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Supported by Ford, JPB Foundations, 'America Divided' Series Provides Dose of Reality and Hope

Release Date:

10/04/2016

... As we prepare for a presidential election and think deeply about the direction of our country in light of current ... to watch America Divided. The first installment laid out in compelling fashion some of the...

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Social Justice

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Freedom Together Foundation

Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Family Fund Calls ExxonMobil’s Conduct ‘Morally Reprehensible’

Release Date:

11/29/2016

... an article in the New York Review of Books calling out ExxonMobil for “morally reprehensible conduct.” ... the company tried to deceive policymakers and the public about the realities of climate change,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The MasterCard Foundation Supports $828 Million in Private Scholarships for African Youth

Release Date:

12/09/2016

... But an international higher education would have been out of reach without a scholarship. Kinyanguli is one of more ... Foundation, which to date reports having made pledges of about $828 million for its four-...

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Rockefeller Survey Finds Male Attitudes Are Keeping Women From Getting Ahead In Business

Release Date:

08/03/2017

... There just aren’t enough qualified or interested females out there. But an intriguing new survey from the Rockefeller ... barrier to female leadership. Women are even more certain about this: A striking 90...

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Gender Justice

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To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... up with calls from family members, often frantic, asking about relatives who had been arrested. “A lot of people say ... how this works,’” she said. They were trying to bail out their relatives, and quickly,...

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Opinion: Nonprofits Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... in Overtime-Rules Debate Whenever a major policy debate about protecting employees comes up in Washington, business ... known as "operational anxiety" as they try to figure out how to pay for rising...

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In Rural Kenya, Escaping A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A Little Luck

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... the treatment, and I was very scared,” he said, pointing out the scattered incisions, each about half an inch long. When Pkorkor’s stomach began to ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Commonwealth Fund: Indecision on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Creates Confusion for States

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... the administration has offered states only uncertainty about what to expect in 2018, which has made it difficult to ... cost-sharing reduction (CSR) plans. And time is running out . . . Commonwealth Fund:...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the ... paper published in the journal Ambio found that research about increased carbon...

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Environment and Climate Change

Xanax Or Zoloft For Moms-To-Be: A New Study Assesses Safety

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... Assesses Safety Earlier this year, when Emily Chodos was about 25 weeks into her pregnancy, she woke up one night ... Conn. She couldn't take a deep breath. "I'd never felt so out of control of...

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Children, Youth and Families

Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... left many in the city’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program they want their kids to receive. De Blasio rolled out the federally funded program on Sept. 6, promising free ...

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City Council Members Still Navigating Outside Income Divestment Ahead of Deadline

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... and incoming Council members to make tough decisions about their side jobs. The regulations, which were linked to ... businesses, and each is still in the process of figuring out divestment as mandated by the...

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Economic Security

New Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

Release Date:

02/21/2018

... have served time in prison, to build a life when they get out , to find guidance and success in order to cut down on the ... skills they already have and transform the way they think about their abilities so...

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Video

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

Beyond the 990: Effective Nonprofit Financial Data Analysis - WEBINAR

Publication date:

04/2012

In this webinar, financial experts from the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) provided instruction on what to look for when reviewing nonprofit financials—imparting five steps for assessing financial health.

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Executive Leadership

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Finance & Asset Management

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25 Jul 2019

The Power and Impact of Creative Aging Programs - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, July 25, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... developed a major multi-year initiative, Seeding Vitality Arts (SVA), in 2016. Using a learning cohort model, Aroha is ... with the tools needed to create highly successful arts programs. Aroha's partner...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Aging

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Promotes Maurine Knighton to Role of Chief Program Officer

Release Date:

10/18/2022

... will oversee DDCF’s five national grantmaking programs: Arts , Environment, Medical Research, Child Well-Being and ... of novel and innovative efforts to make the performing arts more equitable, inclusive and...

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A Commitment to Playwrights: The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program

Release Date:

12/09/2014

... a targeted fund—using a relatively small portion of its resources —to have a big impact on the lives of one or a ... We look forward to having the opportunity to learn more about how the residencies are serving...

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Insights

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Arts

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The Tow Foundation

Ann Raffel Joins John A. Hartford Foundation as Information Technology Officer

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... support highly dedicated and capable people as they carry out the John A. Hartford Foundation mission of improving the quality of healthcare available to elderly Americans ." Ann Raffel Joins John A...

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OSF Grants $8 Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs

Release Date:

06/09/2015

... they are eligible for the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), and help them find key documents and fill out applications. “The reality is you can’t turn on a ...