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Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families

Release Date:

06/25/2013

Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas describes the Work Supports Strategies (WSS) initiative — an Urban Institute-directed project to design, test and implement operating changes to public work support systems — and what WSS has taught funders...

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Apollo Theater Launches Initiative Dedicated to the Creation of a Diverse 21st Century Performing Arts Canon with Support from the Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

02/27/2020

... Apollo New Works . Made possible with the support of a $ 2 million grant from the Ford Foundation for the creation of ...

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Arts

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Take It From the Nonprofits: Even in a Crisis, Funders Are Falling Short on Equity

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07/29/2021

By: Satonya Fair, President & CEO, PEAK Grantmaking

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

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11/2014

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

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What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed

Release Date:

03/13/2012

... and sustaining it will require upfront investment in operations , workforce, infrastructure, and communications. ... primary care, especially in underserved communities? and ( 2 ) Do we have the right kind of...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

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05/28/2015

... challenge in Baltimore. The city’s unemployment rate was 8 .1 percent as of March 2015, compared with 5.5 percent for ... role in connecting low-income individuals and families to job training resources at...

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Ms. Foundation Releases New Data on Women's Equality

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08/27/2015

The survey reveals that economic issues are at the core of problems both women and men rank as the highest priorities in their communities.

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Gender Justice

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Meet The Woman Driving Sustainability And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co.

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01/26/2016

... And then adding to the task is the additional job of running a major corporate foundation. For most ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News

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05/03/2016

... in Chicago Makes News After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm ... Aaron Koch would be doing in the newly created job . The only thing we know for sure is...

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Environment and Climate Change

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In NYTimes, Ford’s Walker on Internships and Inequality

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07/06/2016

... career trajectory. While some students take a summer job in food service to pay the bills, others can afford to ...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... institutions ended up in more debt and with fewer job prospects than they might have had they attempted two- or ...

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Education

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Rockefeller Foundation Research Finds College Degree Can Be A Blunt and Inaccurate Way For Evaluating Real Talent

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03/22/2017

... There's a harrowing disconnect in the hiring world: While job seekers say entry-level jobs are hard to come by, .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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The Century Foundation Releases Report: How Robots Are Beginning to Affect Workers and Their Wages

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10/17/2019

... from 2009 to 2017—a period of significant, steady job growth and economic recovery, as well as one in which the ... (yet) that robotic growth is leading to widespread job displacement, as some have predicted...

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Technology

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Citi Foundation and Americas Promise Alliance Announce the Launch of the 2016 Youth Opportunity Fund

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04/06/2016

... and career opportunities for urban youth, ages 16 to 24 ... Citi Foundation and Americas Promise Alliance ...

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