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Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit

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01/27/2016

Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and a longtime researcher of school integration noted there was a difference between imposed and voluntary segregation.

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How Nathan Cummings and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Are Shifting Grantmaking in the Trump Era

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05/26/2017

The Trump administration has posed a unique challenge to the liberal, and even moderate, philanthropic community.

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Calls for Nominations for 2018 Casey Excellence for Children Awards

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06/08/2017

Please nominate a hero — a foster care alumnus, birth parent, foster or adoptive parent, or kinship caregiver — who is committed to building hope for children, families and their communities.

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Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

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10/02/2017

For the first time in several years, the Ford Foundation disclosed the investment performance of its $12.1 billion endowment, saying it generated a return of 7 percent in 2016. By comparison, the median return of more than 5,700 foundations that...

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16 Aug 2023

Fiduciary Responsibilities and Legal Basics in Family Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Wednesday, August 16, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Join this session to better understand the fundamental and nuanced federal and state laws regulating charitable giving, including self-dealing, payout, fiscal agency, excise tax, required filings, and much more.

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11 Jan 2024

Race and Poverty: Connecting Disparities, Disasters and Equitable Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, January 11, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... These groups are more likely to live near toxic waste sites , experience higher exposure to air pollution and ...

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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

... needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other ... blog. The two write that "if more and more" new high-priced drugs come...

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Simons Foundation Sponsors "The Eternal Sky," A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory

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03/09/2017

... Kellner documents the development and construction of the new Simons Observatory, located next to several other ... scientists and engineers are designing and building new telescopes with new...

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Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds

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08/02/2019

... scaffolds construct in nature can help prospect for new classes of antibiotics through DNA sequencing and genome ... in St. Louis. “In the long term, we really need new structural classes of antibiotics that...

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ASPCA Awards Nearly $7.4 Million In First Half of 2014

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08/08/2014

The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) awarded nearly $7.4 million to animal welfare organizations nationwide in the first half of 2014.

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10 Oct 2019

Uniting US: Challenging Fear and Standing Up for Humanity

Thursday, October 10, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

It is physically and emotionally taxing to keep up with the Administration’s near daily and inhumane actions targeting asylum seekers at our southern border. These political stunts whether on social media or through executive action have dire...

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Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

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06/17/2014

... Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy A new light rail line--called the "Green Line"-- that connects ... years ago, developers have announced over $2.5 billion in new construction and...

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Terry Fulmer Takes the Helm as President of the John A. Hartford Foundation

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06/11/2015

... John A. Hartford Foundation and taken up her role as its new president, the Foundation announced today. Dr. Fulmer ... researcher, teacher, administrator, and innovator to her new position, and is deeply...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks

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12/07/2015

... on food banks, equivalent to about 46.5 million people. In New Jersey, the ratio is smaller but still significant — ... with Bank of America, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, the Food Bank of South Jersey...

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

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07/25/2017

... Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second ... affects male and female children differently, according to new analysis of a decades-old study on...

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