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    Time-limited Philanthropy: Embracing Mortality Can Drive Urgency and Excellence

    Exponent Philanthropy May 6, 2021

    For foundations to be excellent, the people within them need to feel an inner drive to continuously reach for the highest heights, and often. Yet, the perpetuity of most private…

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    Covid-19 Makes Affordable Housing More Urgent

    Affordable Housing Finance

    Affordable housing has shown its stability through different economic cycles and has been key in rebuilding communities after hurricanes, tornadoes, and other disasters. Now, as the country faces a different…

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    Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Across Countries

    Vox May 6, 2021

    Vaccines are gradually becoming more widely available across the United States. But as the fight to ensure everyone can access them continues, the US is also entering the second phase of its…

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    Will the Restaurant Revitalization Fund be Enough Support for the Food Service Industry?

    The Counter May 6, 2021

    Congress approved $28.6 billion in grant money for independent restaurants. It falls short of what advocates say is needed, but they still see reason for optimism. Around 140,000 operators of…

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    Job Displacement for U.S. Workers During COVID-19

    Equitable Growth May 5, 2021

    More than a year into the coronavirus recession, unemployment in the United States remains high, and there are 8.4 million fewer jobs than prior to the pandemic. As the U.S. economy begins…

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    How to Invest in Technology to Achieve Greater Social Impact

    Social Solutions May 5, 2021

    Making communities safer. Paving more pathways to good jobs and careers. Increasing access to quality mental healthcare. Providing housing for the unhoused. Ensuring kids can read by the 3rd grade.…

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    The Need to Prioritize Preschoolers’ Mental Health

    The 74 May 5, 2021

    “With disruptions resulting from the pandemic, I worry that schools want to play ‘catch up’ rather quickly and … undermine [children’s] social and emotional learning and mental health,” said Chin…

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    How Philanthropy Responses in the UK and US Differ to Address Events of the Past Year [Video]

    NPC May 5, 2021

    On 28 April 2021, NPC held an event on how philanthropists approached the unprecedented events of 2020 in the US and the UK. We were joined by Katherine Lorenz, a philanthropist…

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    How Local Governments Can Drive Progress in Health Equity

    Urban Institute

    The buildings we live in, the parks we play in, the streets we walk on, and the pipes that run under our homes are all components of the built environment that influence…

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    Helping Former Prisoners Make It on the Outside

    RAND Corporation

    “I’m 17 years in prison and I’ll be 19 years in when I get out. The whole world will be different, and it will be a total shock.” This quote…

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    Map Shows Where Communities Will Feel Effects of Sea-level Rise

    Fast Company

    Sea-level rise in the U.S. won’t only affect people living on the coasts—as homes flood in Florida and New Jersey, it may trigger mass migration inland, potentially making housing more…

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    Indoor Air Pollution Poses Risk for Native Communities

    The Conversation

    Betty’s home stands on the edge of a striking red cliff. Her family built the home from materials in their environment generations ago and passed it along from mothers to…

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