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Federal Judge Urges Trump Administration to Push Back DACA Deadline

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09/15/2017

... Administration to Push Back DACA Deadline A federal judge in Brooklyn on Thursday urged the Trump administration to ... to fix the program through legislation. “The concern of the court is that Oct. 5 is three...

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J.J. Watt's Hurricane Relief Fundraising Closes at More Than $37 Million

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09/18/2017

... modest (well, relative to where it ended up) organizing of a charitable endeavor, born partially out of a kind heart and partially out of desperation when he couldn't be there to help...

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New Push to Replace Obamacare Reflects High Stakes For Republicans

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09/19/2017

... the Affordable Care Act burst into view this week in the Senate, where leaders began pressuring rank-and-file Republicans with the hope of voting on the package by the end of the month. The...

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Pound Foolish

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09/22/2017

... Food banks must reject measuring their impact by pounds of food distributed and instead promote access to nutritious ... bank have provided a vital link between food and families in need. Today, more than 200...

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The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy

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09/27/2017

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy There’s been no shortage of ... our deepest beliefs about the United States and its place in the world. But a...

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How Failure of the Obamacare Repeal Affects Consumers

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09/27/2017

How Failure of the Obamacare Repeal Affects Consumers Obamacare repeal is dead, again. But the months of Republican attacks on the health law will still have ... to make minor changes to their programs, the demise...

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Is Online Fundraising a Bad Idea?

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09/29/2017

... and less costly. Some organizations are investing heavily in online fundraising platforms like Razoo or CauseVox, ... solicitations to cut costs and ease the staffing burden of processing payments by check...

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Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities

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10/03/2017

Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities Federal agents arrested 498 ... week were a stinging rebuke to sanctuary cities, several of which have passed ordinances or...

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Opinion: Take a Resistance Break

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10/04/2017

... among those gathered inside Sacramento’s Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in solidarity with California’s immigrant population. After ... of us walked from the cathedral to the grounds...

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Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say

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10/05/2017

... the Rikers Island jail complex has shifted significantly in less than a year – thanks in part to the efforts of nonprofits serving on the Independent Commission on New ... Reform, and the...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment

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10/30/2017

... CHAPEL HILL, NC - Treating type 1 diabetes and some cases of type 2 diabetes has long required painful and frequent ... researchers from the University of North Carolina and NC State have now...

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth

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01/23/2018

JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth ... The firm has always believed that the highest and best use of its capital is to support employees and...

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Nina Stack Joins Champlain Foundation as Executive Director

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04/17/2018

... as Executive Director The next executive director of the Champlin Foundation will be Nina Stack, the nonprofit ... Chairman Kelly Sheridan, said of the announcement in prepared remarks: “We...

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Aetna Foundation President Discusses What it Will Take to Solve the Opioid Crisis

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06/29/2018

... Discusses What it Will Take to Solve the Opioid Crisis In 2015, our life expectancy dropped for the first time since the height of the AIDS epidemic. That can be blamed largely on the ... families, and...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Partners Announce Funding of Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Purchased from Pharmacies in the U.S.

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10/11/2018

Helmsley Charitable Trust and Partners Announce Funding of Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Purchased from Pharmacies in the U.S. JDRF International, the American Diabetes ...

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Simons Foundation-Funded Research Reveals That Bacteria in Giant Aquarium Mirror Natural Ocean Microbes

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11/07/2018

Simons Foundation-Funded Research Reveals That Bacteria in Giant Aquarium Mirror Natural Ocean Microbes Sea creatures ... the bathroom, too, and in aquariums, that creates the task of cleaning...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

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11/20/2018

Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation It’s astoundingly rare for ... but yesterday, through the Democracy Fund , leaders of 42 major philanthropic...

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NYT Interviews Schott Foundation VP Edgar Villanueva

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11/28/2018

... philanthropic and social sector were developed early in the 20th century, the design resembled elements of colonial social architecture: bureaucracy, competition, specialization and consolidation of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50 million to Fight Opioid Epidemic

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11/30/2018

... years it will help up to 10 states address the causes of opioid addiction and strengthen prevention and treatment ... on record. It said those numbers are a leading factor in the decline of U...

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