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Four Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution

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05/12/2017

... in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution The Simons Foundation has named four scientists as 2017 Simons Early ...

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A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative

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06/23/2017

... Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative For the next 18 months, Bloomberg Philanthropies, in ... have signed up to date to be part of “Partnership for Healthy Cities,” the foundation...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Unbound Philanthropy is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?

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07/17/2017

... member in 2008, Unbound Philanthropy hasn’t been around for too long. But its laser focus on the immigration issue, ...

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20 Issues, to Be Specific

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07/19/2017

... also revisited our organization’s “Core Principles” for choosing policy issues. For me, having been immersed in this work for nearly six years, it was extraordinarily meaningful to ...

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Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution

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07/20/2017

... representatives from 19 international agencies gathered for a groundbreaking meeting hosted by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy. These...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years

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08/09/2017

Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years Dozens of ex-offenders have passed ... and flaky pie crusts. He hopes these small tasks will be a ...

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Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use

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08/10/2017

... Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use The world of crowded ... data wonks usually inhabit. But according to Measures for Justice (MFJ), better data is key...

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American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking

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08/11/2017

... Parque, a bilingual movement created by the National Park Foundation to inspire people to connect with, celebrate and ...

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Millions of Dollars From Corporations and Individuals Flow to Flood-Ravaged Texas

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08/29/2017

... Texas are attracting millions of dollars in donations for relief efforts, much of it from corporate sources but ... Maislin, chief executive of the Greater Houston Community Foundation , said he expects the...

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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

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09/13/2017

... the city’s American Academy, and Donald Judd’s Chinati Foundation , in Marfa. To be an artist in residence means ...

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Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts

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09/13/2017

Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation issued a report card today meant to underscore ... call previewing the report. . . Gates Report Stresses Need...

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Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

... pledged more than $36 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2006, and the three friends joined forces a ... former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg comes in third for giving more than 10...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... few years ago, the Hudson River Park Trust floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a ... space — not the least of which seems to be a taste for order. Opinion: How Parks Lose Their...

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Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

... with state and national elected officials, and running for office. Across the country, ever larger numbers of ...

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What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

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09/29/2017

... improve cost-effective and adaptable aid delivery. The UPS Foundation is one major funder we've written about often that's a leader in this area. It's been working for years to improve methods...

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Advancing The Mental Health And Well-Being Movement Through Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy

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10/02/2017

Investing in the health of a nation requires thoughtful deliberation and vision. Grantmakers, especially those with a focus on health, play a unique role in helping support community innovation that can advance health.

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

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10/13/2017

... Megan Tompkins’s research, using the National Science Foundation ’s ADVANCE program at the University of Michigan, ... they show genuine understanding of the cost of inequality for everyone (not to mention the...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

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11/27/2017

... is based on a report commissioned by the Philadelphia Foundation and coauthored by GuideStar, Oliver Wyman, and ... into challenges that face nonprofits everywhere.” For that reason, we reprinted the report in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

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11/27/2017

Hungarian-American financier and philanthropist George Soros has denounced a Hungarian government campaign against him as "distortions and lies" designed "to create an outside enemy to distract citizens."

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