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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

Release Date:

05/19/2017

... to say they've saved enough for retirement, a new poll found. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public ... older white Americans are also more likely to collect Social Security benefits, inherit money...

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Economic Security

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

... As more investors seek to use their capital as a tool for social change, a group of asset managers and nonprofit ... Investing Alliance recently announced the creation of two new advisory councils stocked with...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... reaction is almost visceral, and it prompts her to avoid social and professional contact with people who are seriously ... yet they can strongly influence someone’s behavior. A new study by researchers at Duke...

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Children, Youth and Families

Rita Allen Foundation Announces Its 2018 Class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholar

Release Date:

07/10/2018

... whose research has the potential to lead to groundbreaking new discoveries and advance human health. The selected ... communicate with one another, the biology of insects’ social behavior, and the neural...

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Science

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Listening for Bits of Truth in DC

Release Date:

03/22/2018

... of the concept of a Universal Charitable Deduction and building support for The Charity Act (HR 2916), which ... bipartisan support. One other message we heard from New York legislative staff – a state that...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

What's Interesting About the Partnership Between Rockefeller and Chan Zuckerberg

Release Date:

04/10/2018

... and Zuckerberg amassed gargantuan fortunes as pioneers in new industries, attracting controversy and critics along the ... they like it or not, Chan and Zuckerberg are symbols of a new one. They are also...

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Community Development

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Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas, The Greenwall Foundation Spring 2020 RFP

Release Date:

12/12/2019

The Greenwall Foundation is requesting proposals for the Spring 2020 cycle of its bioethics grants program, Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas , to support research to help resolve an important emerging or unanswered bioethics...

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Helmsley Charitable Trust and Health Care System Partners Aim to Increase Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates

Release Date:

02/18/2020

... remarkable effort that brings the University's incredible resources closer to people's homes, giving them a better .....

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Edwin Gould Foundation and the Education Writers Association Announced the Winner of the Eddie Award

Release Date:

06/19/2018

... outstanding entries well-known journalists from the New Yorker, the New York Times and NPR as high-quality packages from medium ... outcomes for low-income young people in the metropolitan New...

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Arts

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

The Century Foundation Releases Report on Charter Schools and District Integration

Release Date:

09/16/2015

... that has persisted since the civil rights era. A new report, Charters without Borders: Using Inter-district ...

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Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program

Release Date:

01/24/2018

... on Us program with the announcement of more than 20 new institutions being added to the roster of participating ... leading corporate supporters of arts organizations with diverse programming that is global in...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

08 Aug 2019

Family Philanthropy Through Multiple Vehicles - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, August 8, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... are they using to address dilemmas of a unified versus diverse philanthropic agenda across different vehicles? And ... systems? This webinar will share early findings from a new NCFP study led by Lansberg,...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Mellon President Elizabeth Alexander is one of the TIME 100 most influential people of 2022

Release Date:

05/26/2022

... Alexander is an explorer who’s constantly finding new ways to tell the stories of Black America. And through ...

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ASPCA Elects Tim F. Wray to Chair of the Board

Release Date:

07/02/2012

... continue to be, a humbling privilege. I look forward to building upon the ASPCA's successes to the betterment of .....

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Animal Welfare

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Recording: Turning the Tide: (Re)Claiming Belonging & Power for People of Color in Philanthropy

... Dr. Redwood, a seasoned leader in racial equity and community -based research, sheds light on the challenges faced ... with Donita Volkwijn, Senior Director of Member Engagement at PNY and a racial equity...

Century Foundation Reports Examines ESSA Learner Accountability Provisions

Release Date:

12/13/2018

... keep close eye on ways that ESSA’s structure creates new , unforeseen challenges for historically underserved ... in U.S. schools. Its Title III provisions provided new federal funding dedicated to serving ELs...

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The Century Foundation

Save the Date: Philanthropy Week in Washington 2014

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... , is a week of activities -- some familiar and others new -- themed around engaging policymakers in our nation's ... Reform (ACR) Summit for Leaders (March 5) , and other new Washington D.C.-based events...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... Bard Prison Initiative. Now Bard College is launching a new satellite in another site that bucks tradition: the ... punchline is something about a captive audience.” The new microcollege is modeled on the...