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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million to Address Opioid Crisis in Michigan

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03/17/2019

... address the large number of opioid overdose deaths in the state . Michigan is the second state (after Pennsylvania) selected to participate in a ... and now ranks eighth in that category nationally. In the U...

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10 Feb 2016

Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Impact Investing Tools Are Right for Your Foundation’ s Mission? Missed this session? View materials and ... foundations doing when it comes to impact investing? What' s the range of efforts out there?...

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Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach

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09/02/2014

... Mr. Walker envisions a shift in the foundation’ s support of racial equality in the United States. Support ...

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Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

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11/07/2014

The money will go towards the ACLU's effort to overhaul the justice system.

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Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South

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05/29/2015

The South makes up 49 percent of all new HIV diagnoses.

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Carnegie: How America’s Immigrant Source has Changed

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10/22/2015

How America’ s Immigrant Source has Changed Nearly 59 million ... United States since 1965, making this nation the world’ s top destination for people moving from one country to ... Mexico, which shares a nearly 2...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation-Sponsored Team Wins Competition

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04/12/2016

... Team Wins Competition that Raises Awareness About U. S . Fiscal Challenges The fiscal future of our generation is ... and Mary has made its mission to uphold. The College’ s team won the fourth annual Up to Us...

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Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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07/11/2016

... Conservancy, has been elected to The Commonwealth Fund’ s Board of Directors, effective April 2017. Between 2011 and 2014, Quam served as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, focusing...

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Campuses Confront Hostile Acts Against Minorities After Donald Trump’s Election

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11/11/2016

... Hostile Acts Against Minorities After Donald Trump’ s Election The fliers depicting men in camouflage, wielding ... flag, appeared in men’ s restrooms throughout Texas State University: “Now...

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The MasterCard Foundation Supports $828 Million in Private Scholarships for African Youth

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12/09/2016

... for African Youth Irene Kinyanguli, a senior at Arizona State University, comes from Tanzania, where her father works ... Kinyanguli is one of more than 100 students at Arizona State on full scholarships...

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Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge

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08/29/2017

... was jailed for his beliefs. Today, she said, “there’ s not a lot of persecution, but it’ s difficult to find work.” Normally, someone seeking better ...

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How to Build a Strong Local Food System

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08/29/2017

... year round in order to feed hungry people in the central U. S . Over the past half-century, however, a more nationalized ... Towns, agricultural states now grow or raise food that’ s sent out of state...

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U.S. Is Eliminating Its Arctic and Climate Envoys. What Message Does that Send?

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08/31/2017

U. S . Is Eliminating Its Arctic and Climate Envoys. What Message Does that Send? As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson eliminates or shifts dozens of high-level diplomatic positions within the State...

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Top CEOs Place High Value On Corporate Ethics And Social Responsibility To Drive Business

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09/12/2017

... and a worldwide financial crisis lambasted the world’ s economy a few years ago. But it also vaulted companies like ... which since 2007 has annually compiled a list of World’ s Most Ethical Companies, into...

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Cuomo Assigns ‘Gang Prevention’ Cops to Long Island Schools Where MS-13, Others Thrive

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09/14/2017

... gangs like MS-13, Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday announced state police will be going into schools to combat the ... appearance said “gang prevention officers” from the State Police will be posted in the 10 Suffolk...

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Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn

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10/04/2017

... to immediately stop violence in northern Rakhine State , and to promptly and effectively investigate and ... crimes against humanity and we are deeply concerned at the State ’ s failure to put...

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City Signs Exclusive Deal With Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug

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10/10/2017

... Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug The city and state announced Monday that they entered into an exclusive ... agencies to buy the drug naloxone this year, while the state Department of Health will...

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House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package

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10/13/2017

... billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U. S . territories rebuild in the wake of devastating hurricanes ... recovery efforts in states like Florida and Texas and U. S . territories, including...

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners

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11/17/2017

Early this year, The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising solution to a social problem. The J.M. Kaplan Fund sought to identify and celebrate innovation in the fields of heritage conservation, social...

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