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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort

Release Date:

07/17/2014

... poor Americans connect with programs they may not know about but that could help lift them out of poverty. The ... of America foundation support will underwrite 20 fellows working in six cities over the next...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

Release Date:

01/01/2015

... concern across the USA, where employer plans cover 60% of working -age Americans, or about 150 million people. Coverage long considered the gold ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

State Recoups $30 Million for Workers Who Failed to Receive Proper Minimum Wage

Release Date:

02/05/2015

... all-time high last year, with $30.2 million disbursed to about 27,000 workers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today. “No ... ever before – which means more money stays with the hard- working men and women who earned...

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Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen

Release Date:

04/15/2015

... terrorists in Yemen. The public knows very little about these attacks. Neither the U.S. nor the Yemeni ... or whether civilians were among those killed. Now, working with the Open Society Justice Initiative,...

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Jersey City Receives $1 million Investment for Job Training from JPMorgan Chase

Release Date:

07/09/2015

... Skills at Work" initiative, which has been implemented in about a dozen cities, including New York City, Chicago and .....

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Approves Three Grants Totaling More Than $3.28 Million

Release Date:

09/29/2015

... which seeks to counter the pervasive negative beliefs about aging that are barriers to improving the care of older ...

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Aging

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Q & A with FJC: The ABCs Of Donor-Advised Funds

Release Date:

11/12/2015

... countries. Glickman previously had 20 years experience working on Capitol Hill, serving as the top career official ... and refugee agency. He spoke to The Jewish Week recently about the ins and outs of donor-...

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Ford Foundation Takes a Stand On Income Inequality at Milken Institute Global Conference 2016

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05/04/2016

... when speaking to the average joe, their answers were more about cultural narratives, persistent prejudices, and rules of the economy working against them... Ford Foundation Takes a Stand On ...

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Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases

Release Date:

06/07/2016

... disparities in particular, there needs to be a dialogue about racial biases and how to recognize them in the ...

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The Century Foundation

Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Revised Funding Areas

Release Date:

08/02/2016

... us. We are staying true to our roots and are clearer now about how to drive significant change on the most urgent ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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New Study Examines How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities

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11/04/2016

... insights for the field of "creative placemaking" and is a working illustration of what can and can't be learned from ... and how permanent outdoor Levitt music venues are bringing about change...

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Arts

Rauch Foundation Hosts 2017 Imagine Awards to Celebrate 'A Community Where Everyone Belongs'

Release Date:

03/06/2017

... Foundation, which funds Rauch, Inc. Rauch, Inc. serves about 1,000 individuals with disabilities yearly with six ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Female Playwrights at Centenary Stage Company

Release Date:

04/06/2017

... 12, 19 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. A fast-paced dramatic comedy about the secrets and cost of happiness, "Shame" by Sholeh .....

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Rockefeller Foundation’s Claudia Juech, Associate Vice President & Managing Director, Answers “5 Questions” in PND

Release Date:

05/10/2017

... both strategy and programs. Recently, PND spoke with Juech about Rockefeller's "scan and search" activities, an approach .....

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Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications

Release Date:

08/03/2017

... in New York during a press tour for the film to chat about what agencies can to do help people understand issues ...

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

'Dreamer’ Plan That Aided 800,000 Immigrants Is Threatened

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... or DACA, which has granted permission to stay and work to about 800,000 immigrants like Ms. Rojas who were brought ...

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Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... at Farmingdale are going to have a head start learning about this tech and be ramped and ready to start working as soon as they graduate,” said Will Nicholas, ...