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When LINsanity Comes to Philanthropy

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03/15/2012

... website.) What does Jeremy Lin have to do with the future of philanthropy? When LINsanity comes to philanthropy ... Ruth Cummings and Jaimie Mayer Phinney, both trustees of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, at...

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13 Jun 2013

Disaster Grantmaking and Preparedness: The Role of Family Philanthropy

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2:30pm to 4:00pm

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... know from experience that both coordination and effective spending of donor dollars is a particular challenge, not just while ... from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and leaders of...

The Post-Bloomberg Plunge

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04/10/2014

... NYC nonprofits miss their biggest patron. No other leader of New York City has run the place from his own pocket the ... as the world’s 13th richest man in 2013, donated north of $263 million to city art,...

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McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign From Bloomberg Over Coal Policy Stance

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08/14/2014

... McConnell (R-KY) said his wife, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, has no plans to leave the Bloomberg ... saying, "She's not going to resign. They do a lot of good things. They do some...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Confidence Index Finds that National Debt is Top Priority for Voters

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09/30/2014

... September Fiscal Confidence Index, a monthly measure of public attitudes about the nation’s long-term debt and ... an issue the President and Congress must focus on -- 85% of voters want Washington to spend...

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Ford Foundation Partners with Mozilla to Draw Young Engineers into Nonprofit Sector

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09/30/2014

... partner, the Ford Foundation, finds that barely 10 percent of computer science students wind up working in those ... technologists directly to public service. So the maker of the popular Firefox browser is...

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JPMorgan CEO's $100 Million Plan to Turn Detroit Around

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02/18/2015

... Jamie Dimon was inspired to invest in the struggling city of Detroit after visiting his daughter in the West African nation of Ghana. The unfinished buildings there resembled the ... in of...

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JPMorgan Chase Launches Global Think Tank Dedicated to Delivering Data-Rich Analyses and Expert Insights for the Public Good

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05/21/2015

... Volatility: Big Data on the Financial Ups and Downs of U.S. Individuals, that uses proprietary data from JPMorgan Chase to provide one of the most in-depth views into how Americans’ income and spending...

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Community Development

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New York Women's Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population'

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07/08/2015

... older, Social Security checks are the all-important means of survival. But for older female immigrants those benefits often don't exist. After spending their working lives taking care of...

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MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab

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12/08/2015

... behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving and spending habits. The Lab will be managed by Duke’s ... which is headed by Dan Ariely, the James B. Duke...

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DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust

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02/04/2016

... happy. Cajigas, known as "el gallo," or the rooster, of El Barrio, loves spending time with his friends and family — three children, ... adorned with a banner hailing his Puerto Rican hometown...

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UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy'

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02/18/2016

... may his memory be for a blessing, used to receive hundreds of envelopes from charities. Every month, he would work through the stacks of solicitations and joyfully write out checks for $5, $10 or ... came to...

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Hospitals in Accountable Care Organizations Are Larger and in Urban Areas

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03/09/2016

... areas, are nonprofit, or have a relatively small share of Medicare patients are more likely to participate in ACOs ... to affect its capacity to manage hospital-related aspects of patient care. In an attempt...

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Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation

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03/16/2016

... Preparation Strong principals are critical components of successful schools, and yet school leaders usually receive ... been seeking to change that for years, investing millions of dollars in research into...

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Sage Foundation Research Indicates Americans May Not Be Ready for Tax Increase on Wealthy

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05/11/2016

... struggling to balance budgets while maintaining spending for popular programs. That’s prompted some ... the charge and would create a new top income tax rate of 54.2 percent, up from the current 39.6 percent...

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'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance for Focus on Science and Technology

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03/29/2017

... widow who spends time with a holographic likeness of a younger version of her deceased husband, Walter (Jon Hamm). The hologram version of Walter provides companionship and stimulates...

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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

... a news release. Earning high returns isn’t just a matter of bragging rights — endowment income supports the missions of nonprofit institutions, whether education, as with college ... law, tax-exempt...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries

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05/12/2017

Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out- of -Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries To inform discussion of possible changes to Medicare, this issue brief looks at ...

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Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet

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08/21/2017

... ever, with a net worth estimated at $26 billion. The bulk of that fortune is slated to go one day to OSF, creating a ...

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Creating A Positive Workplace Culture - A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

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08/28/2017

... with respect? Wharton professor Adam Grant, author of Give and Take, explains that leader kindness and generosity are strong predictors of team and organizational effectiveness. Creating A Positive ...

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