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Glenn E. Martin, Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Says He Met Some of America’s Best and Brightest While In Prison

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05/10/2016

... raised his powerful voice to show the injustice of the system as well as the obstacles those who are cycled through the system face when they try to leave it behend. “In my ...

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It

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03/09/2017

... engineered systems . . . you have to have a more resilient system that has redundancy and multiple different flood ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

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04/26/2017

... experiences, and rates of development. Yet in each system they encounter—education, community, health—they ...

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A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems

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05/30/2017

Model microorganisms grown in pure cultures have been the basis of biological research for many decades — open a cell biology textbook and almost everything you will find has been discovered in yeast or E. coli lab cultures. While this speaks to the...

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Rockefeller Foundation’s Focus on Food Waste Includes Food Summit and Pop-up at Blue Hill Restaurant Featuring Chef Dan Barber’s WastED Initiative

Release Date:

08/09/2017

... on September 13, 2017, at 7:30pm with leading food system thinkers such as Ruth Reichl, Sam Kass, Danielle ... or un-coveted and inspiring new applications in our food system . . . Rockefeller Foundation’s...

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Food Systems

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

... Facing political and budgetary pressures, an entire school system can slide without strong leadership. That’s now ... reauthorized mayoral control of the public school system , Mayor Bill de Blasio’s...

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Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... arrested. Welcome to Philadelphia’s criminal justice system . You’ll soon be whisked into a room where bail will ... of sweeping changes to Philadelphia’s criminal justice system that are afoot, city officials...

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

Bloomberg Philanthropies Sponsored Research Reveals How Cities Can Embrace Innovation Without Sacrificing Public Health and Safety

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01/05/2018

... Regulations are a big part of the city’s operating system , and, like an operating system , they should be data-informed, continually tweaked, ...

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Community Development

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Commonwealth Fund Study Reveals State Rankings on the Nation’s Best Health Care

Release Date:

05/08/2018

... followed in the rankings. The nation’s worst health care system was found in Mississippi, with Oklahoma, Louisiana, ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services

Release Date:

07/13/2018

... existing RUC process ripple through the entire health care system . But the importance of reform is growing, and it is ... outline what changes must be made to Medicare’s current system . In a new report, Center...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

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11/20/2018

... about the long-term health of our republic, our two-party system , and our democratic institutions. Together, we want to ... and how to prevent further interference in our political system in the future.....

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air

Release Date:

03/18/2019

... kilometers of water contained in the atmosphere, this new system could tap into those reserves and potentially lead to ...

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NYT Opinion: Darren Walker Reflects on Why Museums Need to Step Into the Future

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07/26/2019

... are trustees who benefit from a distorted economic system that protects and promotes inequality. Wealthy donors ... collections. On the other side are people whom the system excludes and exploits. An...

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Arts

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... access to our web site, or any account, computer system , or network connected to this web site, by means such ... Party Activities. You may be able to access other sites or resources through links accessible...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Role of Funders in Conflict

Publication date:

11/2014

The Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG) released a white paper on how funders can affect conflict.

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Report

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Giving Circles in Cross-Cultural Context

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11/14/2013

... creative and fun ways to do what they can to get more resources to those in our community who need it.” So ... circles to the creation of an Asian American philanthropic system , in fact, that Asian American...

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Russell Sage Foundation - Gates Foundation Pipeline Grants Awarded to Emerging Scholars

Release Date:

03/17/2021

... counselors, and social workers in providing financial aid resources for undocumented youth. Angela Dixon (Emory ... cuts and policy changes to the refugee resettlement system . Yana Kucheva (CUNY, City College...

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Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?

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07/15/2013

Community Food Funders, a philanthropic organizing project comprised of several PNY members, recently held a three-part breakfast series to explore the effects of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy on local food systems and how we can increase the...

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Atlantic Philanthropies to Award €15 Million to Address Child Poverty

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08/07/2013

The $19.78 million grant from Atlantic to the Irish state agency Pobal will be used to support children at risk of poverty within the mainstream education and child care systems.

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

20 Oct 2011

"Fixing vs. Preparing"...The Role of Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice

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... for youth such as those involved in the juvenile justice system . Young people in the juvenile justice system are negatively viewed as needing "rehabilitation" and ... of juvenile justice engaged...

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