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

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10/24/2014

... 12 percent, while the share of young African Americans who can't find jobs is double that. Foundations have taken ... especially for young people from low-income communities who are often the biggest...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Howard Gilman Foundation Appoints Anna Campbell to Program Officer

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01/06/2015

... Gilman Foundation. Anna Campbell joins Ms. Packer, who was appointed by the Foundation’s Board in July of 2014, and Emily Sproch, who was hired in September of 2014 as the Executive/Program ...

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Arts

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Helmsley Trust Awards $17.5 Million to Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

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05/18/2015

... and microbial profiles from seven thousand patients who will be followed over time. CCFA has selected Deloitte ... clinical epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania who led a two-year discovery and...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair

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06/17/2015

... of the Board of Trustees. Pennoyer succeeds Henry Gooss, who has served in the role since 2009. Pennoyer, a senior ... for me. It is also humbling to succeed Hank Gooss who led the Foundation so ably,” said...

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Community Development

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Noyes Foundation Urges Donors to Make More Timely Allocations From Their Donor Advised Funds

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06/29/2015

... partnering with philanthropists with donor advised funds, who are interested in social justice giving opportunities. ... Foundation will partner with donors and wealth advisers who want to make a quicker...

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Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals

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08/04/2015

... of the biggest challenges facing people living in poverty who are struggling to find employment is a lack of education ... Jordan, LISC senior vice president of national programs, who praised the government...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

Workforce Development

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New Leadership at the Pershing Square Foundation

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10/08/2015

... team of professionals led by Paul Bernstein, our CEO, who have been key partners with us as the Foundation’s ... success and drive change. Olivia Tournay Flatto who helped co-found the Pershing Square Sohn...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... results found that within just one school year, children who did Bedtime Math improved their math achievement on ... Most notably, children of the most math-anxious parents who chose to do Bedtime Math had...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Overdeck Family Foundation

Technology

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Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed

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10/22/2015

... travel the country to “highlight some of the Americans who are doing their part to fix our criminal justice system." ... He will also meet with formerly incarcerated men and women who are working to...

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Justice Reform

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In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

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11/04/2015

... is also survived by a son , James (Jamie) M. Clark, Jr., who carries on the family tradition by serving as a trustee ... Jim will be sorely missed by those of us at the Foundation who knew him well. I worked...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

... Warren, the Harvard Law prof (and now Democratic senator) who conceived the Consumer Financial Protection Board. ... couldn’t protect ordinary folks from abusive lenders who charge 400% a year interest for a “...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

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Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

... function of these neural circuits, especially for those who have difficulty connecting with others." . . . Thanks ... that identifies social context, for example, determining who is nearby, for what...

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Science

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What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality

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01/05/2016

... the part of the would-be changer, the resistance of people who would lose from the change, the resistance of people who would benefit from it, the seduction of activities other ...

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Social Justice

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Students with Influence Over Peers Reduce School Bullying: Research Funded by WT Grant, Russell Sage Foundations

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01/06/2016

... The research team wanted to test whether certain students, who they label "social referents" or social influencers, have ... the most popular kids school-wide, but rather students who demonstrate...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

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New Board Members for Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

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01/26/2016

... Jr. Fund were re-elected. With the exception of Cathy Cha who has been re-elected to serve a one-year term ending ... joining Cathy Cha of Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund who will serve another year in that...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Immigration

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Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors

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02/03/2016

... focuses on the physicians, surgeons and other clinicians who care for them. As an assistant professor embedded in the ... anyone else I know in psychology," says DeCaporale-Ryan, who earned her clinical...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

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02/24/2016

... own care. For example, more than two-thirds of patients who took medications during an OpenNotes study reported ... showed that patients being treated for high blood pressure who were offered open notes were...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

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Flying the Colors: Empire State Building Lights to Honor Jonas Center

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03/17/2016

... Envisioning a simple idea to “care for those who care for us,” Barbara and Donald Jonas ten years ago ... faculty and clinical leaders – and as it honors others who have helped to have enhance and advance the...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies

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03/28/2016

... harder if you’re one of the one in seven young Americans who are out of school and work. Here’s the thing: one of ... is work experience. It allows them to call references who can vouch for a candidate, assess...

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