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Keesha Gaskins to Lead Democratic Practice–United States Grantmaking at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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01/15/2014

... Brothers Fund is pleased to announce the appointment of Keesha Gaskins as Director of the Democratic Practice program's U.S. portfolio. Beginning in January 2014, Gaskins will be...

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Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

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03/13/2018

... leads to lower earnings that stretch long beyond the time of unemployment. Yet it’s hard to know exactly what causes ... these lower lifetime earnings. For displaced workers in Washington state during the...

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Economic Security

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Sozosei Foundation Federal Policy Initiative Requests for Statements of Interest

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02/22/2021

... Federal Policy Initiative Requests for Statements of Interest FOUNDATION OVERVIEW The Sozosei Foundation was ... page, 12-point font) from 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations working on national...

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ASPCA Weighs In On The Surprising Argument for Extending Food Stamps to Pets

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01/23/2018

ASPCA Weighs In On The Surprising Argument for Extending Food Stamps to Pets ... 59-year-old Mississippi man is petitioning the Department of Agriculture to let him use food stamps on...

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Animal Welfare

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2013 Soros Justice Fellows

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05/15/2013

A mix of emerging and established social justice leaders, the ... organizers, policy advocates and scholars who will take on a range of reform issues that relate to broader OSF ... grassroots...

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Social Justice

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Heintz and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash

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06/20/2014

... and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen ... Chair Valerie Rockefeller Wayne pay tribute in a message on the foundation...

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change" Two individuals with organizations supported by ... of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

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Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors

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08/13/2014

... Subhash Khot, respectively. Considered the highest honor in the field of mathematics, Fields Medals are awarded in recognition of outstanding mathematical work and the...

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Education

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NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs

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09/29/2014

NYCT, NoVo on the Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence ... goes to statewide associations and other organizations working on prevention.... NYCT, NoVo...

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The New York Community Trust

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Gender Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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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 standard of health insurance now often requires...

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Children, Youth and Families

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

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02/05/2015

... Cuomo said today. “No one should be cheated out of their hard-earned wages, and as these numbers show, our ... for workers across the State by actively cracking down on wage theft,” Cuomo said in...

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NoVo Foundation Celebrates International Women’s Day

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03/09/2015

... Women’s Day Every day, we are inspired by stories of amazing girls and women who are standing up to injustice and demanding a better future. Whether at home, in school, at work, or on the...

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Gender Justice

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

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04/15/2015

Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen For more than a decade now, the United States has ... or whether civilians were among those killed. Now,...

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Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research

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05/26/2015

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has announced a $10 million gift from the ... Foundation to expand cancer research efforts focused on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells. The grant...

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

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08/10/2015

What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond An experiment ... despite being hailed as a success by some. The concept of SIBs is for private investors to lend money to governments .....

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Justice Reform

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Bank of America Backs Community Development and Housing Projects

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09/21/2015

Bank of America Backs Community Development and Housing Projects ... Tommins, Southern Connecticut market president for Bank of America, said in a statement. "We're fortunate enough to...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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

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09/29/2015

... $3.28 Million The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees has approved three grants totaling more than ... million to renew and expand work to ensure that the voices of older adults and aging-expert...

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Aging

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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 ... One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that ... and is hard to pin down, it has a persistent influence on how an organization behaves. Over the course of our ...

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NoVo Foundation’s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/02/2015

... Colonialism Philanthropist Peter Buffett, co-president of the NoVo Foundation, says foundations sometimes try to ... especially from people already doing the work well. In a wide-ranging interview with WMUK...

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