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World Bank Looks to Leverage Partnerships With Foundations

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06/02/2013

The World Bank is looking to increase the number of such partnerships — which include a recent effort with the Ford and Open Society foundations — to help reduce global poverty and boost incomes for the bottom 40 percent in developing countries by...

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Economic Security

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Open Society Foundations

The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill

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06/01/2013

The Commonwealth Fund’s recent report on health care spending in 13 industrialized nations helps demonstrate that the U.S. spends more on health care than any other country. (Fund President Dr. David Blumenthal is also quoted in this article.)

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Red Cross gives $1.25M grant to Brooklyn Community Foundation

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05/30/2013

The grant from the American Red Cross in Greater New York will support long-term recovery efforts for people affected by Superstorm Sandy.

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Disaster Relief

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RE.invest Initiative to Partner With Eight Cities to Develop Resilient Stormwater Systems

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05/29/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation-funded initiative is a two-year effort to help municipalities rethink the way they design, plan, implement and finance infrastructure.

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Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million

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05/29/2013

Most of the eleven grants were awarded through the foundation's Larger Vision for Student Learning: Education for Civic and Moral Responsibility initiative.

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Education

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TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change

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05/28/2013

We’re pleased to have Vincent Stehle, the Executive Director of Media Impact Funders, provide a recap of our recent program on the vision that drives TED, its plans for the future and the ways that TED is partnering with foundations.

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Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Releases Final Report

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05/28/2013

The foundation’s $340 million graduate-level fellowship initiative has, over the past twelve years, helped more than 4300 social justice leaders from 22 countries advance their education and bring new knowledge and skills back to their home...

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TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change

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05/28/2013

by Vincent Stehle, Executive Director, Media Impact Funders On May 13, at the offices of Philanthropy New York and via livestream, I moderated a discussion on the power of ideas and how TED is using media to tell stories, ignite...