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What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond

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08/10/2015

... Bond An experiment using a Social Impact Bond (SIB) to reduce the rate at which juvenile offenders return to jail—so-called “recidivism”—at the troubled Rikers ... by some. The concept of SIBs is for private...

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'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color

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09/02/2015

... fine. Here at NoVo, we recognize that there is a huge need to focus on support for girls of color. ” Historically, ... work in the Global South, which the foundation plans to continue, Shifman stressed......

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The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

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10/2015

... years, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace

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10/13/2015

Research into what issues women face in the workplace finds equal pay, harassment, career opportunities,children, and work-life balance remain as concerns.

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NoVo Foundation’s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/02/2015

... of the NoVo Foundation, says foundations sometimes try to solve the world's problems themselves rather than acting .....

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Jonas Center Supports Visionary Project Bringing New Light to End-of-Life Issues

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11/03/2015

Jonas Center Supports Visionary Project Bringing New Light to End-of-Life Issues Dying in America, a multimedia ... culminate in a feature length documentary that will seek to change the way Americans confront...

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Podcast: A Conversation with Gates Foundation's Health Expert Anita Zaidi

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11/05/2015

In a recent seminar, Anita Zaidi, MD, an internationally recognized pediatrician and director of the enteric and diarrheal diseases program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discussed the issues impacting maternal and child health.

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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

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11/17/2015

Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia The Atlantic Philanthropies, which will ... of its work on aging populations: a $177 million grant to create a new institute to study...

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

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02/17/2016

... (OST) Cost Calculator is an online tool designed to help OST providers and others estimate the costs of ... and bases its estimates on the most detailed study to date on the costs of high-quality programs. Now...

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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 the ... and focused on food recovery/innovative solutions to hunger can...

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People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

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04/14/2016

... in assets and more than $100 million in grants distributed to nonprofits annually. Millions of that funding have gone to dozens of local institutions, including the University of ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds $1M Public Art Project

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04/15/2016

... neighborhoods with the culmination of the project expected to be on Oct. 4, when all of the sites will be turned on ...

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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

... Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped to Give End-of-Life Care Nearly all doctors believe it’s important to talk with patients about the care they want in their final ... that provide little help, and often...

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

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04/15/2016

American Express, Ford Foundation Provide Funds to Restore Hemingway's Famed Cuban Home William Dupont, San ... (UTSA), is part of a top-tier team of preservationists working on a historic restoration project...

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

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04/25/2016

... List of 100 Influence Leaders Darren Walker’s moves to steer the country’s second-largest grant maker toward a ... language of philanthropy, from ‘them’ and ‘they’ to ‘us’ and ‘we.’ ” The roster of political...

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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

... technical answers. That income inequality was due to automation, trade policy, technology , labor capital, etc. However, when speaking to the average joe, their answers were more about cultural ... persistent...

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality

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05/16/2016

Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality Despite some strides in ... helm the world’s largest corporations today, according to a survey released by the Rockefeller Foundation. Judith...

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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 ... should approach remedial courses. The authors state that to produce more college-ready...

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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 ... some cost challenges and an ongoing Republican campaign to discredit the law...

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