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Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal

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09/09/2016

Young Hispanic and Asian-Americans who are immigrants or have an immigrant parent are more likely to be liberal in their views on politics and immigration than those with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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Civic Engagement

Immigration

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Ford Foundation

Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations

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09/09/2016

Results challenge standard model of how animals and humans cool off.

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal on Patient Difficulties Accessing Medical Records

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09/09/2016

“Average people encounter a huge amount of difficulty,” said David Blumenthal, a former national coordinator for health information technology for the Obama administration, now president of the Commonwealth Fund. He said he had heard countless...

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NY Community Trust Gives More than $800,000 to Bring Technology-Driven Learning to NYC Youth

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09/12/2016

Several foundations are pooling resources to make 13 grants, totaling $835,600, to help young people use digital media to compose and record original music, advocate for immigrants' rights and school discipline reform, and produce documentary films.

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The New York Community Trust

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions

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09/12/2016

Additional funds were committed by the Rackham Graduate School to permanently secure these positions. In 2007, a $1.97 million gift from the Mellon Foundation funded these positions for six years.

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Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities

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09/12/2016

Saying it made a major mistake by overlooking the needs of people with disabilities in revamping its programs to focus on inequality, the Ford Foundation pledge Monday to undertake a top-to-bottom review of its policies and practices on the issue.

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Social Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Brief Explains ACA’s Effect on Out-of-Pocket Cost-Sharing, Spending on Premiums

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09/13/2016

As enrollment in ACA plans increased, share of Americans with high out-of-pocket costs decreased.

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With Support From Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Encourages Participation in Arts Programs

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09/13/2016

Residents’ views on student access to local arts programs and events divided by key social and economic factors.

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Arts

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UJA-Federation of New York Grant Supports Financial Sustainability Training in Prague to Jewish Activists

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09/13/2016

Thanks to a new grant from UJA-Federation of New York, Limmud for the first time offered financial sustainability training in Prague to Jewish activists from 19 communities spanning Europe, 8-11 September 2016.

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Economic Security

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Many Funders Are Pursuing Legal Advocacy, Here’s How and Why

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09/13/2016

Jared Raynor and Deepti Sood of TCC Group partnered with Atlantic Philanthropies to create a video and guidlines for legal advocacy and why it’s important.

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Insights

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Civic Engagement

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

TCC Group

Here Are Mellon's Goals for Liberal Arts Education

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09/13/2016

Readers of IP's higher education vertical know we've devoted a lot of ink to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's "big vision" for the humanities.

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Russell Sage President Says He Is Optimistic on Poverty and Income Issues

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09/14/2016

Sheldon Danziger, president of the Russell Sage Foundation, who, like other experts following poverty and income issues, had expected some improvement, but nothing this large.

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Economic Security

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MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment

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09/14/2016

The program will be implemented through Japan’s local school network and is intended to help children, and the adults in their lives, acquire healthy financial skills and behaviors.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Citi Named Finalist for U.S. Chamber Foundation 2016 Corporate Citizenship Awards

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09/14/2016

Citi is included as a finalist in the Best Corporate Steward – Large Business category.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Confronts Feedback That Highlights 'My Own Obliviousness'

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09/14/2016

"I am a black, gay man, so some might assume that I’m especially sensitive to these issues and dynamics. But during the past year I have had to confront my own ignorance and power, and come to terms with the ways I was inadvertently fueling...

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Social Justice

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Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study

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09/15/2016

The Zika study, published in the prestigious journal Cell Reports , describes a mouse model developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that shows that the Zika virus is detectable in tears.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Ms. Foundation Releases New Report on Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America

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09/15/2016

The Ms. Foundation for Women’s latest report, Raising Our Nation, highlights the true cost of the impact that a lack of access child care has on working mothers, especially low-income women of color.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Gender Justice

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TCC Group Welcomes Two New Partners

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09/15/2016

Virginia DelGaldo, Chief Financial Officer, and Julie Simpson, Director of Nonprofit Strategy and Capacity Building, have become Partners and Board members of TCC Group.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide

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09/15/2016

Oceana, SkyTruth and Google today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online technology platform that allows anyone in the world free access to monitor and track the activities of the world’s largest commercial fishing vessels in...

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