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See the Storify: Sandy, Philanthropy & A Year of Hard Lessons

Release Date:

10/29/2013

... efforts to address vulnerable populations and those still struggling. We heard about the unmet needs that still exist and where philanthropy can make the biggest ... the opportunities for learning and...

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North Star Fund Welcomes New Executive Director Jennifer Ching

Release Date:

02/01/2017

... Skadden Fellow, she founded New Jersey’s first immigrant workers ’ rights project supporting low-wage workers in the “hidden” informal economies of the ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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North Star Fund

Citi Foundation Expands Summer Jobs Connect to New Cities

Release Date:

03/05/2015

Initiative will provide over 2,000 low-income youth with job skills and financial training.

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Workforce Development

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Welcomes New Board Member: Janice O’Connor

Release Date:

10/15/2015

Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation is pleased to announce that Janice O’Connor has joined the Board of Directors.

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Jocelyn Frye as New Board Chair

Release Date:

11/07/2018

Obama administration alum and Senior Fellow at American Progress to head Foundation’s Board.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Century Foundation Report Calls for Funding Reform for Community Colleges

Release Date:

05/28/2015

... of low-income students into the middle class with few resources . A report released by the Century Foundation today ... students who have the greatest need receive the fewest resources and those who have had...

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Education

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

Release Date:

08/19/2015

... Latin Library project, which—when complete—will create resources that people of varying levels of interest and ... and launch of this Linked Open Data resource for providing resources and support of new...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Simons Foundation Backs Autism BrainNet and NIH NeuroBioBank Partnership to Advance Autism Research

Release Date:

12/09/2015

... Autism BrainNet is a key step in developing the necessary resources to understand and treat autism spectrum ...

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Health

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The Simons Foundation

27 Sep 2018

Financial Coaching in the Workplace: An Investment Worth Making

Thursday, September 27, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... nationally that will address the role of philanthropy in employer programs. The event will include a short overview ... philanthropies can invest in new approaches that connect employer and employee well-being...

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When It Comes To Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In

Release Date:

06/24/2014

... preconceived definition of resilience varies widely. -- Many consider social resilience to be as important as ... is key. --A city's resilience work is never done. Many resilience measures are not capital...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

HuffPost OpEd Laments the Lack of Upward Mobility in America

Release Date:

05/05/2015

... consigned the American Dream to the proverbial dustbin? Many of us might be too preoccupied with incidental, even ... action and a clear strategy if we are to deal with the many social ills infecting our...

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Economic Security

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The Century Foundation

New York Women's Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population'

Release Date:

07/08/2015

... Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population' For many women in their 60s and older, Social Security checks are ... according to a recent study by a New York group, is many just keep on working...

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Aging

Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

Kathryn Haslanger Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... developed and managed programs in the areas of health insurance coverage, managed care, health care finance and ... of the Assembly, as well as the National Academy of Social Insurance and the United Hospital...

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United Hospital Fund

Youth Leaders are Changing the Conversation on College Access

Release Date:

06/30/2016

... in high school. “As students,” she said, “we want to feel appreciated, we want to feel welcomed, we need to feel like we have a purpose – to be there, to do something, ...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Philanthropy’s Response To Hurricane Sandy

Release Date:

11/08/2012

... be updated frequently over the coming weeks with news on resources , initiatives and stories of impact. If you know of any philanthropic activities or resources related to Hurricane Sandy that we haven’t listed...

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Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That Help Fight Violent Extremism

Release Date:

08/03/2015

... projects that address inequality in access to natural resources and social injustice which have been linked to ... grant, says limited rights to access and use of natural resources to generate wealth by...

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Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Names Atlanta and Seattle First Winners American Cities Climate Challenge

Release Date:

09/21/2018

... into a two-year acceleration program with powerful new resources and access to cutting-edge support to help them ... or beat – their near-term carbon reduction goals. These resources include a philanthropy-...