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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs

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07/06/2015

... Program recognizes the out-sized influence of the city’ s small and mid-sized nonprofit theater organizations on the ... of new repertoire both locally and across the U. S .,” Mellon Foundation program officer...

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OSF to Continue Grantmaking in Russia

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08/10/2015

... Grantmaking in Russia In a statement on the foundation' s website, president and CEO Chris Stone wrote, "In recent ... and within the limits of the law." Out of the seven U. S .-based NGOs on the...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds People May Be Choosing the Wrong Obamacare Plan

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11/06/2015

... would work best for them over the coming year. That’ s why some Obamacare shoppers who signed up through ... get if their income is between 100 and 250 percent of the federal poverty level ($11,770 to $29,425...

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Tech Companies Lead the Way on Paid Family Leave, and the Rest of the Country Should Catch Up - Century Foundation Study

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11/13/2015

When it comes to paid family leave, the United States has a dismal record. But one industry is leading the way on family leave policies: the technology sector.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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Century Foundation Analysis Noted, Poverty in Syracuse Examined

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11/20/2015

... in this city has made parents fear for their children’ s safety. The poverty is more evident a few blocks away, ... areas where 40 percent or more of residents live below the federal poverty threshold,...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

... Congress that has proved unwilling to touch existing federal gun laws after years of intense lobbying on both ...

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Public Policy

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

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02/22/2016

... employers, and many still pay servers $2.13 an hour, the federal minimum for workers who receive tips. But the book ...

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Economic Security

Food Systems

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Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services

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05/24/2016

Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’ s Role in Child Welfare Services The national effort spearheaded by the federal government and four well-known philanthropic ... in the Child Welfare System” and launched...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

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08/12/2016

... on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status The U. S . Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by a ... college chain to convert to nonprofit status for federal financial aid purposes. The...

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Sessions As Attorney General Means Criminal-Justice Reform Is Dead

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12/15/2016

... for the scuttling of his nomination 30 years ago as a federal judge), Jeff Sessions as attorney general is a ... rights. As my colleague Eric Levitz explains, Sessions’ s entrenched position in the very last...

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Andrea Ritchie, Soros Justice Fellow and Co-author Talks About “Say Her Name”

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05/10/2016

... Ritchie coordinates the policing subgroup of the LGBT federal criminal justice working group. She gave a PHIL Talk ... “If her story had become iconic in the same way King’ s did, maybe in addition to talking...

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Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard

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03/16/2017

... and states like New Jersey that chose to embrace the federal law have seen greater improvements than those that ... to rank 22nd this year overall in the organization' s 2017 Scorecard on State Health...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness

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04/05/2017

... in the public sector. Meaning, a qualifying nonprofit, federal , local, state, or tribal government. The program ...

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JPB Foundation Supports Study of New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV

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04/19/2017

... plan to collaborate with investigators at City of Hope’ s Center for Gene Therapy to evaluate this new therapy in efficacy and safety tests, as required by federal regulations, prior to testing in patients.....

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Freedom Together Foundation

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NY State Health Releases Policy Recommendations to Address Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems in NY State

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06/12/2017

... need to be addressed. Presently, few New York State or federal regulations are applied to ENDS products to protect ...

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The Commonwealth Fund Reports on Medicaid Expansion's Effect on Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending for Low-Income Families

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08/25/2017

The Commonwealth Fund Reports on Medicaid Expansion' s Effect on Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending for ... Fund recently released a study using data from the federal Consumer Expenditure Survey to examine...

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Unemployment’s Steady Fall Could Signal Trouble—or a Broader Structural Shift

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08/28/2017

Unemployment’ s Steady Fall Could Signal Trouble—or a Broader Structural ... to overheating and heading for trouble. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco finds that over the past century, the...

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How to Succeed on a Nonprofit Board

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08/28/2017

... had done so innumerable times in the past. But as a new federal administration took over, it became clear the ... more on top of things. In particular, he felt the board’ s treasurer, a well-known CFO of a big...

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