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Poll Supported by Ford Foundation Finds Young Adults Back New Efforts to Curb Gun Violence

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08/08/2016

... Finds Young Adults Back New Efforts to Curb Gun Violence About 9 in 10 young adults say they support criminal ... gun laws are supported by 9 in 10 young adults, including about 9 in 10 whites, Asian-Americans...

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Justice Reform

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A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

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08/24/2016

... late, as we've covered often. In one recent gift I wrote about , private equity billionaire Robert Smith gave $50 ... in engineering and technology. Meanwhile, we've written about a long list of...

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Education

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Backed By Rockefeller Grants Philabundance’s Non-Profit Supermarket Is Making Inroads in Food Deserts

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05/08/2017

... a pretty Christian leaning, including a Carson Wentz tweet about God. Ramadan is actually one of the first things on ... from Furrukh, a Muslim member of the Philabundance board, about making sure that the...

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Food Systems

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Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities

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07/11/2017

... and Other Charities The billionaire on Monday donated about $3.17 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & ... to Reuters. But even with the new donation, he still owns about 17%. In addition to...

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Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines

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08/10/2017

... Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines Much has been written about big data initiatives and the efforts of market leaders ... critical business insights faster. Less has been written about initiatives by some of...

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United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care

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08/24/2017

... includes a fear of losing control and privacy, concerns about finances, and the belief that family caregivers alone ... beginning with educating the patient and family caregivers about the illness or injury at...

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Aging

US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... taking the opportunity to also educate families about safe sleep for infants. Finland has one of the lowest ... the program instead as an opportunity to educate parents about safe sleep for newborns. Parents...

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Congress Rejects Trump Proposals to Cut Health Research Funds

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09/12/2017

... spending on biomedical research — and have bragged about it. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a ... increase for the agency, amounting to an increase of about 20 percent over three years. . ...

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Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data

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09/12/2017

... New Orleans, New York, Florida and Texas. The anecdotes about failed charters are real, but they’re not the norm.” The most striking thing about the coverage of charter schools is the contrast between ...

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Education

Health at A Planetary Scale

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09/14/2017

... the past century or two. Two hundred years ago, there were about 1 billion of us; today, we number more than 7 billion. ... entire coastlines and built vast cities. We appropriate about half the planet’s...

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Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... men and women and asking them to complete questionnaires about their current mood. They then were given 25 Swiss francs ( about $25) once a week for the next month. Half of the 50 ...

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Report Finds Gaps in Access to Opioid Addiction Help on Staten Island

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09/26/2017

... Bridget G. Brennan, decided to follow up on a tip — not about a drug crime but about a potential academic collaboration. The approach ...

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Toward Liberation: A Staunch Social Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front

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09/29/2017

... Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front We hear a lot about the lack of diversity in philanthropy’s upper leadership, and also about the lack of support to organizations headed by women ...

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Gender Justice

Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say

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10/05/2017

... Say New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s opinion about whether to shut down the Rikers Island jail complex has ... public clamor to close Rikers Island,” Lippman said about the jail complex, which houses...

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