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CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise

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07/12/2016

Over the next three years, we will raise the minimum pay for 18,000 employees to between $12 and $16.50 an hour.

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Ford Foundation's Chris Cardona on Inequity in Grantee Inclusion

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07/29/2016

Ford Foundation's Chris Cardona on Inequity in Grantee Inclusion I wish I could say it was easy. Grantee ... There are many reasons, which Lori Bartczak explained in her introductory post and which my fellow...

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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

... goal is to find something beneficial to Earth and mankind in general. Some research materials are also geared towards ...

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Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families

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11/16/2016

... Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, today welcomes community, civic, and ... Weinberg Foundation will award up to $2 million per year in grants for veterans," said...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities

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12/13/2016

... with high graduation rates is being announced today in an attempt to have more students from modest backgrounds ... on to the initiative, which is being coordinated by the nonprofit Aspen Institute’s College...

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MAC AIDS Fund Supports Efforts to Spread the Word About HIV Prevention For African-American Women

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01/27/2017

... Blout, president of Black Women’s Health Imperative, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. The organization is helping to launch the ... Truvada, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration...

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference

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01/18/2017

... participants. Four of the most highly regarded researchers in the country will present innovative ideas related to ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Others Partner to Launch '50 Reefs' Global Initiative to Protect Critical Ecosystem

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02/28/2017

... to Protect Critical Ecosystem Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Australian nonprofit Ocean Agency, and the Global Change Institute...

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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens

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04/14/2017

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens ... fellowships to support research on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology. The foundation is particularly...

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NY Times Common Sense Columnist Says Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing

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04/17/2017

... returns but concrete social returns as well,” as it said in a news release. Earning high returns isn’t just a matter ... rights — endowment income supports the missions of nonprofit institutions, whether...

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NY Foundation Releases 'Engage to Change' Video on Henry Street Settlement

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04/17/2017

... groups worked with their program participants as partners in making change in their own lives, the organization, and in the surrounding ... a series of conversations with a dozen New York...

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Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights

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04/19/2017

... Shared Insight to support foundation openness activities in the form of regional cohorts and dialogues. As part of the ... including a pre-survey of all of the member foundations in the Regional Association...

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MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur

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05/03/2017

... of the MetLife Foundation Inclusion Plus competition in India. The competition was open to entrepreneurs, ... financial capability and access to financial services in India. With more than 100 entries,...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing

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06/07/2017

... employment. But financial giants are also steady funders in an area even closer to home: community development and ... low-income communities through predatory mortgage lending in recent years, and given that...

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Reaching the Unbanked: Citi Inclusive Finance Wins Euromoney Award

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07/20/2017

... Unbanked: Citi Inclusive Finance Wins Euromoney Award One in four people in the world is unbanked, leaving them completely outside the ... microfinance institutions, corporations, governments, ...

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Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years

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08/09/2017

... will be a foundation for a future career. Carpenter is one in an army of social justice change agents that the Baltimore ... city for the last 20 years. He says when he returned home in 1994 from two decades...

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

... as a tool for social change, a group of asset managers and nonprofit leaders is working to spread the practice, and to ... world of philanthropy to share ideas and push advancements in impact investing. The...

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Newman's Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is

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08/30/2017

... led Paul Newman to sell his homemade salad dressing in 1982 and give away the profits. Newman’s Own marks its ... Newman’s Own distributed $837,000 to 30 charities in 10 states through the sale of that...

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