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Carnegie, Helmsley-funded Report: Fewer than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’s Degree

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01/19/2016

... College, Columbia University. “If we care about upward social mobility, then we need to pay attention to transfer ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

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02/22/2016

... Rising ownership of smartphones and tablets across social and demographic groups has made mobile applications, ...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast

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04/21/2016

... Mona Juul (to be played by Jennifer Ehle) and her husband social scientist Terje Rød-Larsen (to be played ...

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

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08/25/2016

... organization that is not only guided by principles of social justice, and working to address real societal ... in people, place and regional identity across Southern states . Few national foundations support...

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Community Development

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients

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12/09/2016

... to access the coordinated medical, behavioral, and social services they need to manage their conditions and ... High-Need Patients Experience Health Care in the Unites States (20 pages, PDF), found that while...

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Health

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Funded by Soros and Mastercard, New Human Ventures Project Seeks to Help Refugees

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02/01/2017

... Ventures Project Seeks to Help Refugees With the United States moving to ban refugees from around the world, efforts ... capital to “invest in startups, established companies, social impact initiatives, and...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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Immigration

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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

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06/06/2017

... itself “the only civil rights organization in the United States working through litigation, public policy advocacy, ... to win court judgments for a handful of intelligent and social animals who, they allege,...

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Animal Welfare

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NoVo Foundation

Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

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08/17/2017

The rise of resilience — the idea that cities should address climate-related shocks alongside ingrained social issues like failing schools or unaffordable housing — has been positioned as a potential game changer by evangelists like 100 Resilient...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Audacious Philanthropy

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08/29/2017

... have helped propel some of the most important social -impact success stories of the past century: Virtually ... lunches for all needy schoolchildren in the United States . Establishing a universal 911 service...

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Newman's Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is

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08/30/2017

... - That Is Long before cause marketing and corporate social responsibility became common phrases, a joke between ... Newman’s Own distributed $837,000 to 30 charities in 10 states through the sale of that...

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What Major Universities Had to Say About Trump’s Move to Roll Back DACA

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09/07/2017

... to undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, dozens of universities declared their ... of California at Berkeley sent a stark message on social media, tweeting, "We stand with our...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

... Villanueva. Edgar is a nationally-recognized expert on social justice philanthropy who brings a wealth of knowledge ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Back-and-Forth on DACA Leaves Young Immigrants ‘Just Dangling’

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09/25/2017

... he walks around in “zombie mode” and tries to stay off social media to avoid “the tsunami of confusion.” All of ... protects undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation...

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William Randolph Hearst Foundations Provides Hefty Grant to SOPAC to Partner with School District

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04/26/2018

... to “ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States have the opportunity to build healthy, productive and ... organizations focus on the culture, education, health and social services fields. With...

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William Randolph Hearst Foundation

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Aetna Foundation President Discusses What it Will Take to Solve the Opioid Crisis

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06/29/2018

... communities, families, and individuals across the United States . In fact, in a single year, more than 40,000 ... aren’t immune. Communities that otherwise score high on social determinants like clean air, good...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation Seeking Applications for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

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06/18/2019

... the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States . Research proposals are evaluated on the basis of ... policies, and practices to reduce inequality in academic, social , behavioral, and economic...

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RFPs Etc

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Philanthropy New York Members Featured Among The 50 Most Influential Philanthropists in New York

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02/11/2020

... Charitable giving is often seen as a form of political and social influence. These questions of power and influence are ...

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