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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

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07/25/2017

The Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second birthday, positively impacts children up through the age of 12 but affects male and female children differently, according...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.

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08/28/2017

... of Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller runs one of the nation ’s biggest and most unusual corporate-philanthropy ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity

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09/06/2017

After a fraught last few years in terms of national attention to issues of race, one would expect that nonprofit boards would demonstrate at least a modicum of advancement in the realm of diversity.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff

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09/20/2017

... led Michael Ignatieff to embark on a three-year, eight- nation journey in search of answers. "The Ordinary Virtues," .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

At the United Nations, His Excellency Prof. Alpha Condé, President of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union, convened a high-level meeting to strengthen the partnership with the private sector and discuss opportunities created by Africa’s...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries

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09/25/2017

President Trump on Sunday issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, including most of the nations covered by his original travel ban, citing threats to national security posed by letting...

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Immigration

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy

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09/27/2017

The rates hookworm infection found in Lowndes County, AL—one of the poorest counties in the state, three-quarters of whose residents are African-American (as were all of those tested in the study)—have not improved much from levels a century ago.

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Health

08 Feb 2018

Choosing and Using Multiple Vehicles for Family Giving - Webinar

Thursday, February 8, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Increasingly, philanthropic families are using multiple tools and strategies to achieve their goals.

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All Funders

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19 Apr 2018

Civil Conversations in Uncivil Times - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, April 19, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Society is becoming increasingly divisive. What roles can family foundations play in finding ways to support meaningful dialogue across “party lines” within their community?

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Family Foundation

10 May 2018

Privacy, Purpose and the Public Trust: Finding a Balance - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 10, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

How do you balance what you share externally with your family’s need for privacy?

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Family Foundation

Funded by the Carnegie Corporation and OSF, The New Americans Campaign Program Expands To Philadelphia

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03/20/2018

... works with partner organizations in cities across the nation to support lawful permanent residents that are ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Open Society Foundations

Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Ninth Annual Fiscal Summit Will Outline Urgent Need for Fiscal Reset following Recent Tax and Spending Legislation

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05/01/2018

... debt is on course to eclipse the size of the economy, our nation will face increased budgetary pressures. Absent a ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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12 Jul 2018

Making Space at The Table: Welcoming New Voices to Your Family Giving - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, July 12, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

There are so many ways to welcome new voices into your family giving. Whether you are looking to involve the next generation of family members, developing a process to invite non-family board members onto your board, or finding other practical ways...

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Family Foundation

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Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees

Release Date:

06/06/2018

... adopted by the Pew Charitable Trusts, which became the nation ’s first Election Performance Index... Heather ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Mellon Foundation

Century Foundation Releases New Report: Finding Workers Where They Are

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02/07/2019

... the most successful and powerful social movements in the nation ’s history—the labor movement—has not launched a ... a new generation of workers.1 This is true even though the nation ’s commercial and political...

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