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Stephanie Bencivenga Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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01/01/2013

... the Program Assistant for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’ s Sustainable Development program. Prior to joining the RBF, ... a Master of Public Administration degree with a Public Policy concentration from Baruch...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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New Board Leadership at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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08/22/2013

... confidential assistant to Secretary Richard Riley at the U. S . Department of Education during the first Clinton ... of Jerusalem affairs, following which he worked as Senior Policy Advisor to then-Israeli...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Christy Loper Joins the Educational Foundation of America

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11/01/2013

... a new Program Officer. Loper will support the Foundation' s environmental grantmaking. She comes to EFA with over ... change. Before her tenure with Rare, she worked for the U. S . National Oceanic and...

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Evan Michelson Joins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Program Officer

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02/12/2014

... as Program Officer on January 1, 2014. Michelson’ s primary responsibility will be overseeing strategy ... Energy program supports original, high-quality, policy -relevant research that expands our...

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Environment and Climate Change

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11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

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05/30/2014

... Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation] The White House’ s My Brother’ s Keeper Task Force today released a report on policies, ... boys and young men of color. In response, 11 of America’ s...

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NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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06/11/2014

... Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods New York City' s Green Cart initiative has increased access to healthy food ... according to researchers at Columbia University' s School of International...

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Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach

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09/02/2014

... Mr. Walker envisions a shift in the foundation’ s support of racial equality in the United States. Support ... racial justice in other ways, including through education policy changes and public advocacy......

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Commonwealth Fund Poll Shows Majority Happy with ObamaCare Plans

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09/18/2014

... to a tracking survey by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit policy group. Another 61 percent believed their plans were ...

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Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative

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10/01/2014

Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration' s Brain Initiative The Obama administration plans to ... in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , said that private institutions were joining...

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Foundations Shouldn’t Shrink From Supporting Marches to Curb Climate Change

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10/19/2014

... street protests. But as such things go, last month’ s march in New York City, which attracted some 400,000 people ...

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The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World

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11/17/2014

... a Nuclear-Free World Ploughshares opposes America’ s development of a missile-defense system and contributes ... funds to scores of anti-war groups highly critical of U. S . foreign policy and...

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National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

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03/13/2015

... personal, feud. Beyond a split over the merits of the new policy , civil rights groups are accusing each other of ...

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

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03/30/2015

... crucial problem. The recent publication of Robert Putnam’ s Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis is just the latest ... may be poised to break out and help fuel changes in public policy . Putnam is one of...

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Inside the Russell Sage Foundation

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04/15/2015

... Sage Foundation Russell Sage made his wealth in America' s first Gilded Age—as a financier and railroad executive. ... to scholars across the country who've looked at today' s inequality and its...

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New JPB-Backed Collaborative Aims to Make Affordable Housing Healthier

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05/21/2015

... Housing Healthier Co-founded by The New School' s Parsons School of Design, Healthy Building Network, Green Science Policy Institute and Health Product Declaration ... Of particular focus to the Lab is...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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UJA-Federation Launches Campaign for Passage of Education Tax Credit

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05/27/2015

OU Advocacy-Teach NYS, the nonpartisan public policy arm of the Orthodox Union, together with the ... the important impact the bill will have on New York’ s Jewish day schools and yeshivas. UJA-Federation Launches...

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