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Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies

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03/28/2016

... our first jobs. Art gained his first work experience in high school, painting houses and as a grocery store clerk. One of John’s first jobs was in a summer camp in a high-needs community...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Workforce Development

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Ms. Foundation for Women Spearheads Initiative to Develop a National Blueprint for Women’s Economic Agendas

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05/06/2016

... for Women’s Economic Agendas The push for an increase in the minimum wage and paid family leave has gained momentum over the past few years in cities and states across the country. However, these ... piece of...

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Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist

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08/24/2016

... Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist In the private sector , no one thinks that great investments are easy to ... find one truly great deal per year are considered stars in...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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An Introduction to PhilTV

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01/20/2017

... our goal of telling the stories of the philanthropic sector through the powerful medium of moving images. PhilTV ... viral and have the potential to make real positive change in communities. PHIL Talks -...

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Arabella Advisors Study Finds Global Funds For Fossil Fuels Are On The Decline

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02/02/2017

... projects and redirecting investment towards renewables in an effort to make good on climate pledges. Deutsche Bank , ... announced that it will cease to finance coal projects in an effort to meet its...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rachel Block Joins Milbank Memorial Fund as Program Officer

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04/03/2017

... on federal and state health policy issues, she has served in numerous executive roles in the public and private sectors, most recently spearheading ... for Health Information Technology Transformation ...

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NoVo Foundation: Seeking LOIs for Radical Hope Fund to Support Strategies for Transformation

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07/31/2017

... with efforts that will springboard communities forward in this moment of both crisis and opportunity. This means that people must engage in strategies that are adaptive and that aim for transformation rather...

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Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum

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08/22/2017

... It will take place on Wednesday, September 20 th, 2017 in New York City, during the week of the United Nations ... by the Bloomberg U.S.-Africa Business Forum, which in 2014 and 2016 brought business leaders...

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Burke Foundation’s Catalyst Program Seeking Applications

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08/23/2017

... Catalyst Program Seeking Applications For those working in the early childhood development sector , the Burke Foundation is seeking applications for its Catalyst Program. In collaboration with...

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Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?

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09/14/2017

... but we’re seeing a lot of them crop up these days due in part to struggles for funding, with AI in particular driving some serious dollars to universities. ... to use its proximity to Cambridge’s booming...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change

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10/20/2017

... available to us now remain underutilized—especially in the land sector , which currently accounts for nearly a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, new research shows that stewardship...

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Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery

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10/20/2017

... innovative partnerships between the city and the private sector . She's also part of the broader story of New Orleans' recovery: as smart investments in public infrastructure and housing have...

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Community Development

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Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation

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11/20/2017

... the philanthropic and for-profit sectors. She joined Heron in 2006 and has been responsible for deal-sourcing, ... Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith. Bezerra has been active in the leadership of several national...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing

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03/13/2018

... join and leverage a chorus of philanthropic and private sector investors changing the landscape for investing and the ... a growing number of foundations aligning their investments in companies and strategies...

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MasterCard Foundation Commits 100 million to Projects Within Its Young Africa Works Strategy

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04/16/2018

... bulge—or time bomb, some warn—of people coming of age in places without enough economic opportunity, a trend that ... But nowhere are things playing out more dramatically than in Africa, where the population...

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Rockefeller Family Fund Names Julie Fernandes Associate Director for Institutional Accountability and Individual Liberty

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07/02/2018

... advocacy-based philanthropy, having held key positions in government, including the White House and the Justice Department, the advocacy community, and in philanthropy. Most recently, Julie served as the Open...

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Zegar Family Foundation Funded Research Shows Urgent Need To Prepare Next Generation of Farmers for Climate Change

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09/10/2018

... - continues its expansion as the fastest growing food sector . New research shows that in order for this next generation of farmers to thrive, there ... and bivalves (e.g., oysters), around the world. Published...

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Rockefeller Foundation Names Tariq Khokhar Managing Director and Senior Data Scientist

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09/13/2018

... 1,000 applicants and led to over $7 million of investment in early-stage and scale-up projects to improve the way data ... “Tariq brings a unique combination of expertise in data and tech, longstanding...

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $6 Million to Prepare Greater Washington Area Students for Local, In-Demand Jobs

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12/06/2018

... to Prepare Greater Washington Area Students for Local, In -Demand Jobs JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced $6 ... and help meet the growing demand for skilled workers in the Greater Washington region. As...

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