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Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

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01/10/2017

... Hospital . “It’s very tough losing a little more sight every year,” says Mr. Jonas, a retired retail ... and Donald Jonas Family Fund was created in 2005 with more than $44 million raised through a Christie’s...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Funded by Soros and Mastercard, New Human Ventures Project Seeks to Help Refugees

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02/01/2017

... to help these people where they are will now become even more important. No philanthropist is doing more on this front than George Soros. Toward the end of ...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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George Soros, Steven Rockefeller, Abigail Disney and Some Of New York's Wealthiest Tell State Government To Raise Their Taxes

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03/21/2017

... Andrew Cuomo saying they and other top earners should pay more to support schools, roads, bridges and programs to help ...

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Supported by Capital One, Bloomberg and Other Funders, Apache Recognizes Innovations Integral to Panama Papers Investigation

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04/17/2017

... the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced ... Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than 350 leading Open...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Technology

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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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Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries

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05/12/2017

... out-of-pocket costs by income and health status. More than one-fourth of all Medicare beneficiaries—15 million people—spend 20 percent or more of their incomes on premiums plus medical care, ...

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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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Gender Justice

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With Wallace Foundation Support, New Study Finds Principal Development Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable

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07/10/2017

... in the importance of high-quality school principals. More than any K-12 funder in the country, Wallace places ... funding. In the last few years, the funder has put more than $100 million into initiatives...

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Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of Action" Campaign

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07/11/2017

... for autism. While the SPARK study has already enrolled more than 50,000 individuals, including 20,000 individuals ... DNA from both parents of an affected individual is far more helpful than the DNA of just...

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Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short

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07/17/2017

... Health System Falls Short The United States spends far more on health care than other high-income countries, with ... crisis. In addition, as the baby boom population ages, more people in the U.S.—and all over...

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American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking

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08/11/2017

... Works supports filmmaking aimed to inspire a younger and more diverse audience to explore roles in conservation. The ... nationally. The film was created to inspire a younger and more diverse audience to...

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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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Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

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08/24/2017

Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive More and more purpose-driven social enterprises are trying their hand ...

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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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How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

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08/29/2017

... opportunity. The face of business is changing to include more expansive types of business, companies, and startups — ... include not-for-profit companies and public organizations more interested in corporate...

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