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To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy

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05/22/2013

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat visiting the United States saw a new phenomenon in America. In Democracy in America, the book that emerged from his experiences, he called it "individualism," a word he coined to describe the...

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Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term

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05/22/2013

by Nina Stack, President, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers It is difficult to be patient when lives, and indeed entire communities, have been torn apart. So when Gov. Chris Christie famously declared “Shame on Congress” and...

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Morgan Stanley Pledges Additional $8 Million to Feeding America

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05/21/2013

The new $8 million commitment is part of its continuing Fill the Plate initiative and an expansion of its employee volunteer arrangement with Feeding America.

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Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

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05/20/2013

The country’s only independent polling agency has been accused under a new law of overtly political activity, due in part to a series of grants it has received from the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Institute...

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A Foundation Risks All of Its Endowment on Creating Jobs

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05/19/2013

As part of its effort to rethink its approach to fighting poverty, the F.B. Heron Foundation will fully invest its $274 million endowment in the next five years to advance its mission.

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Young Wealthy Donors Bring Taste for Risk, Hands-On Involvement to Philanthropy

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05/19/2013

An op-ed by 21/64 Managing Director Sharna Goldseker and Michael Moody.

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Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking

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05/16/2013

Health and Environmental Funders Network Program Manager Ramtin Arablouei shares the many risks associated with fracking that have caused concern among policymakers, communities and foundations.

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Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking

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05/16/2013

By Ramtin Arablouei, Program Manager, Health and Environmental Funders Network The word “fracking” has been all over the media over the last few years. Hydraulic fracturing , or “fracking,” is the technical shorthand for the...

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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time

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05/15/2013

An op-ed by Time to Succeed Coalition Co-Chair Chris Gabrieli and Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas.

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2013 Soros Justice Fellows

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05/15/2013

A mix of emerging and established social justice leaders, the fourteen fellows include investigative journalists, lawyers, grassroots organizers, policy advocates and scholars who will take on a range of reform issues that relate to broader OSF...

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