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Citi Foundation and Citi Canada Announce a $700,000 Commitment to Youth

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... investment of US$100 million to connect 500,000 young people around the world, ages 16-24, to training and jobs ... a US$50 millioneffort that helped more than 100,000 young people across ten cities become...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Bloomberg and Gates Back A $225 Million Effort to Save 100 Million Lives Over Five Years

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... cause of death worldwide. In 2015 alone, nearly 18 million people died from CVDs which accounts for 31 percent of all ... the outcomes of those living in wealthy countries; many people are dying needlessly...

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Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... what are foundations doing to protect undocumented young people from deportation and save DACA, the fate of which is ... no other place to call home. The well-being of these young people has long concerned a...

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Unbound Philanthropy

Many Young Adults With Autism Also Have Mental Health Issues

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... was also managing all the aspects of daily life that most people not on the autism spectrum take for granted. ... disorder (ADHD) than are typically developing people or those with other developmental...

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Despite Washington Drama, Pace of Health System Change Accelerates

Release Date:

10/06/2017

... jargon can be thick, but the phrase just means keeping people healthy. And how do you keep people healthy? To use more jargon, you address the “social ...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

Release Date:

12/11/2017

... by the Commonwealth Fund, included more than 23,000 people from 11 developed countries, and revealed that ... which aren’t curable but could have been headed off had people gotten better care earlier. Yet...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Sam Adler-Bell, Policy Associate at the Century Foundation, Spoke With WNYC About the Ongoing J20 Case

Release Date:

12/21/2017

... About the Ongoing J20 Case On January 20th, thousands of people came to Washington to protest President Trump's inauguration. Nearly a year later, about 200 people who participated in those protests...

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Support from The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Helps the Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation Provide Vision Services for its Clients

Release Date:

12/04/2018

... dedicated to providing and coordinating services for people with HIV/AIDS. The organization currently has about ... — about 125 of them are in West Hawaii. Hollowell said people with HIV can be more...

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22 Sep 2021

Tax Credits: The Anti-poverty Tool of the 21st Century - A Webinar Hosted by Economic Opportunity Funders

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Join this session to explore the critical role of income supports – tax credits, cash supports and unemployment insurance – in building a stronger, more equitable recovery and how funders can show up to meet this moment.

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All Funders

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Economic Security

Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World: A Response

Release Date:

05/23/2014

[Ford Foundation] - President Darren Walker: Strategic philanthropy too often minimizes or ignores complexity because it is difficult to understand and predict.

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Governance

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McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign From Bloomberg Over Coal Policy Stance

Release Date:

08/14/2014

... which seeks to eliminatie one in three coal-fired power plants by 2020.... McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Pfizer Foundation Supports Vaccine Coverage in Africa to Reduce Child Mortality Rate

Release Date:

09/19/2014

Pfizer Foundation Provides $2 million in grants for 'Last Mile' vaccine coverage for underserved populations.

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The Gender Divide in Ballet Leadership and Choreography

Release Date:

09/29/2015

... and Choreography In 1963, the Ford Foundation used the power of its grants to help create eight ballet companies ...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change

Release Date:

12/09/2015

... dominant idea was that current-generation wind and solar power , coupled with energy efficiency, would play the lead ...

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Microsoft Joins Bloomberg, JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American History

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03/25/2016

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens this fall after five years of construction, is gaining backing from a wide array of donors.

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Aetna Foundation

Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers

Release Date:

04/13/2016

... worker cooperatives. An advocate on staff would have the power to investigate home-care agencies suspected of breaking ...

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Workforce Development

Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

Release Date:

06/28/2017

William T. Grant Foundation supported research at Stanford which found African-American and Latino students who completed self-affirming writing exercises in middle school took more challenging courses and were more likely to enroll in college,...

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Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?

Release Date:

09/06/2017

"We are still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with a combined annual revenue of $1.4 trillion sent a powerful message to the world: U.S. President Donald Trump may have withdrawn from the Paris...