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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

Report Finds U. S . Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think ... CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’ s...

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Economic Security

Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

Study: Giving Leads to Happiness The adage says it’ s better to give than to receive. But is it really? The ... showed that generosity changed the activity in people’ s brains in ways that increase feelings of...

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Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

... Can Be More Than Just Books For all of Sunset Park’ s celebrated taquerias, dim sum parlors and picturesque ... of computers, indulging in a world of knowledge that many New Yorkers take for granted. It was a...

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Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

... way that physicists team up in mega-projects to hunt for new particles. The International Brain Lab (IBL), launched ...

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The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm.

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09/26/2017

... an exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the city’ s premier showcase for African-American art. And at the ... big sister and art world celebrity — was the museum’ s director and formidable steward,...

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Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... leaders would preserve the charitable deduction under a new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for ...

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Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

Here’ s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food ... Safety For a guy who likes eating fast food because it’ s “very clean,” President Trump sure is blasé about ... sense (the Food Safety and...

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Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of some 25,000 ... that a group opposing Mayor Jason Gonzalez’ s decision to eliminate funding for nonprofits...

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Johnson & Johnson Brings Better Sanitation to Homes in India

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10/06/2017

... Better Sanitation to Homes in India Johnson & Johnson' s CaringCrowd' s platform is dedicated to crowdfunding to improve global ... bring a better sanitation solution to some small homes in...

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MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well-Being

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10/06/2017

... services providers to custom design, test, and launch new features and products that aim to increase financial ...

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In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... Hurricane Harvey caused devastating flooding at Houston’ s Alley Theatre, actors and production staff were ... They continued rehearsals, built sets, and found a new venue for the September 15 premiere of...

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Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

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10/10/2017

... for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. "Higher Highs ... Hubbard, assistant professor of management in Notre Dame' s Mendoza College of...

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TED Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect

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11/14/2017

... Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect In a new TED Talk, Judge Victoria Pratt draws on her experience ... the real-life impact of procedural justice. “It’ s a concept that says if people perceive...

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Justice Reform

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Atlantic Philanthropies and Ford Foundation Funded Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum Sets April Opening

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11/14/2017

... The Equal Justice Initiative will open the nation’ s first memorial dedicated to lynching victims and a new museum dedicated to slavery on April 26 in Montgomery. ... content that confronts visitors with some...

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ArtNet News Details Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 Grant Recipients

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11/15/2017

... made eligible to apply for the Joan Mitchell residency in New Orleans. This year’ s 25 recipients are a diverse bunch, representing a wide ... as non-white—a substantial increase from last year’ s...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

... Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico Three major U. S .-based foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 ... of homes and killed at least 55 people across the U. S . territory. "We have to...

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Disaster Relief

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

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11/22/2017

... (HbA1C) testing, which provides a measurement of a person' s mean blood glucose levels over the past three months. HbA1C is also a surrogate measure for a person' s risk of developing diabetes-...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP

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11/28/2017

... Socially conscious investors can look forward to two new exchange-traded funds that aim to direct capital to ... launched the Minority Empowerment ETF and the Women' s Empowerment ETF. The Impact Shares...

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