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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

... on-demand programming for participating cities, fund new research on innovations in city government, and launch an ...

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Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children

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09/07/2016

... have time or money for camps or enrichment activities. Now new research suggests that school districts can stave off the ...

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Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal

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09/09/2016

... with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows. Eighty-seven percent of those age ... 72 percent of those whose families have been in the U. S . longer agree. Eighty-five...

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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Ms. Foundation for Women Will Join SheKnows Media for the Sept. 26 Panel on Next-Generation #Femvertising

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09/21/2016

... #Femvertising SheKnows Media, a leading women' s media company with 81 million unique visitors a month* and ... fans and followers, today announced that it will reveal new , proprietary research on #...

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Gender Justice

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Morgan Stanley Renews Commitment of $8 Million to Feeding America

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09/23/2016

... its renewed commitment to hunger relief through a new $8 million, four-year pledge to Feeding America to support children’ s hunger and produce programs. This grant will build on the Firm’ s...

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Food Systems

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Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers

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10/07/2016

Atlantic' s Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers A new ranking by Forbes puts Warren Buffett at the top the list of the fifty U. S . philanthropists who gave the...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia

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12/09/2016

... to make a significant difference in society. That’ s the good (and perhaps hardly surprising) news in a new report from our organization, the Center for Effective ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities

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12/13/2016

... to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities A new effort to enroll low- and moderate-income undergraduates ... is being coordinated by the nonprofit Aspen Institute’ s College Excellence Program and...

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Russell Sage Publishes Study on the Problems of Parents Funding College Education

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12/14/2016

... supporting — and paying more — for their children’ s college education, but that development also might be exacerbating economic inequality, according to a new study by a University of Kansas professor. “Young...

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09 Feb 2017

Becoming a Successful Board Chair: Tips and Advice from Your Peers - Webinar

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... successful board chairs from our network and offer new insights from the newly release Splendid Legacy 2: The ...

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SmartCEO Honors Weinberg Foundation President, Rachel Garbow Monroe, as CEO of the Year

Release Date:

12/16/2016

... Awards, held on Tuesday, November 15, at Baltimore’ s B&O Railroad Museum. She becomes the 14th SmartCEO of the ... recipient in Baltimore. Each year, SmartCEO magazine’ s editorial staff names a CEO of...

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Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality

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12/20/2016

... Disconnected from Worker Reality Media coverage of America' s independent workers leans more positively than the ... conversation that actual workers have on social media, a new media analysis by Cision...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

... has another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests that repealing two major provisions of ... by the Commonwealth Fund and George Washington University' s Milken Institute...

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Health

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Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles

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01/31/2017

... Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’ s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles Bloomberg ... world can use to chart their own paths forward with the new technology... Five More Cities Join...

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Community Development

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Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

... ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies A new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/21/2017

... Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U. S . and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2017 ... are transforming their fields and opening up entirely new research horizons. We are proud...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

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02/28/2017

... and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U. S . to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive The ... effort established to examine the current state of U. S . language education, to...

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Arts

The Henry Luce Foundation

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Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research

Release Date:

03/21/2017

... for the Developing Brain will be based at the university' s Patrick Wild Centre for Research into Autism, Fragile X ... to researchers at the center, the investment could lead to new treatments for people...

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Health

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

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03/21/2017

... of age. For 28 years, Mr. Rockefeller served as the Fund’ s generous inspiration, mentor and the loving head of his ... His generosity and wisdom have made possible a new generation of family members committed...

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