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05 Mar 2018

Rethinking Democracy Through Electoral Reform - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, March 5, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... on issues that impact their lives. Explore: How new RCV and Fair Representation is being pushed at more local ...

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Public Policy

Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

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06/17/2014

... Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy A new light rail line--called the "Green Line"-- that connects ... years ago, developers have announced over $2.5 billion in new construction and...

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Community Development

Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline in Women in Workforce

Release Date:

07/28/2014

... States who are working or want to work has been declining, new evidence suggests that one way to stem the dip would to be mandate policies like paid leave. A new report from the White House Council of Economic...

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Gender Justice

Workforce Development

Terry Fulmer Takes the Helm as President of the John A. Hartford Foundation

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06/11/2015

... John A. Hartford Foundation and taken up her role as its new president, the Foundation announced today. Dr. Fulmer ... researcher, teacher, administrator, and innovator to her new position, and is deeply...

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Aging

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Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation

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08/17/2015

... of Wassaic to serve as the philanthropic foundation’s new Director of Programs. “Cecilia has worked for the ... said Foundation President Andrea Reynolds. In her new role, Ms. Stancell will work with the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks

Release Date:

12/07/2015

... on food banks, equivalent to about 46.5 million people. In New Jersey, the ratio is smaller but still significant — ... with Bank of America, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, the Food Bank of South Jersey...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Food Systems

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Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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01/13/2016

... Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness) A large new study reveals previously unknown risk factors associated ... become cone-shaped over time. The last decade has brought new treatment options, but many...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Rauch Foundation and Others Publish Report that Quantifies Long Island’s Housing Needs

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02/05/2016

... HR&A Advisors Inc., and the Rauch Foundation released new research this week highlighting the high demand for ... possible strategies for creating an adequate supply of new housing. The study found that...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

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07/25/2017

... Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second ... affects male and female children differently, according to new analysis of a decades-old study on...

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Children, Youth and Families

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth

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01/23/2018

... regulatory and business environment. Through this new investment, the firm will develop hundreds of new branches in several new U.S. markets, increase wages and benefits for hourly U.S. ...

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Economic Security

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Nina Stack Joins Champlain Foundation as Executive Director

Release Date:

04/17/2018

... Stack, a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, has led the New Jersey Council of Grant Makers as its president for the ... remarks: “We are thrilled to have Nina joining us as our new executive director. … Her...

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Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m

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04/16/2019

... Chief Executive Officer Rob Acker will head up a new nonprofit and educational business vertical at Salesforce ... company’s Customer Success Platform. In addition, the new business unit will also develop...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Technology

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Philanthropy Can Help Build a Thriving Democracy by Building Up Programs and Places That Fuel Civic Involvement

Release Date:

01/20/2022

... to the common good. Most importantly, they can move resources to the American communities that need them most to ... transformative action philanthropy can take to breathe new life into our democracy now is to...

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Insights

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Basketball Legend Join Forces for Youth Empowerment and Establish Field of Life

Release Date:

12/18/2019

... legend Panagiotis Giannakis introduced Field of Life, a new nonprofit organization and initiative anchored in ... potential, and enhancing their lives in an innovative new recreational, educational, and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Salk Institute Receives $42 Million From Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Research Center for Genomic Medicine

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01/24/2013

... as lynchpins for chronic diseases, which could lead to new therapy targets. The Salk Institute for Biological ... support interdisciplinary research that paves the way to new therapies for chronic illnesses...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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AARP, Weinberg Foundations Commit $10.5 Million for Skilled Nursing Care Model

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07/17/2013

... and The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced new investments in The Green House Project. The new commitments bolster the national loan fund for Green ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

Release Date:

04/15/2014

A new study published by the Milbank Memorial Fund's Milbank ... every income level and in every geographic area, finds a new study published in The Milbank Quarterly. Linda Blumberg, .....

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