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More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer

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08/30/2017

... flooding in the Houston area has grabbed more attention, aid officials say a catastrophe is unfolding in South Asia. . ...

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Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting

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09/05/2017

... Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting Scores of the nation’ s major philanthropists will gather in New York next month to ... on stage together, which produced more than $85 billion in aid pledges. Other groups...

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The DACA ‘Fix’ That Immigration Activists Fear

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09/07/2017

... President Trump had decided to dismantle Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — the 2012 policy that ... House Republicans sabotaged a chance to help Dreamers in 2013 , when John Boehner, the House...

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What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding

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09/11/2017

What’ s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding What' s The Data Point? Episode 11 - $66 billion - a Back to School ... school funding: how much districts receive and whether aid is...

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Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program

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09/11/2017

... back a plan pushed by Democrats to pair hurricane relief aid to a short-term hike in the debt ceiling along with a ... funded until early December. Democrats hope the president' s apparent willingness to...

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Patrick Gaspard, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at Open Society Foundations

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09/13/2017

Patrick Gaspard, Former U. S . Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at ... investor George Soros on Monday said a former U. S . ambassador to South Africa will become the new acting ... in the last...

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Senate Republicans Look to Revive Effort To Repeal Obamacare By End of September

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09/18/2017

... Care Act before the end of the month, asking Congress’ s nonpartisan budget analysts to fast-track consideration of ... aide. The measure from Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R- S .C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Ron...

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Unorthodox CEO Reinvigorates Decades-Old Jewish Charity

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09/18/2017

... David Schizer isn’t one to speechify. So he spoke for only a few minutes at a recent gathering of young Jews hosted by the international- aid charity he runs, the American Jewish Joint Distribution ...

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Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort

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09/27/2017

Opinion: New York’ s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace ... Care Act has benefited New York enormously: between 2013 and 2016, 1 million New Yorkers gained coverage, ... coverage brings...

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'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On International NGOs

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10/02/2017

... the full might of the Turkish state descended on a foreign aid agency in the border town of Gaziantep. Six different ... was there,” a senior employee of the organization said. It was the second inspection in...

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20 Percent of Serious Food Safety Violations Go Ignored, New Report Finds

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10/03/2017

... to correct violations voluntarily. In one incident in 2013 , FDA inspectors found listeria in a facility where rain ... problems, samples from the factory still tested positive for listeria two years later...

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Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field

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11/09/2017

... by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, provides funding for underrepresented students to pursue doctorates in mathematics, science and engineering. In 2013 , Penn State was one of three flagship universities .....

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Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking

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12/12/2017

... and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking While the BCF' s board retains ultimate authority over grants, the ... spending to the people that it is supposed to help. For example, soon...

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Children, Youth and Families

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President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis

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02/09/2018

... New York City during the crack epidemic and "foster care' s role continued to go down ... One reason was because of the ... are living in communities where they're apart ... Someone' s got...

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Open Society Foundations Funds the Mayor Exchange to Offer Help to Puerto Rico

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03/02/2018

... A new network of local leaders is stepping in to provide aid and support from cities on the mainland to decimated ... and Tampa. They'll assist on everything from applying for and administering Federal...

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Disaster Relief

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Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Two New Books on Advocacy and Government Partnerships

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03/16/2018

... Partnerships & Engagement you’ll learn about Atlantic’ s work in the United States to reform punitive and ... services, and in Viet Nam to pass a life-saving helmet law for motorbike riders. In Advocacy...

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It Didn’t Hit $1 Billion, but Rockefeller Sale Still Set High

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05/14/2018

... treasures of David and Peggy Rockefeller still set a high for the most valuable private collection sold at auction, surpassing the $443 million total (revised in 2013 ) for the Yves Saint...

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Bank of America Grants $250,000 to Support Conservation Education Programs

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07/20/2018

... a $250,000 grant as part of its broader initiative to aid environmental programs in Missouri. The grant will provide support for the not- for -profit museum and aquarium’ s...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on Foundations Distinguished Service Award

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11/08/2018

... Award The Council on Foundations today announced that it will honor Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller ... the Distinguished Service Award is known as philanthropy' s highest honor, according to...

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