Technology

Ford, Open Society and Others Join in Support of Public Interest Tech

Release Date:

02/17/2016

A group of five national foundations - Ford, MacArthur, Knight, Open Society and Mozilla foundations - are working to promote the use of the Internet for social good, and has announced grants totaling $18 million to strengthen the emerging field of...

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Technology

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Open Society Foundations

Q&A with Sreenivasan: The Met Engages Audiences with Digital Technology (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

Release Date:

02/02/2016

Through innovative partnerships and bold approaches, the Bloomberg Philanthropies arts program increases access to culture using new technologies. The chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art discusses the intersection of art and...

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Arts

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Tow Foundation Gives $25M to Barnard for Tech Center

Release Date:

02/01/2016

Telecommunications executive Leonard Tow's foundation is donating $25 million to Barnard College, which will use to build a new teaching center and institute a technology requirement.

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Education

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $9 Million Mayors Challenge in Latin America, Caribbean

Release Date:

01/22/2016

Bloomberg has offered $9 million for Latin American and Caribbean mayors to jump start innovation projects in their cities.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

There’s a New Reason to Try Out This Exceptionally Easy-to-Use Data Resource

Release Date:

01/13/2016

Helmsley Charitable Trust's Tamara Fox and Tracy Perrizo throw down a challenge for foundation and nonprofit professionals using DATA2GO.NYC

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Insights

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Technology

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

Release Date:

12/16/2015

More than two dozen youth from across Central Brooklyn gathered for the first part of a 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge presented by Central Brooklyn State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Blue 1647 hosted at the Nigerian American Muslim...

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Children, Youth and Families

Technology

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Con Edison (Corporate)

Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative

Release Date:

12/10/2015

Twenty-one American cities are now participating in the nation's most comprehensive initiative to help city halls use data and evidence to improve residents' lives.

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Community Development

Public Policy

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

New Disclosures on Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley)

Release Date:

12/03/2015

The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation is a high-profile crusader for Internet freedom, and it shares the Firefox browser with the world.How does Mozilla spends its money? The answers — including a few surprises — have just arrived. Ten major foundations...