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Jerome Foundation Announces Inaugural Organization Grant Recipients

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06/18/2018

... in grants to 84 arts organizations in Minnesota and New York City. These grants to nonprofit arts organizations ... comprise inaugural offering of the foundation’s new Organization Grants Program. The two-...

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JPMorgan Chase Report: Tech Jobs for All? Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of U.S. Tech Training

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03/09/2016

... of U.S. Tech Training JPMorgan Chase released a new report, "Tech Jobs for All?: Exploring the Promise & ... leaders, and the general public. The rapid growth of these new models for tech training –...

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Simons Foundation Sponsors "The Eternal Sky," A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory

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03/09/2017

... not much oxygen. It’s the perfect place to figure out how the universe began. That is the scene set by “The ... Kellner documents the development and construction of the new Simons Observatory, located next to...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Ricardo Castro as General Counsel

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02/01/2013

... has announced the appointment of Ricardo Castro as Vice President and General Counsel. He will also serve as an ... States and around the world,” said Luis A. Ubiñas, President of the Ford Foundation. “He is a...

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08 Aug 2013

Families and Community Foundations Working Together

Thursday, August 8, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Webinar

... create lasting impact in your community. A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program with the National Center for ... program is " Partiall y Open ." Presenters Shelley Hoss, President , Orange...

Ford-funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in Online Voting Registration Systems

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... as 35 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new Harvard study. Dubbed "voter identity theft" by study ... suggest that the government didn't invest enough money or resources into...

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09 Oct 2012

Service for Impact Working Group Breakfast

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -

9:00am to 10:30pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... and challenges, brainstorm on solutions, and explore new opportunities. We’ll also spend time learning more ... about Reimagining Service ( www.reimaginingservice.org ) how to apply the Reimagining Service...

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Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

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03/13/2014

... the then-Senior Program Officers a giant cup filled with new red pens. It seemed to me at the time that the program ... feedback among our staff. In fact, we have been trained on how to receive feedback:...

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Report Outlines Internet and Broadband "Vision" for LGBT Community

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06/26/2014

... LGBT community in all aspects of life and according to a new report, they can do more. The LGBT Technology ... Vision for Inclusion: An LGBT Broadband Future , describes how , among other things, these...

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The Palette Fund

Commonwealth Fund Poll Shows Majority Happy with ObamaCare Plans

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09/18/2014

... happy with their plans, despite widespread discontent over how they signed up, according to a new poll. About 70 percent of people who bought healthcare ...

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The Commonwealth Fund Ranks Health Care Systems for All 50 States

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03/27/2015

... others. Look up rankings of health providers and consider how well you'll be taken care of in your old age wherever you ... in 2014 were Minnesota, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Worst were...

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ASPCA-Backed Program Uses Dogs to Help Teach NYC Students About Animal Welfare

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06/01/2015

... Animal Welfare Some cuddly canines are helping teach New York City school students serious lessons about animal ... is more than puppy therapy. The youngsters are learning how to promote compassion for animals...

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North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking

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08/14/2015

... they understand what moves voters to act. Here in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has regularly spoken ... ardent account of what that connection would look like and how it would influence him.... North...

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Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth

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01/22/2016

... helps foster kids keep their documents organized, shows how the foundation seeks out and supports new ways to help foster youth. . . Chronicle of Social ...

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Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings

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02/11/2016

... Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings A new report details how an incubator created by the Filene Research Institute, ...

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Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College

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02/26/2016

... never completing their degree at all. A new report, The Real Value of What Students Do in College , ... Robert Shireman, offers specific recommendations for how the U.S. Department of Education could promote a...

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Century Foundation Report: Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance

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03/30/2016

... to Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance, a new report by TCF senior fellow Andrew Stettner, our current ... Stettner outlines a pathway to solvency, explaining how policies like employee financing...

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Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists

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04/08/2016

... of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how to handle not just the unexpected payouts but also the ... elation. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation created a new grant program — the Doris Duke...

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Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation

Release Date:

05/05/2016

... more ownership of companies to workers. It’s not a new idea — worker cooperatives have been around since the ... close look, and published a report called Ours to Share: How Worker Ownership Can Change the...

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13 Oct 2016

Why is Wage Theft on the Rise as the Minimum Wage Increases to $15?

Thursday, October 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... more difficult, yet more urgent than ever. Explore: How we can reverse the effects of wage theft How we can level ... & Workers Association Terri Gerstein , Labor Bureau Chief, New York...