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Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... leaders would preserve the charitable deduction under a new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for ... deduction, meaning millions fewer taxpayers would itemize their tax returns. That...

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Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation

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09/28/2017

... the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in Manhattan as its new executive director, the organization plans to announce on ...

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Arts

How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

... Paulo — are not coastal. The rest — Tokyo, Mumbai, New York, Shanghai, Lagos, Los Angeles, Calcutta and Buenos ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

... sense (the Food Safety and Inspection Service) to a brand- new undersecretary post where it arguably does not. . . ...

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Food Systems

Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding A coalition of nonprofit leaders and ... activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of some 25,000 .....

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Wallace Foundation Case Study Examines Arts Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs

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10/06/2017

... arts-focused organizations that identified 10 principles their programs appear to share. BGCA, the main grantee in the ... Three years later, researchers found that each of the new programs met all the...

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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... social and emotional competencies to determine whether their schools are successful. Nearly two years later, not a ... in its school accountability system. That raises some new questions: Did backers of social...

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Education

Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

... humans as robots who always made choices that maximized their outcomes. But Thaler showed how very human traits, such ... Thaler said of the basic premise of his work. When the New York Times asked him how he...

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In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... They continued rehearsals, built sets, and found a new venue for the September 15 premiere of Describe the ... of Houston venue. The team members needed to see their hard work realized, says Nancy Giles, the...

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Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

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10/10/2017

... for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. "Higher Highs .....

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions

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10/2017

... of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions New York, NY — October 24, 2017. Foundation Center and the ... Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) announce the fourth edition of their annual research report, Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions. The new report documents $23 billion in private, public, ...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

... public libraries are free, right? Not so fast, says the New York City-based JPB Foundation. By funding the library ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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TED Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect

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11/14/2017

... Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect In a new TED Talk, Judge Victoria Pratt draws on her experience ... to ensure understanding, allowing defendants to voice their concerns, and emphasizing...

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Justice Reform

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Atlantic Philanthropies and Ford Foundation Funded Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum Sets April Opening

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11/14/2017

... first memorial dedicated to lynching victims and a new museum dedicated to slavery on April 26 in Montgomery. ...

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Social Justice

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ArtNet News Details Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 Grant Recipients

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11/15/2017

... made eligible to apply for the Joan Mitchell residency in New Orleans. This year’s 25 recipients are a diverse bunch, ...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

... founder and president of a local think tank, Center for a New Economy, and co-chairman of the commission. The ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

... Match Brooklyn is setting out to prove that it’s New York City’s most generous borough this holiday season ...

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