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Congress Returns from Recess, Resumes Work on Tax Issues

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04/13/2015

... votes scheduled to coincide with tax day on April 15. In the House, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has ...

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Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work

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03/30/2016

... basket to highlight the role of nongovernmental groups in the nuclear-security field. . . Carnegie and MacArthur ...

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New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work

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12/10/2015

... as they help those principals improve their effectiveness in an evolving role. The standards are supported by The ...

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OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

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02/12/2015

... de Blasio spurred foundation leaders Wednesday to invest in projects and technology tools that protect and expand the ... of the Internet. "We know that you can fill in some of these gaps more effectively...

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08 Jun 2022

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Convening

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10:00am to 11:30am

The next virtual quarterly convening of the NYC Workforce Funders network will feature NYC ’s Deputy Mayor for ... an update on the major workforce development investments in the...

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Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality

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11/18/2014

... Action on Income Equality Economic inequality in the United States has become a hot topic in the public conversation, but public opinion polls show ... approaches focus on inequality statistics, portray people...

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Open Society Names Mary Fitzgerald to Lead Information Democracy Work

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06/22/2021

... to support high-quality journalism and address challenges in the digital public sphere, including by holding powerful digital actors accountable, exploring new business models for media, and protecting human...

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22 Jan 2015

Learning to Write Code: The New Literacy?

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7:45am to 11:00am

... in any career and can boost the number of girls and youth of color taking and completing computer science. For ... to traditional classes in public schools and higher...

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21 Oct 2021

Change Makers Activate -- Supporting Innovative State Policies: A Case Study of State EITCs - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 1:00pm

This program is hosted by our partner, Asset Funders Network (AFN), who has extended an invitation to PNY ... people of color represent the greatest share of workers in jobs that pay low wages, and therefore would...

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Sloan Foundation Supported Survey: Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous And Sometimes Great

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08/14/2017

... into personal time, according to a comprehensive survey on working conditions the nonpartisan RAND Corporation published ... good friends on the job can make work feel less taxing. In 2015, RAND researchers,...

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The Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Reaches 95 Participants With New Additions

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11/01/2017

... (WWC), a $42 million program to foster data analytics in cities, has added Athens, Georgia; Chula Vista, ... The cities' entry into the program, which began in 2015, will supply digital expertise to start...

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Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities

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12/10/2014

Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities Fifty municipalities are now ... passing bonds to pay for new fiber networks. Though the group is in its infancy,...

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How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them

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09/22/2017

... net worth adults–people with at least $1 million in liquid financial assets–by U.S. Trust, Bank of America’s private wealth management group , provides some answers. ... How Nonprofits Can Make ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

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08/19/2015

... that people of varying levels of interest and expertise in Latin can use to find, read, discuss, study, teach, edit ... the leadership of our University and its faculty and staff in the fields of classics and...

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New York Stem Cell Foundation HQ is a Linchpin for Biotech

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05/05/2017

New York Stem Cell Foundation HQ is a Linchpin for Biotech The New York Stem Cell Foundation's $22 million, 40,000-square-foot ... will attract biotech startups. Since its launch in 2005,...

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Sloan Foundation Awards $3 Million for Minority PhDs in STEM Fields

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03/27/2015

Sloan Foundation Awards $3 Million for Minority PhDs in STEM Fields The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced ... San Diego, and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in support of...

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12 Apr 2012

Star Power: Achieving Impact by Working Effectively with Celebrities (Featuring Kevin Bacon)

Thursday, April 12, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... rise above the din and connect with your target audience in ways that grab attention and then persuade or inspire engagement and action. Working with prominent musicians, actors, and sports figures ... All...

Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass

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07/11/2019

Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass By Tim ... than fiction” fiasco were unknown. That’s why in this piece, What the U.S. Supreme Court’s Census ... York. That...

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