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Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

Release Date:

05/18/2017

... against NCDs and injuries by implementing evidence-based policies that reduce exposure to risk factors, improve the ... and enable cities to thrive. The adoption of such policies also will help many countries...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Commonwealth Fund: What Might a Medicaid Work Requirement Mean?

Release Date:

05/31/2017

... provides temporary cash welfare assistance. These TANF policies condition federal funding to states on meeting work ...

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Aging

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... scene is changing, and new business-related immigration policies stand to dampen our international competitiveness ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

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08/30/2017

In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth...

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Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

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09/05/2017

President Donald Trump plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration (DACA) policy, according to two administration officials.

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Immigration

Opinion: Congestion Pricing Won't Solve New York's Transportation Woes

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... on a daily or per trip basis, is reflective of similar policies elsewhere, particularly London, which implemented a ...

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Community Development

Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... for Women is calling for the expansion of sanctuary policies at the local level to center Black women and gender ... sparked new conversations around strengthening sanctuary policies . In response,...

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Gender Justice

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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

Release Date:

09/15/2017

According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think tanks, Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s already large racial wealth gap, far from narrowing, will grow ever wider in the years...

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A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... and poultry in Florida. What are the costs of all these policies , and what, if any, are the benefits? A new nonprofit ...

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Food Systems

Opinion: A Cash Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing

Release Date:

09/27/2017

These days, to achieve maximum buzz, a policy idea needs the right combination of utopian promise and real-world possibility. You can make the argument that universal basic income has recently offered the headiest brew of that mix, for both the...

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Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

Release Date:

10/04/2017

President Trump sure is blasé about making America’s food safer.

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Food Systems

Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

Release Date:

03/01/2018

... multi-state report that aims to reverse historical local policies and practices rooted in racism and bias and replace them with policies that create local loving systems from birth and ...

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Education

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21 Jun 2018

Report in Focus: Revving up the Deportation Machinery: Enforcement and Pushback under Trump - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, June 21, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:15pm

... Growing opposition—in the form of welcoming or sanctuary policies —from state and local governments, with whom 70 to ... of arrests and deportations of immigrants State and city policies and community efforts...

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Children, Youth and Families

Aetna Foundation Provides Additional Assistance to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund

Release Date:

09/14/2018

... care providers, and make further modifications to its policies as necessary to ensure members have access to care. Aetna has and will continue to adjust its policies to comply with any local, state or federal...

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Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

Release Date:

12/05/2018

NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones as director of the Open Society Fellowship Program, effective December 3.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations

William T. Grant Foundation Seeking Applications for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

Release Date:

06/18/2019

... high-quality field-initiated studies that are relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ... origins. We are interested in research on programs, policies , and practices to reduce...

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RFPs Etc

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Hearing More About c4s? You're Not Alone - Webinar Recording

Publication date:

05/2020

Hearing More About c4s? you're Not Alone - A Webinar How can funders create the best conditions for significant policy changes? Many funders are now adding c4 funding to their toolkit in order to move policy agendas forward. Is it right for your foundation? Explore Why 501c4s should be an important tool to consider (c4s picking up where c3s left off) How c3s can work with c4s to achieve greater impact How and when foundations can support c4s Presenters Abby Levine , Director, Bolder Advocacy program, Alliance for Justice Ronnie Pawelko , Senior Counsel,...