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Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

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03/13/2014

The John A. Hartford Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts Initiative. When I was first hired at the ... We share loads of feedback among our staff. In fact, we have been trained on how to receive...

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Aging

Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?

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02/27/2014

... post on the Rockefeller Foundation website, foundations have been experimenting with variations on the classic ... to yield social impact as well as a financial return on their investments…. Wait—What is...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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MacArthur and Master Card Foundations Invest $24 Million in Secondary Education

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05/06/2014

... In addition to the two foundations, several other partners have joined to support the initiative – Intel, Human ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... mayor said the city’s training and placement programs have for too long steered New Yorkers into temporary ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States

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05/14/2014

... an ordained pastor, lawyers, journalists, and people who have spent time in prison. NEW YORK—The Open Society ... U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations. “We hope their projects will spur debate,...

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy

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05/29/2014

... and advances in the economic and social standing of women have been distinguishing features of the 20th and early 21st ... of these important economic and social changes as well as their consequences. These...

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Gender Justice

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

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05/30/2014

... a report on policies, regulations, and programs that have the potential to expand opportunity for boys and young ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

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Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

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06/01/2014

... low-income neighborhoods where reading scores historically have been poor, the pilot program aims to help more than three thousand children and their families build strong literacy skills by providing ...

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NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’

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06/04/2014

... dollars’ More than half the members of the City Council have fired off a letter to Walmart demanding that it stop ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

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06/04/2014

... is taking risks with philanthropic capital, risks she says have the potential for bigger impact long term. These ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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

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06/09/2014

... of boomers against a huge threat to the quality of their ever longer lives." "Everyday," he says, "about ... anyone would choose to spend the last months or years of their life?"... It...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia

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06/19/2014

... ethically employing hundreds of thousands of people, BPOs have a role to play in shifting the social landscape in ...

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Bloggers Falsely Accuse JPMorgan Chase of Employee "LGBT Loyalty Test"

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07/07/2014

... Chase appears to be the victim of right wing bloggers who have been making erroneous posts alleging the bank requires ...

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LGBTQ

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

... Tuesday by the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have to live in poverty. Saru Jayaraman is co-founder and .....

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Workforce Development

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Surdna Foundation

Weinberg Foundation To Make $700,000 in Emergency Grants to Nonprofits in Israel

Release Date:

07/29/2014

... $700,000 to support many of its active grantees that have provided crucial social services to those affected by ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors

Release Date:

08/13/2014

... Two 2014 Fields Medals and the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize have been awarded to Simons Foundation grantees Manjul ...

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Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

Release Date:

08/28/2014

... exploring how to respond to social justice issues that have surfaced since the shooting death of an unarmed black ... a meeting at its offices in NYC earlier this week to share their perspectives on Ferguson...

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