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The American Express Corporate social Responsibility Blog explores the top 10 things foundations and corporations should do when considering whether to support nonprofit organizations.

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Technical Assistance and Strong Relationships: Key to Quality Capacity Building

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09/15/2014

Anne Lawrence of The Robert Browne Foundation examines the importance of capacity building in grantmaking.

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Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million

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09/12/2014

Simons Foundation donates $25 million to Stony Brook University for research and programming in geometry and physics.

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Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities Program Combines Private Capital with Public Effort

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09/11/2014

The Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities challenge is a $100 million that focuses on building urban resilience in 100 cities worldwide.

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All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement

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09/11/2014

The Commonwealth Fund examines three American communities (Southern Arizona, West Central Michigan, Western New York) to determine if and how poverty affects the quality of health care.

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Foundations Invest Nearly $2 Million to Improve New York City Schools

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09/10/2014

Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the Wallace Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation have joined forces to invest in the Research Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University.

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Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

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09/10/2014

The Ford Foundation's Amy Brown outlines the disproportionate nature of student debt in the United States.

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Exploring the Intersection of Arts and Culture and Other Funding Areas

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09/10/2014

One of our 4 areas of focus this year is arts and culture. Art is important for innumerable reasons, but our focus is for funders using art as a tool for another mission area. Many of the programs we will showcase will explore the intersection...