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Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund

Release Date:

06/20/2023

... and innovation in the world’s development finance system , advance the Fund’s overarching goal of accelerating ... finance research to promote ways in which MDB’s unique resources can be maximized. With grants...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Ariane Cruz Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony on City Contracting

Release Date:

03/22/2024

... This reform will create a more equitable and efficient system , allowing these crucial organizations to focus on what ... testified again to advocate for reform of the contracting system . Read his testimony...

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Kresge Foundation, NCB Capital Impact Launch $30 Million Detroit Revitalization Fund

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09/18/2013

... provide long-term fixed-rate loans to mixed-use, mixed- income , transit-oriented projects that promote density, ... will provide capital to projects that are mixed-use, mixed income , transit-oriented and...

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More Details Emerging About Greer's Ouster from Nathan Cummings Foundation

Release Date:

06/10/2014

... will focus grant making on two new priorities—reducing income inequality and fighting climate change." ... remains committed to the strategy of focusing on income inequality and climate change... More...

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Ford Foundation Strives to Boost Medicaid Enrollment

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12/01/2014

... Funds will support BeneStream's mission to enroll more low- income empoyees in Medicaid. BeneStream, a health tech ... in support of its efforts to enroll eligible low- income employees in Medicaid. The...

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Rockefeller Supported, ‘Futures of Work” Report Examines Global Disruptions

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01/19/2016

... the futures of everyone from white-collar workers in high- income countries to subsistence farmers. . . Rockefeller ...

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Workforce Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

At Ford Event, de Blasio Says Cities Must Innovate Since Feds and State Won’t

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03/30/2016

... have any interest in helping New York City grapple with income inequality. “In the end, on so many issues of ... on a “tale of two cities” platform, and the notion of income inequality is central to how he...

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NY Women’s Foundation’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in Vulnerable Young Girls

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02/28/2017

... boys. While this applied to girls regardless of race and income , a report released in November by The New York ... highlights the particular challenges faced by low- income girls, particularly immigrant girls...

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Gender Justice

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MetLife Foundation Announces Sponsorship of “Multipliers of Prosperity” for a Third Year

Release Date:

04/05/2017

... tools such as bank accounts, credit and insurance. Low income people who lack financial services often resort to ... more expensive, less secure and less likely to assist low income households build better...

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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

Release Date:

04/25/2017

... alone were it not for racial inequities resulting in an income gap faced by African-American residents, according to ... said, black Long Islanders would see their average annual income increase by just more...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

Release Date:

05/19/2017

... security than whites and will rely on fewer sources of income during retirement. The retirement savings gap between ... benefits, inherit money from their families or receive income from the sale of a home or...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... wage would lift many families out of poverty and reduce income equality, but a new study contends that a rise in ... that boosting wages can provide health benefits for low- income families. “The results...

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Children, Youth and Families

Opinion: A Cash Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... You can make the argument that universal basic income has recently offered the headiest brew of that mix, ... supplying critical support for research on universal basic income , or UBI. . . Opinion: A Cash...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

MetLife Foundation Creates Partnership to Innovate Financial Services for Real People

Release Date:

11/28/2017

... barriers standing in the way of financial health for low- income people in two pilot markets, Mexico and Chile, and ... MetLife Foundation can support the wellbeing of many lower- income people throughout...

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Rauch Foundation Announces ‘Imagine Awards’ for Disabilities Inclusion

Release Date:

01/20/2016

Rauch Foundation's Imagine Awards celebrate those who work to create a community where everyone belongs on behalf of people with disabilities in our community.

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Disabilities

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Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

Release Date:

05/03/2016

... evidence that these initiatives had an impact on changing individual behavior... Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting ...

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Health

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As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’

Release Date:

09/27/2017

At a recent hearing, New York City Council members discussed the effectiveness of NYPD responses to “emotionally disturbed person” (EDP) calls, the slow pace of implementation for new NYPD crisis intervention training, and the tragic outcomes of...