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Laura Wolff Named Acting Director of Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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06/03/2013

... years of extraordinary service will be retiring on July 1, 2013 . Ayers will continue to serve the Foundation in a consulting capacity through February 2014. For the past 24 years, Ms. Wolff has managed the...

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The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy

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05/12/2014

... of the nonprofit world, were treated to a memorable op-ed. It was written by John Arnold, a 40-year-old former Enron ... hedge-fund founder who, with his wife, ranked third on the 2013 list of the nation’s...

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Chen, Kidvai Named First Paul Rapoport Law Fellows

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07/17/2014

... the Paul Rapoport Foundation also said the endowment for the program has been increased to $1.08 million from $560,000 to provide for a total of nine fellowships. The Paul Rapoport ... Fellowship was...

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Catholic Publication Calls Funders ‘Clever’ for Funding Faith-Based Groups Supporting LGBT Rights

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09/17/2014

Catholic Publication Calls Funders ‘Clever’ for Funding Faith-Based Groups Supporting LGBT Rights ... Francisco called several prominent foundations "clever" for funding Catholic and other faith-based...

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Number of Latinos with Insurance Surges with Affordable Care Act, According to Commonwealth Fund Report

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09/25/2014

... health coverage fell from 36% to 23% between summer 2013 and spring 2014. That parallels a broader increase in ... under the healthcare law. The overall uninsured rate for U.S. adults under 65 plummeted from...

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Russell Sage Study Shows Average Americans Get Poorer as Per Capita Wealth Reaches New High

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10/01/2014

... A study by economists at the University of Michigan for the Russell Sage Foundation showed that, in 2013 , the median American household saw its total assets fall ...

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Arcus Foundation Launches New Website

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10/21/2014

... Among the content highlights of the new site is the 2013 Annual Report, which documents the courage of Arcus ...

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How She Leads: Paula Luff, Hess Corporation

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11/06/2014

... company to a pure exploration and production company. In 2013 , Hess began to shed its downstream businesses, including ... constant, with a goal to be the top quartile in its sector for the quality of its...

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Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org

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01/13/2015

... The Coalition to Support Grieving Students, convened in 2013 by the New York Life Foundation, is a collaboration among the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement and ten of the leading ... social...

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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

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03/17/2015

... progress is largely ignored by wealthy donors as it suffers from federal budget cutbacks. A coalition of ... behind Kastner and the initiative, which launched in 2013 , boast a history of commitment to basic...

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Nadia Alia Appointed Manager, Grants and Communications at The Tow Foundation

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04/20/2015

... at The Tow Foundation. She joined The Foundation in 2013 as grants manager. She will continue this work and ... and reporting process. She is the system administrator for the Foundation’s online grantmaking...

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Verizon Foundation-Funded Research Cited as Basis for Beyond the Bruises Campaign

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05/27/2015

The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR (R)), a national non-profit ... effects of domestic violence on chronic illness. A 2013 study conducted by MORE Magazine and the Verizon ... disease. Verizon...

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Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities

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07/29/2015

... leadership and commitment to the 100RC initiative. Since 2013 , sixty-seven cities have been selected through two challenge rounds. Applications for the final round will be accepted through November 24, .....

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The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far

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10/05/2015

... Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far On July 29, 2013 , a Latina mother in Illinois named Natasha Felix sent ... with his cousin over a scooter and, at one point, ran with it into the street. Based on...

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EPIP Welcomes Tamir Novotny as Incoming Executive Director

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10/27/2015

... Director, beginning Monday, November 16th. In preparing for his new role, Tamir stated: "I could not be more thrilled ... EPIP family, I've seen firsthand how powerful EPIP can be for its members and...

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New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits

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10/28/2015

New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits Remember how complicated it was to understand your health care benefits when you got ... them — and their employers — a lot of...

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Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program

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02/16/2016

... of Oxford's Saïd Business School. Established in 2013 with a gift of £4.5 million ($6.6 million) from the ... initially supported five one-year scholarships annually for promising social change leaders in...

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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

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09/30/2016

... students who attended a five- to six-week summer program for at least twenty days in 2013 scored modestly higher on state math tests than students ... who did not participate, and that students who attended...

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

... Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students? It ’s been said that a budget is a statement of policy, the ... spending spree that the United States has engaged in for the past three decades, investing...

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The Army Infantry’s First Women

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05/26/2017

... of the mixed-gender milestone. But female grunts see it as monumental and revolutionary. The first group of women ... After the Obama administration ordered the military in 2013 to open all combat positions to...

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