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

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12/20/2016

... Media coverage of America's independent workers leans more positively than the conversation that actual workers ... review between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, studying more than 540,000 news media and...

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Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty

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01/12/2017

... Fix one city and you may change the world. After all, more people than ever are flocking to metro areas: more than 75% of the globe’s population is expected to be ...

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Economic Security

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Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich

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03/31/2017

... and flowers in Queens. “No individual has contributed more to the commercial and civic life of New York City over a ...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights

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04/19/2017

... effectively and engaging with nonprofits to catalyze more openness. In order to gather the most accurate and ... survey by May 5th. PNY MEMBERS: The survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. The...

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Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs

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05/01/2017

... tech jobs. What are the motivations of "tech leavers"? More than anything else, survey respondents cited unfair ... with women of all backgrounds experiencing significantly more unfairness than men...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

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05/01/2017

... assets would, then making the grants sooner generates more social value than preserving the capital and making more grants later — but how would we know, asks a report ...

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Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet

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05/15/2017

... its most ambitious yet, the Flatiron Institute. What’s more , Jim and Marilyn Simons also decided they wanted that same roof to be their own. More specifically, the foundation made a significant ...

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Rockefeller Foundation-Backed Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top

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06/08/2017

... was little support for other reasons, including "With more women leaders, workplace policies are likely to become more employee-friendly" (1 percent) and "Women leaders are .....

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Tisch Fund, NY Community Trust, Bloomberg & United Way of NYC Leaders Named Among the Most Powerful Women of 2017

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06/26/2017

... of the city’s most powerful businesswomen, we chose a more nuanced approach. Rather than measuring just Twitter ... For starters, our editors whittled down the list to more than 100 contenders whom we...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues

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08/16/2017

... cities to build protections against stronger storms and more frequent floods, the Rockefeller Foundation is helping ... by The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Washington, D.C. More than a dozen cities have...

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Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet

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08/21/2017

... in 37 countries. While the Gates Foundation spends more money, OSF has a larger footprint worldwide thanks to ... be around $930 million this year—which is substantially more than Ford’s total grantmaking...

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Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids

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08/29/2017

... Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids Each year, more than 300 patients with chronic pain take part in a ... off pain medications during their time at Mayo. Still, more than 80 percent of the patients...

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Creating A Positive Workplace Culture - A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

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08/28/2017

... taking a negative toll on our overall well-being. We spend more time working than we do anything else. It is becoming more important now to pay attention to how we treat each ...

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Opinion: Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

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09/05/2017

... released by flooding of chemical plants, waste dumps, and more . But it’s a good bet that more people will eventually die from the toxins Harvey leaves ...

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Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

... The three have a close association. Mr. Buffett pledged more than $36 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ... New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg comes in third for giving more than 10 percent of...

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Advancing The Mental Health And Well-Being Movement Through Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy

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10/02/2017

... and if it is improving health? The United States, now more than ever, needs clear direction to create more comprehensive solutions to fragmented problems. ...

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Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows

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10/02/2017

... haunts the vast majority of Americans over age 50. More than three-quarters (78 percent) of future retirees in ... all these people think the current situation is just fine. More than four in five future...

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Opinion: Take a Resistance Break

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10/04/2017

... any sign of approval or support. Instead, we saw something more powerful. Three of the restaurant’s busboys paused ... Their fists were raised in silence. Their dignity was more powerful than any lever a...

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

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... in CSR and the firm performs poorly, they are much more likely to be dismissed," Hubbard says. "On the other ... they'll buffer you from dismissal, do poorly and you're more likely lose...

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