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Year in Review 2014
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12/2014
WRAG's Year in Review summary of 2014
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What Funders Need to Know: Veterans
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11/2014
Between the complex array of government programs, the many nonprofits organizations that have been created to serve post-9/11 veterans, and a lack of understanding of the needs on the part of civilians, it is hard to know if veterans are getting what they need. This edition of What Funders Need to Know explores some of the unique characteristics and circumstances of post-9/11 veterans and why philanthropy should support the nonprofit organizations that are serving them well.
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Our Region, Our Giving 2014
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11/2014
In the latest edition of Our Region, Our Giving, we dig into data on giving, assets, funding practices, and trends in the sector that we collected from our member foundations and corporate giving programs in Summer 2014. The data tell a positive story about philanthropy in our region.
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What Funders Need to Know: Better Housing Means Better Health
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05/2014
This edition of What Funders Need to Know looks at the connections between housing and health.
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Washington Regional Food Funders: Strategic Plan
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05/2014
Washington Regional Food Funders (WRFF) envisions an equitable food system in the Greater Washington region which makes good food available to all, harms none, nourishes bodies, communities, and ecosystems, and provides all involved in the supply chain with
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What Funders Need to Know: Introduction to the Food System
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03/2014
Why is the food system important to philanthropy? Because hunger, food insecurity, nutrition-related chronic disease, the health of our region’s resource lands and waterways, wages, and equal opportunity in the food economy all converge in our region's food system.
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What Funders Need to Know: The Connection Between Education and Housing
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12/2013
Communities thrive when people are housed comfortably, safely, and affordably. This is especially true for children. And when children thrive, their educational and other outcomes are more likely to be positive.
In our latest edition of What Funders Need to Know, we look at the connection between stable housing and educational outcomes.
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Year in Review 2013
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12/2013
WRAG's Year in Review summary of 2013
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Our Region, Our Giving 2013
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11/2013
Philanthropic giving in the Greater Washington region increased more than twice as much as the rest of the country in 2012.
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What Funders Need to Know: Quality Care = Quality Jobs
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06/2013
As older adults are increasingly choosing to age in place, cross-cutting issues are coming to the forefront – the quality of care received by disabled or chronically ill older adults in their own homes, and the quality of the jobs of the caregivers who provide this care.
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