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Russell Sage Foundation Publishes "Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty"

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06/01/2017

... in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty" America’ s suburbs are enduring a crisis of poverty. Nearly 17 million ... funding—that it desperately needs. That’ s the provocative argument of Brookings...

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Sloan Foundation Noted in Article on What Could Help Americans Work More Years

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06/13/2017

... or full-time. But after attending Columbia University’ s 2017 Age Boom Academy program for journalists, Exploring ... experts that there are a few things employers, the U. S . government and older workers could...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Aging

Workforce Development

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NoVo’s Radical Hope Fund a Result of Radical Listening

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08/17/2017

NoVo’ s Radical Hope Fund a Result of Radical Listening NPQ has written in the past about the NoVo Foundation’ s constituent-centric approach to funding (here, here, and ... affected by the challenges societies...

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Audacious Philanthropy

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08/29/2017

... Securing the right for same-sex couples to marry in the U. S . These efforts have transformed or saved hundreds of millions of lives . That we now take them for granted makes them no less ... inevitable success...

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How JPMorgan Chase Is Fueling Detroit’s Revival

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09/11/2017

How JPMorgan Chase Is Fueling Detroit’ s Revival There are two kinds of storefronts on this stretch of Detroit’ s West McNichols Road: Boarded-up and “Why isn’t this ... from the westbound Number 30 whose space...

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Community Development

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Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony

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09/21/2017

... Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony Speaking before the U. S . Senate Special Committee on Aging today, University of ...

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Opinion: A Cash Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing

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09/27/2017

These days, to achieve maximum buzz, a policy idea needs the right combination of utopian promise and real-world possibility. You can make the argument that universal basic income has recently offered the headiest brew of that mix, for both the...

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Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.

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10/02/2017

The growing popularity of fried chicken and pizza in parts of Africa underscores how fast food is changing habits and expanding waistlines.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Food Systems

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Our Compelling Interests

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10/03/2017

... essay for the first installment of the Mellon Foundation’ s Our Compelling Interests book series, demographer and ... period ushering in extraordinary shifts in the nation’ s racial demographic makeup. If...

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Ms. Foundation Responds to Alabama Special Election

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12/13/2017

... assault are held responsible for their actions. “Today’ s election is an important step forward for our country and ...

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Gender Justice

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts

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12/15/2017

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Minneapolis Institute of Art, or MIA, a $750,000 grant, to fund a five-year project to build empathy in order to affect positive social change.

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation Seeking Applications for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

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06/18/2019

... are relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States. ...

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RFPs Etc

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28 Mar 2023

Philanthropy’s Voice in Policy, Practice, & Power-Shifting for Housing Justice - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... the supports and shifts required from a movement leader’ s lens Define strategies funders should consider to shift ... foundations, United Ways, corporate giving programs, individual philanthropists, and...

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Housing and Homelessness

JPMorgan Chase and Citi Foundation Are Key Players in Creating Hubs of Opportunity

Release Date:

05/15/2018

... Hubs of Opportunity If you live in a decently sized U. S . city, chances are you don’t live too far away from a ... companies have become a ubiquitous feature of America’ s urban landscape. In recent years,...

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Community Development

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Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool

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10/24/2014

... its Employment Pathways Project, under which Grads of Life is funded, the foundation seeks to create a more ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Vic De Luca Will Retire as President of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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03/16/2015

... century who are engaged in the struggle for justice. My life has been enriched by their courage, creativity, and determination.” Vic’ s clear vision, deep values and unwavering belief in the ... to the...

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Two Views on the Failure of Policing

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07/16/2015

... issue of policing in black communities. Alice Goffman’ s On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City is a work of sociology (Goffman is a ... at the University of Wisconsin), and Jill Leovy’ s...

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