City...

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