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Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... Today, a new study released by the Ms. Foundation for Women validated that state and local officials need to take ... centers who organize in sectors that are made up of up 50% women . 2. Support new and...

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

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09/26/2017

... has for years accommodated a fringe element of men who say women are ruining the tech world. Now, as the nation’s ... as one of the more hostile work environments for women — reels from a series of high-...

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PhilTV: Partner Buy-In Is More Likely When a Funder’s Long-term Commitment is Clear

Release Date:

12/21/2016

... the full session. It runs 1 hour 47 minutes. Additional resources from the program can be found below: Schott ...

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Brooklyn Org

Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?

Release Date:

05/19/2017

... two different things. How will the City ensure that more resources flow directly into and sustain the leadership of ...

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Lambent Foundation

Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

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12/12/2012

... by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and ... Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute, and the World Resources Institute with funding...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

Publication date:

08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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09/20/2017

In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Official Sees Opportunity Zone Program Role

Release Date:

11/02/2018

... of investments, came during a conference on responsible investing in San Francisco on Tuesday. Panelists, including ...

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Community Development

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Russell Sage Foundation - Gates Foundation Pipeline Grants Awarded to Emerging Scholars

Release Date:

03/17/2021

... counselors, and social workers in providing financial aid resources for undocumented youth. Angela Dixon (Emory ... Ellis (University of Maryland College Park) will study women on probation to examine the...

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Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice

Release Date:

04/09/2014

... proposed establishing the commission to "Raise the Age " and help to ensure young people become productive and ... New York’s outdated juvenile justice laws and raise the age at which our children can...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Tow Foundation

Report Details Employment Challenges Facing Latino Youth

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... than the unemployment rate for white males of the same age , and double the unemployment rate of all American workers ...

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Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA

Release Date:

07/10/2014

... first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working- age adults are uninsured than just before the sign-up period ... uninsured. The national uninsured rate among working age -adults dropped from 20...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes

Release Date:

06/12/2015

... the number of new type 2 diabetes cases among Medicare- age individuals by nearly 70 percent, also offering the ... each Y's program sites and at least 31,500 adults over the age of 55. Over the two-year...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

Release Date:

08/10/2015

... holds the dubious distinction of having the most working- age adults who have lost six or more teeth at 23%. In ... and dentures with the elderly, nearly one in five working- age adults in some Southern and...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy

Release Date:

09/11/2015

... more than 3 million Americans, primarily after the age of 50. Pressure inside the eye (known as intraocular pressure) and age are the leading risk factors for POAG, resulting in ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want

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12/01/2015

... of us want to live in our homes and communities as we age , and, if possible, to avoid dependence on others and ... and according to Census numbers, the population of people age eighty-five and older, which...

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Aging

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Hilton, Tow, Surdna and Edna McConnell Clark Noted as Important Funders for Foster Youth

Release Date:

01/08/2016

Article highlights funders who are working to support young people who are "aging out" of foster care and give those youth the same kinds of opportunities that other youth get.

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Children, Youth and Families

Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

Release Date:

03/17/2016

... CTC. A child allowance of $2,500 for all children under age 6 (leaving intact the CTC for children age 6 and above) would lift 3.2 million children out of ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050

Release Date:

05/19/2016

... a variety of eye disease and impairment issues, including age -related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, diabetic ... Institute, found that by 2050, 16.4 million Americans over age 40 will have VI due to...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

With Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Survey Reveals Effects of Incarceration for Older Americans' Work And Retirement Plans

Release Date:

05/05/2017

... for Older Americans' Work And Retirement Plans Americans age 50 and older who report that they have been incarcerated ... have not, according to a new national survey of Americans age 50 and older from...

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Economic Security

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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