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With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool

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06/08/2017
The new study, which examined the cost-effectiveness of nudges and typical intervention strategies like financial incentives side-by-side, found that nudges often yield particularly high returns at a low cost when it comes to boosting retirement...
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Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

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06/06/2017
Mike Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change and philanthropist, stating, "We are still in" sent the UN a statement of unity from hundreds of U.S. mayors, governors, state attorneys general, CEOs...
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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

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06/06/2017
A rumpled 60-something legal scholar who has taught animal-rights law at Harvard and Stanford, Steven Wise founded of the Nonhuman Rights Project, which calls itself “the only civil rights organization in the United States working through litigation...
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Pop Culture Collaborative Accepting Applications for 'Pop-Up' Grants

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06/05/2017
Applicants sought for rapid response grants that are available on a rolling basis throughout the year for any individual, organization or company working to harness the power of pop culture to create just, authentic narratives of people of color,...

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces New Board Chair

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06/02/2017
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, today announced that Mr. Robert T. Kelly, Jr., who has served as a trustee of the Weinberg Foundation since 2006, has been elected as chair of...

Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty

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06/02/2017
In response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate accord, Michael R. Bloomberg said that Bloomberg Philanthropies will commit up to $15 million to help fill the gap left by the U.S...
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