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Ford Foundation Head in India Moves On, Hints at Discord with Government

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09/08/2015

... Government The head of the Indian operations of the U. S .-based Ford Foundation, one of the world' s largest charitable funds, has announced she is moving ... government over its handling of charities...

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Children, Youth and Families

The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far

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10/05/2015

... her class. She saw the 9-year-old climb a tree. Felix’ s youngest son fought with his cousin over a scooter and, at ... the investigator, Nancy Rodriguez, found that Felix’ s kids “were clothed appropriately,...

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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality

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11/09/2015

... cut its support of several initiatives, including LGBT rights in the United States, direct cash transfers in Latin ... evolving strategy," said Darren Walker, the foundation’ s president. . . Ford...

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New Disclosures on Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley)

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12/03/2015

... Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley) What’ s up at Mozilla? The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation is a ... quite differently from the rest of Silicon Valley’ s major players. It doesn’t have publicly...

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Technology

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy

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01/19/2016

... 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’ s Economy We believe every young person deserves a pathway to economic success. That’ s why we’re announcing a new $75 million investment to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Cuomo Offers Support for Mark-Viverito’s Call to Close Rikers

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02/16/2016

Cuomo Offers Support for Mark-Viverito’ s Call to Close Rikers Gov. Andrew Cuomo voiced support ... for New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito’ s call to close Rikers Island. Calling the idea offered...

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Justice Reform

An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)

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02/22/2016

Saru Jayaraman, a vocal leader in the food labor movement and founder of Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), has been supported by the Ford Foundation for more than a decade. The New York Times profiles her efforts for restaurant workers.

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Economic Security

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Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

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01/24/2017

Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation' s Gift for Racial Justice The longer you hang around ... realize how deeply family background influences people' s giving. Read through the letters of the Giving...

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

A new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek emergency care for eye problems have mild conditions, and recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance for Focus on Science and Technology

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03/29/2017

... Focus on Science and Technology FilmRise has acquired U. S . rights to Sundance winner “Marjorie Prime” and is ... of Walter provides companionship and stimulates Marjorie’ s memory as she...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Technology

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NY Times Common Sense Columnist Says Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing

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04/17/2017

... Earning high returns isn’t just a matter of bragging rights — endowment income supports the missions of ... endowment every year on charitable purposes. In Ford’ s case, that amounts to over $600 million... NY...

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Backed By Rockefeller Grants Philabundance’s Non-Profit Supermarket Is Making Inroads in Food Deserts

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05/08/2017

Backed By Rockefeller Grants Philabundance’ s Non-Profit Supermarket Is Making Inroads in Food Deserts On the wall in Mike Basher’ s office at Chester’ s Fare & Square, there’ s...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet

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05/15/2017

... lunch, or just run into each other in the hallways. That’ s the kind of research environment the Simons Foundation is ... and its most ambitious yet, the Flatiron Institute. What’ s more, Jim and Marilyn...

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Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training

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06/13/2017

Markle Foundation: Trump' s Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training ... out his principles for a $1 trillion makeover of America’ s roads, bridges, waterways, electrical grid, and air...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Audacious Philanthropy

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08/29/2017

... Securing the right for same-sex couples to marry in the U. S . These efforts have transformed or saved hundreds of ... inevitable success stories in retrospect. Many of today’ s emerging large-scale...

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The Fall’s Most Fascinating Art Show? The Met Trying to Fix Itself

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09/06/2017

The Fall’ s Most Fascinating Art Show? The Met Trying to Fix Itself ... years, resigned under pressure in late February, but it’ s not over. The most obvious questions are: Who will be the ... yet, she — be...

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A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent

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09/07/2017

... Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent On Wednesday, the U. S . Education Department confirmed that the education ... that Ms. DeVos was poised to roll back the department’ s efforts on mitigating campus sexual...

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Education

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New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers?

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09/12/2017

... Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers? In New York City’ s breakneck effort to offer free preschool to all 4-year ... with access. About three years into Mayor Bill de Blasio’ s signature education policy...

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Education

Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’ s permanent until homelessness is solved.” So remarked John Schoettler, Amazon’ s real estate and facilities VP, to the New York Times after an announcement...

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