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What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

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07/01/2010

Why should people give money to nonprofits responding to the Gulf Coast oil spill? Isn't BP paying for the clean-up efforts? Penny Fujiko Willgerodt, the Executive Director of the Prospect Hill Foundation and an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for...

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Insights

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative

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02/15/2013

The five-year Healthy Food & Community Change initiative will work to improve access to healthy foods for people in low-income neighborhoods.

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Community Development

Food Systems

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4 Foundations Recognized for Aiding the Needy and Minorities

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03/26/2013

The NoVo Foundation, the Levi Strauss Foundation, the Woods Fund of Chicago and the California Community Foundation received the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s inaugural Impact Awards for creativity and leadership in giving.

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Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie

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05/22/2013

A review of the findings from The Century Foundation’s report on the nation’s community colleges.

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American Express Awards $5 Million to Boost Volunteering

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03/18/2015

The four-year program will increase volunteerism in national parks and on public lands.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Program Promotes Global Digital Education

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05/13/2016

Twenty-five U.S. school districts from 16 states participated in a symposium on global digital education convened by Global Cities, Inc., a program of Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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CUNY Publishes Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001

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03/07/2017

... Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001 While US private philanthropic foundations are small in comparison ... within international philanthropy for almost 50 years. US -funded think tanks and...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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22 Oct 2020

Lunch Discussion on the State of Youth Service Providers During COVID-19

Thursday, October 22, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... will: Reflect on the impacts of the pandemic on the communities they serve and the organization Share what has ... Family Support Center, Beam Center, Broadway Housing Communities , BronxHouse, BronxWorks,...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Announces New Grant Opportunity for Research and Advocacy

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10/06/2021

... their educational and career goals. Learn more about us and the extraordinary women we support on CUNY, SUNY, and ...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women

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01 Aug 2018

On Shaky Ground: Stabilizing the Financial Security of Single Women - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... discrimination in higher education, housing, access to home and business credit and other areas. Yet the data shows ... discussions of women’s economic security. Join us for this webinar where we explore the...

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Arcus Foundation Names Kevin Jennings Executive Director

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07/02/2012

The Arcus Foundation has announced that Kevin Jennings has been named Executive Director. Jennings, a respected leader with a strong record of accomplishment in the nonprofit and public sectors, is currently CEO of Be the Change, Inc., where he was...

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Leon Levy Foundation Names Robert F. Goldrich President

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06/11/2015

Goldrich was previously senior policy advisor for the Bloomberg Administration.

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Community Development

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25 Mar 2019

Advancing Democracy Reform in the 116th Congress: HR 1 and the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, March 25, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

On International Women’s Day, the 116th Congress took a historic step by advancing HR 1, the For the People Act. This comprehensive package is the most ambitious democracy reform effort since the Civil Rights era, offering a wide range of solutions...

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Civic Engagement

28 Apr 2021

Telling A New Coming of Age Story – A Workshop on Narrative Change

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... and social inequity, impede our work, perpetuating false choices in how we address difficult, systemic problems. ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Communications

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Communications/Media

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31 May 2012

Who Cares for Older Adults? Workforce Implications of an Aging Population

Thursday, May 31, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Webinar

... about the future of health care have centered on the rising costs of care for an older patient population. ...

Atlantic Seeks To Sustain Gains From Past Work As Grantmaking Nears Conclusion

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07/30/2014

As Atlantic Philanthropies moves closer to completing all its grantmaking by 2016, it also is taking steps "to effectively realise and sustain gains in the core issues and fields that we and our grantees have seeded and cultivated over time," says...

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Washington Post Focuses on Carnegie Corporation Report

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09/05/2014

The Carnegie Corporation of New York report indicates that the high Common Core standards could possibly double the current high school dropout rate, unless learning environments are drastically changed.

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JP Morgan Chase Report Addresses Summer Youth Employment Deficit

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02/25/2016

Around the world, youth unemployment rates are at or near historic highs – with a slow predicted recovery – including in the United States, where young people are experiencing Depression-era levels of employment. JP Morgan Chase released its second...

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Commentary from Century Foundation: TrumpCare Premium Increases Mapped

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06/01/2017

The Congressional Budget Office estimated the House-passed American Health Care Act would cause premiums in the individual market to rise by 20 percent next year. The Century Foundation created a map to estimate the premium hikes that people in...

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