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Archive for January, 2009

Book Discussion: Wage Theft in America

1767_coverThe Discount Foundation invited Kim Bobo, founder and Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice, to discuss her new book Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Americans Are Not Getting Paid and What We Can Do About It. Continue Reading »

“Obama Lifts ‘Gag Rule’ on Family-Planning Groups”

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Wall Street Journal

Population Action International’s Todd Preston comments on President Barack Obama’s rescinding of the “global gag rule” allowing U.S. foreign-aid dollars to flow again to international family-planning programs that offer abortion.

Featuring Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation grantee: Population Action International.

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“In Bad Economic Times, Focus on Productivity”

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy

Alex Neuhoff and Robert Searle highlight Jumpstart among several organizations investing internally to increase productivity and efficiency in the midst of fiscal crises.

Features Jumpstart for Young Children, a grantee of the Clipper Ship Foundation and the Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust.

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