Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

Sixteen Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities Initiative

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10/24/2016

Since April 2015, the program has assisted 90 mayors and 1,700 city employees share best practices regarding analytics and data-driven decision making.

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Mastercard's Singh on How Companies Can Help Cities Close the Data Gap

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10/21/2016

Data-rich businesses are positioned to help their communities. Shamina Singh, President of the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, says it's an opportunity for data philanthropy.

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities

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10/21/2016

JPMorgan Chase starts collaborative partnerships in Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, and New York to develop solutions for distressed neighborhoods.

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal

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10/04/2016

In celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Jacobs' birth and the impact of her ideas on cities around the world, the award was open this year for the first time to international nominees.

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JPB, Rockefeller Support New Initiative, 'Reimagining the Civic Commons'

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09/08/2016

Akron, Memphis, Chicago, and Detroit will split $40 million in funding for small, local projects “at the bottom of every mayor’s budget list.”

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Funded by Mellon Foundation, Emerging Architectural Historians Win Awards

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08/30/2016

The Society of Architectural Historians grants support authors of forthcoming books on Ottoman railways, colonialism, and the luxury goods market.

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Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

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08/25/2016

William Codery, program officer of Surdna Foundation’s Strong Local Economies program, advises that "in order to create the ecosystem needed for local communities to thrive economically, socially and culturally, we have to invest in their success at...

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Minority Business Accelerator Gets Another Big Boost from Surdna Foundation

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08/19/2016

The MBA's work aligns well with one of the core missions of the Surdna Foundation, said Jose Garcia, a program officer with the foundation's Strong Local Economies program.