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Check Out the Other Action on Times Square Everyone Is Talking About

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09/01/2015

... we moved to our new Philanthropy Center in the heart of Times Square. We are hoping most of you will come to check out our new home over the course of ... 12 – I Didn’t Know You Could Do That...

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Atlantic's Feeney Awarded Inaugural Stead Medal for International Philanthropy

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09/21/2015

... for International Philanthropy Feeney, the co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers and philanthropist who gave his fortune ... than $7 billion to bring about lasting change in the lives of disadvantaged and...

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Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave

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09/21/2015

... stumped. Times had changed, and there were now lots of seniors—including gay couples—who were living together ... Mr. Day want to expand the mission to cover this new wave of senior lovebirds? Alas, it was...

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The New York Community Trust

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Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?

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09/22/2015

... loan payments by 50 percent or more, take advantage of students’ lack of knowledge about repayment options and a lack of ... Sam Adler-Bell, a policy associate for The Century ...

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The Century Foundation

The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels

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09/22/2015

... To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels The amount of money the world has pledged to divest from fossil fuels now exceeds $2.6 trillion, a group of policymakers, philanthropists and activists announced ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

... when working to address the resilience challenges of cities. This new structure also combines two powerful Rockefeller Foundation funded resilience organizations, creating a whole that is greater than the sum...

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Newman's Own Supports Volunteerism Event This Weekend

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10/21/2015

... bringing Americans together for the common good. Tens of thousands will participate in the nation's largest day of volunteerism, sponsored by Gannett's USA TODAY in ... to search for events in their...

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Ford’s Walker Weighs in on New Rules Allowing Pension Funds to Invest with Conscience

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10/22/2015

... Conscience "Today’s announcement from the Department of Labor to allow pension funds to consider the full-range of risks that affect investment decisions – including ... Board on Impact Investing (NAB)...

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Deutsche Bank Gives USD 1 Million to Address Homelessness in New York City

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12/04/2015

... in New York City The Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation today announced it has selected four New York City ... City shelters nightly in October 2015, with more than 40% of them children, according to the...

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

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"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

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12/10/2015

... disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation . A traditional catastrophe bond is issued by ... costs. But the bonds do not help to lessen the size of catastrophe-related losses. . ...

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

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12/16/2015

Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn ... from across Central Brooklyn gathered for the first part of a 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge presented by .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer Glioblastoma multiforme is a ... deadly cancer. A person diagnosed with this type of brain tumor typically survives 15 months, if given the .....

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits

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01/21/2016

... year's $439 billion deficit. . . Michael Peterson, CEO of the anti-debt Peter G. Peterson Foundation , said in a statement that the CBO figures show "we .....

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats

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01/22/2016

... new winter jackets paid for by private donors. The bulk of the coats will go to 32 elementary schools that are part of the city’s “community school” initiative, which ... — anything from exposure to domestic...

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Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

... Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities The University of Pennsylvania has announced a $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of efforts to increase the number...

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Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

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02/22/2016

Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps Fewer than half of the more than 1,000 healthcare related-apps reviewed by ... Commonwealth Fund. The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... claim, is working. A 2015 working paper by University of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger found that Mexico's soda ... found between a 6- and 12-percent reduction in purchases of sugary drinks after the law...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results

Release Date:

03/28/2016

... When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence's high-tech idea to improve the vocabularies of the city's youngest children, he...

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Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

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03/29/2016

... address rising sea levels. In partnership with the City of Norfolk's Resilience Office and 100 Resilient Cities (100RC), pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation , Sandia analyzed the risk to important...

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