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Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow

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10/07/2015

... Ford as a senior fellow, contributing to the foundation’ s work on democracy, rights, and justice. Michelle is a ... over the past two decades. Her best-selling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in...

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Civic Engagement

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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

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11/17/2015

... on aging populations: a $177 million grant to create a new institute to study dementia. The new organization, the Global Brain Health Institute, will be ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper

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03/18/2016

... Energy Could Get Cheaper The offshore wind industry’ s efforts to distance itself from Cape Wind continued this ... Delaware released a report showing offshore wind energy in New England would be far less...

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Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans

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04/14/2016

... The 18th annual Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans were announced April 12 and included six Indian ... the 30 recipients. The graduate school Fellowship for New Americans — for immigrants and...

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Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

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04/19/2016

... Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign The John S . and James L. Knight Foundation will contribute $1 million to a new $20 million operations endowment campaign in support ... Foundation, announced the...

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John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

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Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy

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05/12/2016

Ford Foundation" s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence ... Investing on Philanthropy Impact investing can lead to new strategies for entrepreneurs and mission-driven businesses. That...

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Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

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06/28/2016

... the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. That' s a theory posited by two political scientists, Michael ... Sage Foundation. Jones-Correa and McCann used a new survey, the Latino Immigrant...

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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

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07/18/2016

... Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test A new UCSF study finds that some of the most popular apps for ... popular mHealth apps are basically useless, according to a new study out of the...

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Health

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NYCT, Jonas Center, John A. Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs

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07/20/2016

... are in demand for several reasons, including the country’ s aging population; the need to care for people with chronic ... the Affordable Care Act. The BLS notes that the supply of new nurses entering the...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... school, seeing them as the quickest route to jobs. A new study finds the streamlined, focused curriculum that ... is also the reason many poor students drop out, however. A new study of 150 black youths from...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

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10/06/2016

... smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll. And more than half of millennials ... the poll released this week. This information comes from a new GenForward survey of young...

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Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing

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10/11/2016

... by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’ s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing When my wife, Betsy, ... we wanted to be catalytic—to take risks to prove new models, so that larger funders with less...

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Supported by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines

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10/25/2016

... by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’ s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines Young Americans ... former secretary of state will help people like them, a new GenForward poll shows. Clinton...

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Covenant Foundation Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education

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11/08/2016

... Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education Four new Jewish learning agencies – Builders of Jewish ... Jewish Education. The expansion coincides with Shinui’ s new partnership with...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Female Playwrights at Centenary Stage Company

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04/06/2017

... Women Playwrights Series is back at Centenary Stage, with new plays from writers from all over the country. Centenary ... Fawcett and Michelle Kholos Brooks, and distinctive new plays that will feature...

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Arts

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JPMorgan Chase Focuses on Asset Building in Communities of Color

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05/26/2017

... of Color The mix of funders worried about America' s vast racial gaps in wealth and opportunity is increasingly ... can't move faster to build earning power and wealth. A new partnership between CFED...

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USDA Invests $12.6 Million to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals

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09/06/2017

... Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals The U. S . Department of Agriculture’ s (USDA) National Institute of ... by the 2014 Farm Bill. “Agricultural science depends on new ideas...

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Food Systems

Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

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09/08/2017

... Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access Today, a new study released by the Ms. Foundation for Women validated ... sectors that are made up of up 50% women. 2. Support new and innovative campaigns that...

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