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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway To Partner on U.S. Employee Healthcare

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01/30/2018

The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and boost satisfaction with the health care plan for employees of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.

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Health

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Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds

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07/30/2015

Though Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg lost money from a recent Rikers Island recidivism reduction program, they still plan to explore social impact bonds in the future.

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Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge to Benefit 14 Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. and UK

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03/23/2017

Morgan Stanley on March 22 announced the launch of the ninth annual Strategy Challenge, the Firm’s signature skills-based pro bono volunteer program.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

A study finds strong links between climate change and the spread of southern pine beetles, whose damage increases the risk of ecosystem harm and forest fires.

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Environment and Climate Change

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

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09/15/2017

According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think tanks, Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s already large racial wealth gap, far from narrowing, will grow ever wider in the years...

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Economic Security

Building on #MeToo, Foundations Look to Change Workplaces in the U.S. and Around the World

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03/19/2019

Feeling safe at work is not something many people, especially women, can take for granted—a fact strongly tied to men’s tendency to mistreat women in many cultures. Women’s safety at work in the U.S. and around the world is the initial focus of a...

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Gender Justice

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Race to Lead; Confronting the Racial Leadership Gap

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06/2017

The Building Movement Project released "Race to Lead; Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap." This new report, the first in the Race to Lead series, is based on our survey of over 4,000 nonprofit professionals. The report explores why people of color are still under-represented in nonprofit CEO/Executive Director positions.

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Henry Luce Foundation Emergency Grants Support Underserved Communities in the US

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06/05/2020

... Emergency Grants Support Underserved Communities in the US The Henry Luce Foundation awarded $1,825,000 in COVID-19 ... Emergency Grants Support Underserved Communities in the US ...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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Community Development

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Housing and Homelessness

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U.S. Trust Finds that 86% of Wealthy Adults Prioritzie Giving

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05/28/2015

For the study, adults with at least $3 million in investable assets were surveyed.

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Bank of America Private Bank

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U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership

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08/16/2016

Principals in small districts receive much less support on leadership in teaching and learning than those in larger districts.

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Education

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U.S. Seeks Decades in Prison for Ex-Rikers Guard in Fatal Beating

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09/12/2017

Federal prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence a former correction officer on Rikers Island to nearly 30 years in prison for violating the civil rights of a seriously ill inmate who died after the officer assaulted him.

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Justice Reform

Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.

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09/27/2017

President Trump plans to cap refugee admissions at 45,000 over the next year, according to current and former government officials briefed on the decision, setting a historically low limit on the number of people who can resettle in the United...

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