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SeaChange Capital Partners to Help Facilitate Merger of Chicago Non-Profits

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12/18/2017

The two groups’ merger centers on combining their hands-on and skilled volunteer networks. Much of the work will involve consolidating their massive databases, an initiative funded by Forefront and SeaChange Capital Partners, two of the few entities...

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The Wallace Foundation Announces Promotions of Five Staff Members to Senior Program Officer

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12/18/2017

The Wallace Foundation is pleased to announce the promotions of five of its staff members to Senior Program Officer.

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Simons Investigators Awarded 2018 Breakthrough Prize, New Horizons Prize

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12/15/2017

Three Simons Investigators were honored at the sixth annual Breakthrough Prizes, which recognize top achievements in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.

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Capital One Invests $3 Million to Fund Machine Learning Research at University of Maryland

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12/15/2017

A $3 million gift and partnership with Capitol One is allowing the university to pursue research in data analytics, machine learning and cybersecurity.

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts

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12/15/2017

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Minneapolis Institute of Art, or MIA, a $750,000 grant, to fund a five-year project to build empathy in order to affect positive social change.

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John A. Hartford Foundation Named One of Nation’s Top Funders Addressing Aging America

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12/15/2017

Recent grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation are one of the few bright spots in philanthropic support for seniors, which remains small, even as the U.S. elderly population grows rapidly.

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Ana Marie Argilagos Named HIP’s New President

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12/15/2017

Hispanics in Philanthropy announced today that its board of trustees has unanimously chosen Ana Marie Argilagos as the organization’s president. Ana Marie, currently a senior advisor at the Ford Foundation, will succeed Diana Campoamor, HIP’s...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States

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12/14/2017

Forty-seven states saw their adult uninsured rate drop by five percentage points or more in the first three years following the Affordable Care Act’s major health coverage expansions, according to a new Commonwealth Fund scorecard assessing access...

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Open Society Foundations Seek Clarification on Pakistan NGO Ruling

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12/14/2017

The Open Society Foundations' national foundation in Pakistan is seeking clarification from the government, after the Ministry of the Interior informed it and a number of other international non-governmental organizations that they must cease...

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Patrick Gaspard Named President of the Open Society Foundations

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12/14/2017

The Open Society Foundations today announced the appointment of Patrick Gaspard as president, effective January 1, 2018. He has managed day-to-day operations of the Foundations since September.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Invests $2.5M in Youth Initiatives for 2017

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12/14/2017

New Grants Support 67 Local Nonprofit Programs that Develop Leadership, Divert Youth from the Criminal Justice System, Promote School Discipline Reform, and Protect Immigrant Youth

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The Evidence Base for Asset Building: Moving Families Toward Economic Security

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Asset Building strategies shift the focus from a deficit model to one that helps people build financial security and opportunity. Funders across sectors have invested in asset-building strategies as a means for greater impact and financial security...

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NEFA Expands National Theater Project with Doris Duke Foundation Funding

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12/13/2017

New England Foundation for the Arts announces plans to increase the impact of the National Theater Program, with help from a $750,000 two-year grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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Jim Simons, the Numbers King

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12/13/2017

Jim and Marilyn Simons became major charitable donors in the nineteen-nineties, when they launched their foundation. The Simons seeks to heighten the foundation’s impact on the sciences.

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Ms. Foundation Responds to Alabama Special Election

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12/13/2017

Ms. Foundation for Women President and CEO Teresa C. Younger releases statement in response to the Alabama Special Election.

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Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

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12/12/2017

Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today that Maya L. Harris, a distinguished attorney and...

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Courtney Bryan Joins JPMorgan Chase as Executive Director with Global Philanthropy and Head of the East Region

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12/12/2017

Courtney Bryan Joins JPMorgan Chase as Executive Director with Global Philanthropy and Head of the East Region Global Philanthropy invests $250 million annually to promote inclusive economic growth across the globe. Before joining...

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How this Slogan Has Defined Philanthropy for the Buffets and the NoVo Foundation

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12/12/2017

Peter Buffet put the $10M gifted to him in the NoVo Foundation, co-chaired by himself and his wife Jennifer. As of the end of 2015, according to the IRS, the foundation had $528 million in assets.

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How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

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12/12/2017

Last week, the fund launched Propel Democracy, a new $5 million effort that seeks 'to catalyze investment in local organizing strategies that build progressive political power in states of critical electoral importance.'

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