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Ford Foundation Appoints Don Chen New Director of Metropolitan Opportunity

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01/05/2015

... America, a national coalition of over 100 organizations from a wide variety of fields—environmental advocacy, ... American, and other publications. Chen graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's...

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Edgar Villanueva Joins the Schott Foundation as Vice President of Programs and Advocacy

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05/22/2015

... Advisory Committee. Edgar earned a bachelor of arts from Jackson College of Ministries, a bachelor of science in public health from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master of health...

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Margaret L. Wolff Becomes New Chair of the John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees

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06/05/2015

... new president. Ms. Wolff succeeds Norman Volk, who retires from the board after 36 years of dedicated service, including ... General Insurance Company. After graduating cum laude from Mount Holyoke in 1976, Ms...

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Dyson Foundation Names Jennifer Killian New Program Officer

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11/09/2015

... received her Master of Public Administration degree from Marist College, a Bachelors’ Degree in Sociology from Rutgers University, and an Associates’ Degree in Liberal Arts and Humanities from...

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Westchester Community Foundation Disbursed Millions in 2016

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03/22/2016

... to encourage local philanthropy. Westchester residents – from teachers to entrepreneurs – make the Foundation’s ... its endowment to $60 million and disbursing $6 million from donor-advised funds and...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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MetLife Foundation and Verb Announce Global Competition to Improve Financial Services for the Underserved

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03/31/2016

... corporate partners, mentors and thousands of people from the general public. By strengthening connections among ... Plus” will attract more than 1,000 social ventures from around the world and will include...

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Economic Security

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American Express, BofA, Citigroup, & JP Morgan Chase Adopt Policies to Deter Human Trafficking

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04/04/2016

... for those who place more value on profit than people. From sex traffickers making a business out of prostitution, ... as a result, law enforcement must often rely on referrals from third parties, such as non-...

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Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, Named President and CEO of United Hospital Fund

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05/03/2017

... a graduate of Amherst College, received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine, and has a master of public health degree from Columbia University. The selection follows a national .....

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Citi Foundation Helps NYC Nonprofits & Cornell University Prepare Underserved Youth for Foodservice, Customer Service, & Hospitality Jobs

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07/27/2017

... launched in January 2017 and was developed with support from the Youth Opportunity Fund, led by the Citi Foundation ... or begun the job application process with support from program staff. That support is...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arabella Advisors Produces Issue Brief On How Donors Can Support Women’s Mental Health

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10/11/2017

... disorder do not receive treatment. What’s more, a study from the Journal of Psychiatry found that mental illness ... Mental Health Day, we’re sharing two recommendations from that work that concerned funders...

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United Hospital Fund Issues New Report on Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Homes In New York

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10/19/2017

... years growth slowed to an average of 8.5 percent a year from an average of 20 percent annually between 2011 and ... continues to be much slower. • As the U.S. moves from a fee-for-service model for health care...

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The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges

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11/13/2017

... The Century Foundation (TCF) has obtained new data from the U.S. Department of Education about nearly 100,000 ... defense claims”—applications for loan relief from students who maintain that they have been...

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New York Life Foundation Release New Survey on Childhood Grief

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11/21/2017

... over a lifetime – but usually only receive support from family and friends for a few short months, according to a new survey on bereavement from the New York Life Foundation. The survey revealed that ... House...

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PNY Welcomes Nominations to Its Board

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12/01/2017

... insight into serving on Philanthropy New York’s board from a former Board Chair, check out this insights piece by Phil Li, PNY Board Chair from 2015-2017. The Governance and Nominating Committee is ... to...

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Patrick Gaspard Named President of the Open Society Foundations

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12/14/2017

... Gaspard was previously the U.S. ambassador to South Africa from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, he was the executive director of the Democratic National Committee from 2011 to 2013, assistant to the president and...

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Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

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03/13/2018

... 45 percent of these long-term earnings losses resulted from reduced work hours, and about 55 percent from lower hourly wages. The majority of displaced workers came from three industries:...

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Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup Pushes Census Turnout

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05/09/2018

... fall short. States with tight budgets may divert money from programs that promote the census and that help ... these and other items could hamper the federal government from getting an accurate count. Group...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Russell Sage Foundation Author/Grantee Edward Wolff Cited in NY Times Article About Record-setting Bull Market and Uneven Wealth Distribution

Release Date:

08/23/2018

... index has soared more than 320 percent since emerging from the rubble of the financial crisis in March 2009, ... the American middle class — recovered much more slowly from the Great Recession and housing bust...

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University of Pennsylvania Receives $6 Million Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gift to Launch Paideia Program

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03/15/2019

... around a robust civic education for undergraduates from their first year on campus through their senior year. ... new, interdisciplinary courses taught by leading faculty from across Penn’s 12 schools, the...

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