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Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?

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05/13/2014

... 18—the age the world has agreed upon as the beginning of adulthood under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The precise reasons for child marriage differ ... independence are the same. Produced with...

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NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’

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06/04/2014

NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’ More than half the members of the City Council have fired off a letter to Walmart ... here, including $1 million to the New York Women’s ...

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Why Do Banks Care About Youth Career Readiness in New York?

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06/03/2014

... ever: a $250 million initiative to bolster the skills of workers, with a big focus on young people. Then, just three months later, the Citi Foundation announced its biggest initiative ever: a $50 ...

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New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens

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06/19/2014

... Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens The newly formed New York Botanical Garden's ... possible by a $635,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , holds its first public...

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

... with mission, cross-pollination between programs and the foundation 's recent launch into the impact investing world. .....

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Nick Hodges Named COO and Senior Vice President For Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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07/09/2014

... Philanthropy Advisors. Hodges, who had been COO of the Tides Foundation , will be responsible for oversight of the organization’s operations, including communications, ...

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Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors

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08/13/2014

... and the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize have been awarded to Simons Foundation grantees Manjul Bhargava, Maryam Mirzakhani and ... respectively. Considered the highest honor in the field of mathematics, Fields Medals...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues

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08/20/2014

... a new $45 million investment to boost the capacity of city halls to use innovation to tackle major challenges and improve urban life. The foundation will direct significant funding and other assistance to help...

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Financing the Social Sector

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09/15/2014

Financing the Social Sector Despite the huge success of this summer's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and various ... to grow the overall funding pie from its current 2 percent of GDP to 3 percent of...

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Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality

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10/07/2014

... Marriage Equality It's always hard to pinpoint the role of philanthropy in bringing about big changes in society and, ... But, wow, if ever there was a great case study of focused and strategic...

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Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality

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11/13/2014

by Pooja Joshi O'Hanlon, Executive Director, The Elmezzi Foundation Recently, funders and practitioners gathered at ... for orchestrating and supporting the activities of the collective. Across the country,...

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Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators

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12/04/2014

... schools for at least five years, were chosen by a panel of scientists, mathematicians and educators. The Fund for the City of New York and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation gave the winners an...

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All Investing is Impact Investing

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01/12/2015

... funds and elsewhere. Donors have transferred ownership of these funds to separate entities and received their tax deductions. Yet only a small percentage of those funds is expended on charitable donations for...

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Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free

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01/16/2015

... feds and big companies like Google and Facebook. Cities of all sizes around the world are increasingly reliant on ... is volunteering its cybersecurity expertise, free of charge, to select city governments...

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Staten Island after Sandy: A Funder Update

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04/10/2013

By Betsy Dubovsky, Executive Director, The Staten Island Foundation As a Philanthropy New York member, I’m ... and reflect on what’s been happening in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. For those of...

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Launches Innovation Prize, Seeks Applicants

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01/29/2015

... The J.M.K. Innovation Prize is an exciting new initiative of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation . In 2015 up to ten Prizes will be awarded to ... innovation. The Prize will provide up to...

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OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

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02/12/2015

... Accessibility Wor k Mayor Bill de Blasio spurred foundation leaders Wednesday to invest in projects and ... technology tools that protect and expand the accessibility of the Internet. "We know that you...

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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

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03/13/2015

The CDC Foundation has announced a two-year, $14 million grant from ... to conduct tobacco-usage surveys in eleven countries. Part of the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, the grant will support...

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Effective Journalism Is Now Part of Our College Completion Mission

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03/17/2015

by Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, President and CEO, Edwin Gould Foundation For many years, The Edwin Gould Foundation has ... organizations that in turn helped individuals and cohorts of students was...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco

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03/19/2015

... by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , will help low and middle-income countries facing ... international trade agreements to ensure distribution of their products......

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