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Ford Foundation Paper Cited in Wired Article on the Future of Open Source Code

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08/11/2016

... demand. Nearly all software today relies on free, public code, written and maintained by communities of ... to individuals—to write their own software. Shared, public code makes up the digital infrastructure...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives $300M to Johns Hopkins to Tackle Major Domestic Health Issues

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09/27/2016

... Health Issues The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health today announced that Bloomberg Philanthropies, ... on a path to transform our national approach to modern public health challenges... Bloomberg...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic

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10/26/2016

... Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced an open call for ... Drug Addiction Crisis. NJTV challenges members of the public to write an original poem about...

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Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'

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11/30/2016

... selected from nearly 1,100 nominations submitted by the public detailing how their favorite librarians working in public , school, college, community college or university ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Kress Foundation Accepting Proposals for Conservation Grants

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12/21/2016

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation supports projects that illuminate European works of art and architecture from antiquity to the early 19th century.

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Arts

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The Surdna Foundation Discusses Good Governance in New CEP Report

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05/02/2017

CEP’s advisory services team and the Surdna Foundation partnered to produce a new publication that shares stories of good governance at family foundations.

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Success Academy Ratchets up Pressure on City to Give It Space

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... network to approve a request for shared space inside public -school buildings for up to seven new middle schools. ... the earliest the city can approve those requests is at a public meeting in November,...

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The Estée Lauder Companies Announces Bold Family-Related Benefits to Meet the Diverse Needs of Its Employees

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04/25/2018

... will be expanded to 20 weeks and an enhanced flexibility policy for parents returning to work will be implemented. The ...

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Estimating the Real Cost of Community College

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10/24/2017

... adults. Yet, access to equitable, high-quality two-year public colleges remains largely dependent on state - and ... to higher education with a recent push to extend free public education from the elementary...

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2013 Soros Justice Fellows

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05/15/2013

... investigative journalists, lawyers, grassroots organizers, policy advocates and scholars who will take on a range of ... investigative journalists, lawyers, grassroots organizers, policy advocates, and...

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Social Justice

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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

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04/15/2014

... Linda Blumberg, Ph.D., senior fellow in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute said that she and her ... she said, adding that “lots of things change absent policy changes.” ... Cost of Health Care a...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments On Supreme Court Ruling On Affirmative Action

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06/24/2016

... decision upholding race as a factor in the admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin came as a relief ...

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January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants

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12/14/2016

We support high-quality research that is relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States.

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Uninsured Rates Have Dropped in All States

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12/21/2016

... under the ACA. These findings illustrate the impact that policy can have on access to care and offer a focal point for assessing future policy changes... Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Uninsured ...

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Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit Convenes Nation’s Leaders To Discuss “Rising Debt in a Changing Economy”

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05/24/2017

... the political spectrum gathered to discuss the national policy agenda, its connection to our growing national debt, ... and examine the opportunities that exist to ensure policy solutions are sustainable,...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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12 Oct 2023

Baby Bonds: Leveraging Systemic Change Through Philanthropy, Government and Community Partnerships - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Thursday, October 12, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... program provides an important model for philanthropy, policy , and community advocates to work together to address ... Georgia, and Maryland are all exploring Baby Bonds as a policy solution to level-the-...

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