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Ford’s Alexander Reviews ‘Incarceration Nations’ in Washington Post

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03/22/2016

... like: “There is no such thing as good guys and bad guys. All people do good and bad things, including you. You can ... the description offered in Baz Dreisinger’s intriguing new book, “Incarceration Nations.”...

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Justice Reform

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Arcus Foundation Report Reveals Trans Discrimination Not Limited to Bathrooms

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05/13/2016

... trying to live authentically in their true gender. A new report reveals transgender women and all women of color frequently face discrimination when ...

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Gender Justice

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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

... the "threshold" to the ISS to perform vital research. All of the mission is connected to various scientific ... is launched. The microbes are now the focus of a brand new research partnership between...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Anthony Bourdain and Rockefeller Foundation Partner On Food Waste Documentary

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11/01/2016

... he takes on the issue of food waste around the world in a new documentary. "Wasted! The Story of Food Waste" will be ... that approximately 1.3 billion tons, or one-third of all man-made food,...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Newman's Own Names Walter Harrison to Advisory Board

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11/02/2016

... academic quality, finances, and fundraising have all improved. New academic programs were added under his tenure, and major ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Food Systems

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Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty

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01/12/2017

... Poverty Fix one city and you may change the world. After all , more people than ever are flocking to metro areas: more ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

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Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

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03/17/2017

... in a Quest for Better Health Aetna recently announced a new RFP for the latest cycle of its Cultivating Healthy ... funding addresses the need to improve opportunities for all Americans—regardless of income,...

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Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

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03/29/2017

... and vacant land into useful community assets. The all -volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

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Target Corporation

Nonprofit Trailblazers Unite for Third Annual American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit

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04/03/2017

... third annual Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit in New York on April 3 and 4, celebrating ten years of a ... for advancing the sector’s impact on society. Nearly all of the Summit attendees cite...

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

... a least an additional 300 are involved. But to identify all the genes at play, many more genetic samples are needed ... the research collaborative this year to include four new sites: the Geisinger Clinic of...

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Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights

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04/19/2017

... a few evaluation activities, including a pre-survey of all of the member foundations in the Regional Association network, including the members of Philanthropy New York. The survey seeks to understand the...

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In Memory of Former Century Foundation President Janice Nittoli

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07/03/2017

... Century Foundation from 2011 to 2014 and was much loved by all of us here at TCF. Janice was a warm and passionate ... and more dynamic public policy presence, recruiting new fellows, stabilizing the endowment...

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Bloomberg-funded WHO Report: Dramatic Increase in Life-Saving Tobacco Control Policies In Last Decade

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07/20/2017

... life- and cost-saving interventions, according to the new WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2017. ... around the world must waste no time in incorporating all the provisions of the WHO Framework...

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The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion

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07/28/2017

... rooms for people who would be better served in treatment. New city police recruits have for years undergone some crisis ... summer from the U.S. Department of Justice found that not all Baltimore officers have...

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The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

... any of us who know something about nonprofits anything at all new is this gem: Nonprofit executives are often fired when ...

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How to Succeed on a Nonprofit Board

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08/28/2017

... had been convinced the providers would renew. After all , they had done so innumerable times in the past. But as a new federal administration took over, it became clear the ...

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James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation Donates Art Holdings, Archives to Parrish Art Museum

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08/30/2017

... Park first spent a summer in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York, because “Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner were ... 85.) In a rare move, the foundation has decided to give all of its assets, including its...

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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

... Volunteering ver the past decade, businesses of all kinds have become much more socially aware and active. In ... as corporate giving and volunteer programs, as well as new efforts such as impact investing and...

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Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

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09/12/2017

... and those undertaking longer journeys. Most vulnerable of all are those who, like Mohammad, come from sub-Saharan Africa. These findings come from a new UNICEF and International Organization for Migration (IOM...

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