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Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990

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06/18/2014

The needs of New York City's LGBT community are so vast and varied, it is hard for any one person to try and support them all. Yet that is exactly what Stonewall Community Foundation is trying to help people do.

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Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

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06/17/2014

A new light rail line that connects the downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis for the first time in decades is being hailed by the Ford Foundation as an example of how strategic public investments in transit and transit-oriented development can...

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Community Development

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New Nonprofit Leaders to Receive Boost From Open Society

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06/16/2014

The Open Society Foundations will fund nine nonprofits—from the U.S. to Ghana—to help their new leaders implement their vision.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Social Justice

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Jonas Center Support For Online Tutorials Helps Healthcare Students

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06/17/2014

The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Khan Academy and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) are providing online tutorials to supplement the learning of healthcare students, practitioners and patients worldwide.

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Health

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United Way To Receive $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs

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06/16/2014

NYC will pass a state grant for delinquency prevention worth $13 million a year for four years to the United Way of New York City, which will help identify about 40 schools and nonprofit partners that can team up in high-poverty areas this fall.

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Simons Foundation Gives University of Hawaii $40M—Largest Gift of its Kind Ever

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06/16/2014

The Simons Foundation has given the University of Hawaii at Manoa $40 million—the largest gift of its kind the university has ever received—for marine life research.

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Funders Teaming Up to Strengthen Voices of LGBTQ People of Color

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06/16/2014

The Ford Foundation is teaming with the Arcus Foundation and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, along with an anonymous donor, to create the first LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund to support new voices and leaders in communities of color.

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What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics

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06/16/2014

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker writes in an op-ed that recent attempts to discredit Thomas Piketty's research into income inequality remind him of earlier efforts to deny that climate change is a real threat.

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Economic Security

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Goldman Sachs: Women Are the Smartest Investment We Can Make

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06/16/2014

"Womenomics" became the impetus behind one of Goldman Sachs’ most powerful investments, "10,000 Women."

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Brooklyn Public Library Receives $400,000 From The New York Life Foundation

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06/16/2014

Brooklyn Public Library has received a two year, $400,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation to expand its Brooklyn Connections program.

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Bloomberg Takes Public Innovation Initiative to Europe

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06/13/2014

Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in Berlin last week to support the European edition of the Mayors Challenge initiative, which encourages municipal officials to come up with fresh ideas that can improve the lives of urban denizens everywhere.

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Economic Security

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Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

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06/13/2014

An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for championing climate change solutions, especially efforts to reduce the use of coal, the country’s biggest source of global warming pollution.

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Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane Crash

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06/13/2014

Dr. Richard Rockefeller, an advisory trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and a past president of the Rockefeller Family Fund, was killed Friday morning when the small plane he was piloting crashed shortly after takeoff.

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Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)

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06/13/2014

A badge can offer a more complete, accurate depiction of an educational experience than a grade or a test score.

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Wellspring Advisors Program Director Andrew Park Heads to The Williams Institute

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06/13/2014

The Williams Institute announced Andrew Park is its new International Program Director. Previously, Andrew served as Program Director at Wellspring Advisors, LLC, where he managed domestic and international grant-making programs in the fields of...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

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NY's Joan Mitchell Foundation Invests $20 Million For New Orleans Arts Center

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06/12/2014

By the time it completes work, the foundation will have invested roughly $20 million for an artists' retreat, where promising painters and sculptors from across the country can commune together In New Orleans to hone their skills.

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Arts

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New York Women's Foundation Appoints Patricia Eng Vice President of Programs

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06/12/2014

The New York Women’s Foundation accounced that Patricia M. Eng joined The Foundation as Vice President of Programs on June 2, 2014.

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Gender Justice

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09 Jul 2014

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Managing Urgency in a 24/7 Work Environment

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 -

3:15pm to 5:00pm

The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) brings together HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources, to test complex ideas with peers about administrative issues related to managing a foundation, and to strengthen...

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Arcus Foundation Funds Exhibits, Walking Tour On Christopher Street’s Role In Gay Movement

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06/12/2014

Nearly 50 years after the gay rights movement found its rallying cry in NYC's Stonewall riots, shops along Christopher Street plan to honor the local history with a walking tour, supported in part by the Arcus Foundation.

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