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Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

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10/07/2021

... shoulder-to-shoulder with whole communities to co-design new care paradigms that give all children the opportunity to ... inextricably tied to how well we do by our families. This new class of fellows is...

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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

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10/13/2015

For-profit colleges that have been accused of fraud are still receiving U.S. funds.

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Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court

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03/23/2016

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is asking the Florida state Supreme Court to take up a dispute about $24.6 million in fees awarded to trustees who managed the assets of artist Robert Rauschenberg after he died in 2008.

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Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program

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08/28/2017

One of the country’s largest servicers of federal student loans has badly mismanaged debt forgiveness programs for public service workers, significantly raising repayment costs for hundreds of thousands of borrowers, according to a lawsuit filed on...

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Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men

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09/15/2017

Three women who worked at Google are suing the company over its salary practices, accusing the search giant of discriminating against its female employees by systematically paying them less than men who do similar jobs.

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Reshaping the Business of Social Change

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06/20/2013

... known across the world for its outstanding journalism. The new company, Thomson Reuters, had a much wider business ... of skills to trigger change and empower people. It’s a new model, far from the social...

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A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year

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03/27/2012

... also help stimulate economic activity by gathering where new shops are opening in order to attract local residents. Meanwhile, numerous groups are pioneering new methods for small donor support of fisheries...

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Responding to Coronavirus with National Paid Sick Leave

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03/13/2020

... Miller, Sarah Kliff, and Margot Sanger-Katz put it in the New York Times: “ Unequal access to precautionary measures ...

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18 Aug 2020

#PoliceFreeSchools Funders Briefing with the Schott Foundation

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... against police violence and white supremacy have garnered new levels of public attention and strengthened the political ... with any questions. In Collaboration With New York City Youth and...

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Samsher (Sam) Singh Gill Named President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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01/11/2021

... Named President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation New York , Jan. 11, 2021 – Samsher (Sam) Singh Gill, senior vice ... distinction from the University of Oxford where he was at New...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and WFP Launch Initiative To Strengthen School Meals for Millions of Children

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01/18/2023

... To Strengthen School Meals for Millions of Children NEW YORK /ROME | January 18, 2023 – The United Nations ... opportunity for small- and mid-size food producers. This new US$ 10.7 million...

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29 Mar 2023

Sustaining the Unsustainable: The Imperative for Innovative Financing for Child-Care Facilities - A Webinar Hosted by AFN and NYWF

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... and our broader economy. To do this we must test out new models for investments that support a sustainable ...

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A Weak Foundation

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03/09/2011

... foundation. I entered with little or no knowledge about my new profession, but what I knew for sure was that it was ... and the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York , a membership...

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16 Nov 2016

Gun Violence in America: Newtown and a Public Health Crisis

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 -

4:00pm to 6:30pm

We invite you to join Media Impact Funders and Philanthropy New York for a special screening and discussion of the powerful ... subject & Vice Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Danbury & New...

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Mellon's “Humanities for All Times” Awards More Than $16 Million to Liberal Arts Colleges for Social Justice-Oriented Humanities Curricular Development

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01/26/2022

... Social Justice-Oriented Humanities Curricular Development New York , NY – January 26, 2022 — The Andrew W. Mellon ... to a Just Society,” which will generate over 30 new /re-designed courses...

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07 Oct 2015

Making Board Service More Meaningful

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

Nonprofit organizations face enormous challenges in finding energetic, talented, and qualified board members to help them achieve their missions. According to the 2015 BoardSource Nonprofit Governance Index , 20% of nonprofit CEOs and executive...

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Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen

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04/15/2015

... for Human Rights have spent two years visiting the sites where some of these attacks took place.... Open ...

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Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

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07/15/2016

The grant maker's plans includes helping finance efforts to develop renewable-energy technogies, deliver clean electricity to rural India, and create insurance products for extreme-weather events in Africa.

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Nonprofits Likely to Receive $700 Million From Rockefeller Estate

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04/24/2017

Nonprofits are likely to receive as much as $700 million from the estate of David Rockefeller, Sr., the former chair and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and renowned philanthropist, once his assets have been liquidated, Forbes reports.

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