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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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The Tow Foundation

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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The Simons Foundation

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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Ford Foundation

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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William T. Grant Foundation

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Russell Sage Foundation

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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Immigration

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The Simmons Foundation

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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Health

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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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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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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Health

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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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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Workforce Development

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Gap Foundation

Longtime Director June Makela Steps Down as Lorraine Marasigan Promoted to Lead the Norman Foundation

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12/12/2016

... Promoted to Lead the Norman Foundation June Makela, who has led the Norman Foundation since 2000, will step down ... in youth philanthropy activities. Lorraine Marasigan, who joined the foundation in 2013 and...

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Norman Foundation

02 Feb 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Winter Meeting

Thursday, February 2, 2017 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... Youth Funders Group is a peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in ... impacting foster youth today. Designed for Grantmakers who are funding or interested in the...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Charles Nuñez, Community Advocate at Youth Represent, Was Only 17 but Charged as an Adult

Release Date:

05/10/2016

... New York on Vimeo . In 2007 he was a normal teenager who wanted to be a handsome ladies man and keep some money in ... wanted to call my family. They physically assaulted anyone who didn’t pay them to use the...

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PhilTalks

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is Conducting CSR Survey

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06/14/2017

... of the Professionals survey regarding professionals who work in corporate citizenship, which also referred to as ... the Profile of the Professionals report to all respondents who complete the survey by Friday...

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Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

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09/28/2017

... succeeding Sherece West-Scantlebury. West-Scantlebury, who leads Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, served as NCRP's ... NCRP is needed now more than ever," said West-Scantlebury, who is leaving the...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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NoVo Foundation

21 Nov 2017

New York Aging Funders - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

... Aging Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy ... working to address these needs. Designed for Grantmakers who are funding or interested in...

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Aging

Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’s Fines

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10/19/2017

... Fines Library books are free, until they aren’t: Patrons who rack up $15 in late fees at the city’s public libraries ... most of them from the city’s poorest neighborhoods, who cannot afford to pay. “Learning...

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