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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

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11/17/2015

The Atlantic Philanthropies, which will conclude its grant-making commitments next year, announced on Monday the capstone of its work on aging populations: a $177 million grant to create a new institute to study dementia.

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Aging

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Wallace Updates Popular Cost Calculator for Out-of-School-Time Programs

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02/17/2016

... Out-of-School-Time (OST) Cost Calculator is an online tool designed to help OST providers and others ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Specialty Food Foundation Addresses Hunger With Social Entrepreneurship

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03/02/2016

... Food Foundation, a community of social entrepreneurs working to break the hunger cycle, is starting the search for ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Food Systems

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Century Foundation Report: Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance

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03/30/2016

According to Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance, a new report by TCF senior fellow Andrew Stettner, our current unemployment insurance system is facing a funding crisis that has made the safety net weaker than any time in its history.

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Economic Security

People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

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04/14/2016

... of Scranton. The man responsible for all this largesse was an Austrian immigrant who grew up poor in Baltimore and ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds $1M Public Art Project

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04/15/2016

The Spartanburg City Council approved design concepts for a $1 million public art project funded entirely by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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Arts

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Hartford Foundation-Supported Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped to Give End-of-Life Care

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04/15/2016

... of 736 physicians in 50 states, the study identified an array of barriers, practical and emotional, to having the ...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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American Express, Ford Foundation Provide Funds to Restore Hemingway's Famed Cuban Home

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04/15/2016

... (UTSA), is part of a top-tier team of preservationists working on a historic restoration project in Cuba. Dupont ...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

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04/25/2016

Darren Walker’s moves to steer the country’s second-largest grant maker toward a focus on inequality and inclusion won him a spot on Time magazine's 2016 list of the world’s most influential people.

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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

... persistent prejudices, and rules of the economy working against them... Ford Foundation Takes a Stand On ...

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Economic Security

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality

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05/16/2016

Despite some strides in achieving workplace equality, only 21 women helm the world’s largest corporations today, according to a survey released by the Rockefeller Foundation.

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Gender Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Obamacare Is Helping Millions Get Needed Healthcare

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05/25/2016

... Is Helping Millions Get Needed Healthcare More than 60% of working -age Americans who signed up for Medicaid or a private ... with the new coverage, despite some cost challenges and an ongoing Republican...

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Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

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06/02/2016

A new report from the Century Foundation examines how to improve outcomes for students who begin college needing remediation.

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Education

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

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06/07/2016

There are several ways schools could work to lower suspension rates, according to Halley Potter, a fellow at The Century Foundation.

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Education

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Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees

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06/13/2016

... treating low vision. Separate awards will fund researchers working on ways to improve the brain’s ability to take ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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David Di Martino Elected to The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees

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07/14/2016

Mr. Di Martino is currently a partner at Blue Engine Message & Media with 20 years of experience advising.

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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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

Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance is engineering new solutions that unlock private investment for climate-resilient and low-carbon growth in developing countries.

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