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Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... and colleagues focused on eligible SNAP recipients. The group was broken down into all households or households without children. They then ... has and what they would need to be food secure--using data...

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Food Systems

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Eric Marchall Concludes Tenure as FCCP’s Executive Director

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10/02/2018

... and governance practices of the organization, shifting from a ‘super-volunteer’ Steering Committee to a ...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Marlon Williams

... Director for Public Sector Innovation at Living Cities, working on projects to close racial gaps in income and ... and his understanding of asset building initiatives from his days at the United Way of New...

Mike Bloomberg Publishes Annual Letter on Philanthropy

Release Date:

05/23/2018

... – whose work is driven by reliable data – is working to improve and save lives. However, a ... enthusiastically using data, and working with members of other political parties, to improve ... based on...

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes Marlon Williams as Vice President of Collaboration and Policy

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09/11/2020

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13 Jul 2023

Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET) - Strategies on How to Support DEI Efforts Within Your Role

Thursday, July 13, 2023 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... among us and the communities we serve. This networking event will focus on supporting DEI initiatives at your ... and connecting you with other PACNET peers in small group conversations. Light breakfast with...

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The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy

Release Date:

05/12/2014

... benefactors. “Attacks and Vitriol Will Not Deter Me From Supporting Fixes to Public Policy,” the piece’s ... in retaliation for his contributions to the causes of education , criminal justice, and pension...

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UJA-Federation Announces $50 Million Day School Challenge Fund

Release Date:

06/09/2014

... the Day School Challenge Fund, along with contributions from The AVI CHAI Foundation, the Jim Joseph Foundation, and ...

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Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology

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07/07/2014

... Spring Harbor Laboratory has announced a $50 million gift from Jim and Marilyn Simons to establish the Simons Center ... Biology. The Center will support research and education programs at one of the world’s...

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Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing Director

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08/12/2014

... as a managing director. He comes to his new role from the Cathedral Corporation, where he served as vice ... competitions sponsored by the United States Department of Education . Kopp Joins Changing Our World...

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All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement

Release Date:

09/11/2014

... socioeconomic challenges associated with poor health—low education levels, homelessness, and mental illness—abound. ... outcomes. Our goal was to explore—to the extent possible from qualitative research—what...

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Foundation for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants

Release Date:

09/10/2015

... The series was supported through a research grant from the Foundation for Child Development.   The first ...

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Immigration & Immigrant Communities

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Education & Youth

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients

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12/09/2016

... and avoid costly hospital visits, an issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund finds. Based on a survey of more ...

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

... Wikimedia Foundation has announced a $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely ...

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Communications/Media

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Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

Release Date:

03/17/2017

... Healthy Communities grant program. The grants are from $50,000 to $100,000 and come out of the $2 million ... opportunities for all Americans—regardless of income, education or ethnic background—to take an...

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George Soros, Steven Rockefeller, Abigail Disney and Some Of New York's Wealthiest Tell State Government To Raise Their Taxes

Release Date:

03/21/2017

... for all of our fellow citizens, including strong public education from pre-K to college. And, we need to invest in the fragile ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... added 400 private-sector jobs in August, up 0.1 percent from August 2016. In the Glens Falls metropolitan area, 200 ... with 500. The top three industries that added jobs were: education and health services,...

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Workforce Development

Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... without the skills for calculating the correct change from a transaction, reading a doctor’s instructions, or ...

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