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13 Nov 2013

Where is Opportunity in America? - New York Index Launch

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

... conversation. We hope you will join us to learn more about how the Opportunity Index can support your efforts and those of your partners and ...

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It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma

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06/09/2014

... eligible for Medicare. But Medicare doesn’t cover what can be the largest cost to seniors–long-term services and ... who find themselves in this situation–but is this how anyone would choose to spend the last...

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The Commonwealth Fund

NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project

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06/23/2014

... best responded to the question posed by the challenge: " How can we strengthen the Internet for free expression and .....

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Mellon's New Leader Reshaping Foundation's Public Face

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06/29/2014

... March 2013, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is reviewing how it presents itself to the world and positions itself in ... is diversity. On that topic, Lewis says, "Maybe what we can do better than any...

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

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03/30/2015

... in a while, research on an issue is so galvanizing that it can entirely shift how we think about a crucial problem. The recent publication ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

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10/2015

... underlying assumptions of an organization. While culture can be understood in various ways and is hard to pin down, it has a persistent influence on how an organization behaves. Over the course of our ...

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Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists

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04/08/2016

... of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how to handle not just the unexpected payouts but also the complicated emotions that money can inspire: ignorance, confusion, shame, panic, the ...

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Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Publishes New Volume: 'Higher Education Effectiveness'

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04/08/2016

... technocrats or by those who believe higher education can be reduced to measurable outcomes that show up on the ... accept the idea that "effectiveness" -- defined as how well an organization is...

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Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation

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05/05/2016

... close look, and published a report called Ours to Share: How Worker Ownership Can Change the American Economy... Workers of the World, ...

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Economic Security

Inaugural All Female Festival Launches In New York

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05/09/2016

... The Other Festival showcases the women who are redefining how to do business, setting their own rules, putting new ... boundaries. Inventors, storytellers, founders, artists who can 't be boxed in. The...

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Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere

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05/24/2016

... to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in assets. You can imagine the hype it created when Ford Foundation ... to inequality means for the nonprofit world as well as how it will affect their own...

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In NYTimes, Ford’s Walker on Internships and Inequality

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07/06/2016

... season gets into full swing, consider, for instance, how a plum internship may alter a young person’s career ... take a summer job in food service to pay the bills, others can afford to accept unpaid jobs at...

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Ford Foundation's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy

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07/21/2016

... inception, both donors and the larger public have debated how individuals can deploy their accumulated wealth to serve the greater ...

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U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership

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08/16/2016

... School Leadership Until recently, little was known about how much support principals in the United States receive to ... to the important role principals and other school leaders can play in student learning...

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Commonwealth Fund Reports Detail Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals

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09/23/2016

... the RAND Corporation to crunch the numbers and find out how some of the candidates’ proposals would affect health care in the U.S. You can now learn all about the findings in two new Commonwealth ...

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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

... on the Digital Economy’ (IDE), which explores how people and businesses can work, interact, and prosper in an era of profound digital ...

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Supported by Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Story Explores Trump's Immigration Policies on Turkish Communities

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01/05/2017

... opponent of Muslims. Altay says he is paying attention to how the new president will contribute economically to the country and says "Trump can bring about movement in markets. He is a businessman, .....

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Arcus and Novo Foundations' Global Trans Initiative Share U.S. Narratives

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07/25/2017

... a moment to hear from these inspiring leaders and learn how philanthropy can play a supportive role for improving the lives of trans ...

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As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

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08/28/2017

... up offering an unusual promise: Even humanities graduates can learn how to code in a few months and join the high-paying digital ...

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Workforce Development

Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake News Initiative That is Starting to Take Shape

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08/31/2017

... the tide of viral sensationalism, it's far from clear how to achieve this goal. Technology clearly has its limits. Algorithms can 't distinguish the contextual "fakeness" of a news item, .....

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