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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Data Initiatives for Cities

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04/21/2015

... for Cities The What Works Cities initiative is open to U.S. cities with populations between 100,000 and 1 million ... Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's charitable foundation announced the...

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NYCT Awards Grants Totaling $9.1 Million

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06/15/2015

... include Gibney Dance, which was awarded $100,000 to build, in partnership with Sanctuary for Families and Safe ... a training hub for dancers who are working with survivors of domestic violence and other...

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Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report

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07/09/2015

Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report During my very first days as President of the Ford Foundation , I participated in a roundtable on civil society ... what...

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Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality

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10/30/2015

... Inequality On Wednesday Darren Walker, president of the nation’s second-wealthiest grant maker, joined Chronicle readers on Facebook to answer questions about what its new focus on reducing inequality means...

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Q&A with Sreenivasan: The Met Engages Audiences with Digital Technology (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/02/2016

... the Bloomberg Philanthropies arts program increases access to culture using new technologies. It aims to strengthen and ... The chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sree...

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With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database

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02/22/2016

With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database The Smithsonian American Art Museum is leading a group of 14 institutions from around the country in an effort to ... (or LOD),...

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Megan Holmes to Give Annual Italian Art Society/Kress Lecture

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04/15/2016

Megan Holmes to Give Annual Italian Art Society/Kress Lecture The annual ... in Italy, inaugurated in 2010 with the generous support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation , encourages intellectual...

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Doris Duke Teams Up With Chicago's Stomping Grounds Dance Festival

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04/29/2016

... Grounds Dance Festival STOMPING GROUNDS is a showcase of events, mini-concerts, lecture-demonstrations, and master classes celebrating the diversity of the percussive arts, highlighting some of...

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Rockefeller, Bloomberg Drive New Approaches to Urban Development

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05/03/2016

Rockefeller, Bloomberg Drive New Approaches to Urban Development New collaboration models and ... driven by private sector actors like the Rockefeller Foundation , Bloomberg Philanthropies and Vulcan ... entities...

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At Rockefeller, Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’

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05/18/2016

... Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’ In an interview with the Rockefeller Foundation about closing the gender gap, Wright explained ... learning she was earning $420,000 an episode,...

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Lawyer Seeking $22M in Final Dissolution of Irene Diamond Fund

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05/20/2016

Lawyer Seeking $22M in Final Dissolution of Irene Diamond Fund A lawyer is trying to siphon a $22 million fee from a $40 million gift to ... scout and her husband, the Manhattan philanthropist’s...

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Ford, Rockefeller, Mellon, Bank of America Are Just a Few of the Donors to New African American Museum

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05/25/2016

Ford, Rockefeller, Mellon, Bank of America Are Just a Few of the Donors to New African American Museum The campaign sought diversity ...

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Russell Sage-Supported Study Explores Effects of Education Level On Genetic Make-Up of US Population

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05/31/2016

Russell Sage-Supported Study Explores Effects of Education Level On Genetic Make-Up of US Population ... gap between the more and less educated with respect to marriage and fertility, this trend...

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Capital One Is A Supporter Of Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program

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06/30/2016

Capital One Is A Supporter Of Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program Girls Who ... and Washington D.C. this week, logging a record number of programs this year. The program is supported by technology ... D.C.,...

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How Philanthropy Can Help Achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the U.S.

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07/2016

... Development Goals in the U.S. As implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals becomes a priority of the world, philanthropy has an opportunity to make an impact. This report from the Council on ...

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Funded by Surdna, Student Investigates Social Criticism in Stand-up Comedy

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07/26/2016

... Criticism in Stand-up Comedy Andrew Cawley has somewhat of a funny job this summer. He’s spending his days ... alternately laughing and taking notes as he watches videos of stand-up comedy. Cawley, an English...

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Doris Duke Grant Makes Community-Centered Production of 'Dreamgirls' Possible

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08/02/2016

Doris Duke Grant Makes Community-Centered Production of 'Dreamgirls' Possible This project – as part of a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grant – was intended to...

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How Bloomberg Philanthropies' Big Investment in Mayors May Shape Education Reform, and More

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09/16/2016

... see it as a major boon for reform efforts in cities. No foundation is more keenly interested in turbo-charging mayors than Bloomberg Philanthropies—bankrolled, of course, by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who...

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Pershing Square Supports Social Entrepreneurship and Mobile Healthcare

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10/19/2016

... Social Entrepreneurship and Mobile Healthcare At the heart of CareMessage is the service mission of a nonprofit, but ... groups scratching their heads—particularly when it came to funding...

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