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Why is the Blackstone Foundation Funding Social Enterprise in Rhode Island? –...
Memo to development officers: It’s always good to have a U.S. Senator in your corner. Case in point: $200,000 in funding for two nonprofits in Rhode Island doing workforce development. Through the...
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What’s Sam’s Club Doing for Workforce Development? – Workforce | Labor |...
It’s a win-win. Retail suppliers like Sam’s Club that invest in small business development are not only helping the economy, they are creating more customers for themselves. With $700,000 in gift cards...
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What’s First Data Corporation Doing for Veterans? – Workforce | Labor |...
One employer making a mark in the area of philanthropy for veterans is First Data Corporation. This global leader in payments technology recently announced a $7 million dollar seven-year commitment to...
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A Look at the Arnold Foundation’s Big Bet on Social Innovation Financing –...
Three big multi-year grants went out from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation starting in 2014 to investigate and support “Social Innovation Financing.” And this is just part of the picture of what...
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What’s Citi Doing to Help Low Income Youth Get on a Path to Career Success? –...
We’ve been following Citi’s Pathways to Progress efforts for about a year, and now the grant-making to nonprofits in this arena is really taking off. This work is amping up employment opportunities for...
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May the Best Study Win: Will More Funding for Evidence-Based Policy Make a...
If you want to change public policy in the United States, you’ll eventually find your way to the influential world of Washington think tanks. The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF), one of the...
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The Money Behind a Push to Bolster Black Male Leaders Across the U.S. –...
Attention to race keeps growing in the United States, and that’s true for a bunch of reasons. But, for sure, philanthropy has played a role in elevating race to the top of the national agenda. Well...
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Expanding Horizons and Hope: The Logic of a Bank’s Funding on Youth...
Youth unemployment is a national problem that is now squarely on the agenda of funders. Just the other day, we wrote about a new initiative spearhead by Starbucks and its CEO Howard Schultz to provide...
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New Momentum After a Long Fight: Inside Kellogg’s Push on Children and Equity...
The high percentage of U.S. children living in poverty—one in five, at last count—hasn’t changed much in the past few decades. And while you’d think that would be a national scandal, this issue has...
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Hunger Is Still a Huge Problem in America. Who is Funding to Promote Food...
While many families are buying all the extra fixings to make Thanksgiving dinner special, 79 percent of low-income households in Feeding America’s client base report “purchasing the cheapest food...
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