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Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline in Women in Workforce

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07/28/2014

... White House Council of Economic Advisers finds that the U. S . is the only developed nation not to offer paid maternity ... explain nearly a third of the decrease in women’ s labor force participation in...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and USAID Launch $100 Million Partnership

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08/04/2014

... Partnership The Rockefeller Foundation and the U. S . Agency for International Development have announced a $100 ... across Africa and Asia. Announced at the first-ever U. S .-Africa Leaders Summit, the...

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Mellon Grant To New Museum Supports Contemporary Art Scholarship

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08/05/2014

... art, and also help support the relaunch of the Museum’ s seminal Critical Anthology Series, which presents cultural ... Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director . “The Foundation’ s support previously enabled...

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McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign From Bloomberg Over Coal Policy Stance

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08/14/2014

... Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said his wife, former U. S . Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, has no plans to leave the Bloomberg Philanthropies board, despite the foundation' s support for efforts to reduce...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Offers Best Practices For Winding Down

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08/13/2014

... Philanthropies is working on giving away all its money, it' s taking in a great deal of knowledge that could be helpful ... for their final work days and ensuring an organization' s legacy. About...

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

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09/11/2014

... to Drive Improvement In many communities across the U. S ., poverty is a depressingly reliable indicator of health ... to this general rule, as The Commonwealth Fund’ s 2012 Scorecard on Local Health System...

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Catholic Publication Calls Funders ‘Clever’ for Funding Faith-Based Groups Supporting LGBT Rights

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09/17/2014

... Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Grantmaking by U. S . Foundations," The Ford Foundation is the top funder of .....

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Rockefeller Foundation Partners with HUD for National Disaster Resilience Competition

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09/18/2014

... Given the complexity of the challenge, the U. S . Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will ...

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Changing the Conversation about Inequality

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09/23/2014

... originally appeared on the William T. Grant Foundation' s news blog . Inequality is the problem—but what can ... initiative because research can do more than help us understand the problem—it can point...

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Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

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10/03/2014

... president of the Rockefeller Foundation, which means she’ s in charge of giving away one of America’ s historic fortunes. One problem: “As rich as ... once did. The foundation ranks only 16th in assets among U...

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Capital One Seeks Innovative Programs to Increase Digital Proficiency

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10/06/2014

... workforce, as “out of over 200 million adults in the U. S . workforce, only 10 percent consider themselves very ...

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Century Foundation Announces Janice Nittoli "Forward Thinking" Award

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11/03/2014

... of a policy paper on a topic that is central to TCF’ s agenda. Ms. Nittoli served as The Century Foundation’ s president from August 2011 to March 2014, when she retired ... Nittoli revitalized TCF, nearly...

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A Great Wall of Funding? American Philanthropy and the Rise of China

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11/11/2014

... second largest economy in the world, which is why China' s rise is right up there with climate change as one of the ... his second trip to China, starting today. Given what' s at stake here, you...

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Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the Traditional CEO Search

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11/13/2014

... in the appointment of Darren Walker as CEO. Kofi' s story highlights many key points about the role of ... very grateful to Kofi for sharing his experience with us and for providing real leadership to the...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $2.2 Million in Emergency Funding for Ebola Response Efforts

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11/18/2014

... to health and medical research initiatives across the U. S . and other regions of the world. "The enormity of this .....

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Giving Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System

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11/26/2014

Giving Thanks for What' s Right With Our Health System Those of us working to improve the health system sometimes joke that at least we'll never be out of a job, because there' s...

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Rockefeller Foundation Leverages Federal Spending for Disaster Relief

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12/04/2014

... for Disaster Relief Over the past two years, everyone’ s been focused on resilience in the context of Sandy-like storms, but that’ s because we had a Sandy-like storm. But there are a lot of ... broader...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience

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01/28/2015

Rockefeller' s Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience Judith Rodin’ s new book, The Resilience Dividend, begins with her ... lives destroyed.” Rodin, who became president of US...

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PNY's Disaster Relief Work Featured in SSIR

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02/09/2015

PNY' s Disaster Relief Work Featured in SSIR The important and ... In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the limits of our sector’ s data infrastructure became painfully apparent to us . Absent...

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