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Pound Foolish

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09/22/2017

... than 46 million people, or more than 14 percent of the US population. These hubs supply food pantries, churches, and ...

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Food Systems

Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

... in the Climate and Health Program at Columbia University' s Mailman School of Public Health, the first academic program in climate and health in the U. S ., lead the Consortium, with input from an...

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Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

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09/27/2017

... Curtain At Macarthur Foundation The MacArthur Foundation’ s 100&Change competition began as an experiment in openness, ... strategy, we decided to issue a public, open call: “Tell us what problems $100...

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Nonprofits Scramble to Respond to the New DACA Deadline

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09/29/2017

... to the New DACA Deadline Since President Donald Trump’ s administration ordered an end to the Deferred Action for ... some 800,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U. S . in their youth to live, work...

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Immigration

How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

... People love living near the coast. Only two of the world' s top 10 biggest cities — Mexico City and Sáo Paulo — ... and Buenos Aires — are. Around half of the world' s 7.5 billion people live within...

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More Trafficking Victims Turn to Hotline With Pleas for Help

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10/02/2017

... Victims Turn to Hotline With Pleas for Help The tipster' s account was grim. A woman had suffered broken ribs and a ... to an anti-trafficking task force operating in Virginia' s Hampton Roads area...

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Gender Justice

New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

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10/05/2017

New York’ s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law New York state’ s high school graduation rate may take a hit due to an ... or honors diplomas in their federal graduation rate. It’ s...

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Building Bridges between Scared Immigrant Communities and Police

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10/06/2017

... of crackdowns on immigration and increased raids from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Many worried ...

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Immigration

Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’s At Risk?

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10/10/2017

Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’ s At Risk? Tucked into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a ... 2015. As part of the funding extension for the Children’ s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that year...

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Six Useful Tips For Nonprofits To Keep Marketing Automation Personal

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10/13/2017

... make its way to nonprofit organizations across the U. S . While much can be said about using marketing automation to ... that personal touch that is so important to a nonprofit’ s membership base. From drip...

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Wallace Takes Arts Organizations From What They Think to What They Know

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10/24/2017

... in October, NPQ reported on one of the foundation’ s studies on the subject of scaling. Broadway World alerts us to the foundation’ s Building Audiences for Sustainability (BAS) research ...

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions

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10/2017

... • Grants awarded by 1,000 of the largest U. S . foundations totaled $158.1 million in 2015, a 30 percent ... received the highest number of grants. • Large U. S . foundations distributed $26.6 million for complex ... for Economic Co-operation and Development and the U. S . Federal Emergency Management Agency, this new report ...

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Citi Community Development Is Partner in NYC’s First Citywide Community Land Trust

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10/25/2017

... of the Interboro Community Land Trust (CLT), NYC’ s first citywide CLT. Its primary focus will be creating ... housing on that land to homeowners or developers. A CLT’ s board of directors typically consists...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

... including the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the John S . and James L. Knight Foundation and the Simons Foundation envision U. S . public libraries as open community spaces fostering ... City-based JPB Foundation...

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

... grants tackle unequal access to everyday things that make us healthier in the long term, like spaces for exercise and ... local conditions have a tremendous impact on a person’ s health outcomes,” said Amy...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

... Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico Three major U. S .-based foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 ... of homes and killed at least 55 people across the U. S . territory. "We have to...

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Disaster Relief

As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

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12/11/2017

... projects and inform our overall strategy. They hold us accountable to the challenges they face every day growing up in Brooklyn' s neighborhoods as they actively engage in problem-solving .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Mellody Hobson and Admiral James Stavridis to Board of Trustees

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12/11/2017

... ask for three better or more qualified people to support us in our mission amidst new and growing challenges,” ... Corporation. Hobson earned her AB from Princeton’ s Woodrow Wilson School of International...

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United Hospital Fund Study Doubts Utility of Quality Performance Websites

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01/03/2018

... care delivery on a personal basis. They recommend the U. S . Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’ s CAHPS Consortium for pioneering work, including a new ...

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