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A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative

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06/23/2017

... factors contributing to noncommunicable diseases. A total of 46 out of a goal of 50 cities have signed up to date to be part of “Partnership for Healthy Cities,” the...

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

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07/17/2017

... is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It? How can philanthropy support immigrants in a country ... anti-immigrant president? That’s a question lots of funders have been asking themselves since...

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Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution

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07/20/2017

... Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy. These forward-thinking ... goal: to halve death and disability from all types of pollution by 2030. Together, the...

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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

... Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years Dozens of ex-offenders have passed through Gregory Carpenter’s ... and flaky pie crusts. He hopes these small tasks will be a foundation for a future career...

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American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking

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08/11/2017

... Grant Supports Student Filmmaking American Express grant of $100,000 to Reel Works supports filmmaking aimed to ... roles in conservation. The company is a premier partner of Find Your Park/Encuentra Tu Parque...

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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change The patriarch of the Simons clan is best known for his math chops and ... Simons' quiet climate change giving via his Sea Change Foundation , which is one...

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He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy

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08/22/2017

... After David Rockefeller’s death on March 20, at the age of 101, the New York Times ran a full-page obituary about his life and career. The article made much of his time at Chase Bank, but gave only passing...

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At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.

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08/28/2017

... Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More. As president of Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller runs one of the nation’s biggest and most unusual ... a Latino nonprofit accelerator with the Latino Community...

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

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08/29/2017

Millions of Dollars From Corporations and Individuals Flow to ... in flood-ravaged South Texas are attracting millions of dollars in donations for relief efforts, much of it from ... Maislin,...

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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

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09/13/2017

Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation? When we think of artist residencies today, we think of the MacDowell ... the city’s American Academy, and Donald Judd’s Chinati ...

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Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts

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09/13/2017

... for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation issued a report card today meant to underscore deep worries that the world is in danger of backsliding on a broad range of...

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... As we’ve seen, permanence and solvability are front- of -mind for some of today’s leading anti-homelessness funders. As big cities ... than that, in fact. With funders like the Conrad N. Hilton ...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

... classroom settings, students do not spend a lot of time honing their problem-solving skills or considering ... But a new program is encouraging them to do so outside of school. This spring, more than 10,000...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... reached by two narrow bridges, replacing the remains of Pier 54 near West 14th Street, where the Lusitania used to ... whose corporate headquarters are nearby, to cover most of the construction and operational...

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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

Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender Attacks on women and gender ... identity have been central to the policies coming out of the Trump White House. Whether it...

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

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09/29/2017

... that involve moving, tracking and delivering huge amounts of material. And all this needs to happen quickly in places ... moving parts and can easily break down. To keep the stream of critical supplies moving...

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

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10/02/2017

... Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy Investing in the health of a nation requires thoughtful deliberation and vision. ... rather than advance the movement. Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and...

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UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift

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10/02/2017

UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift The UJA-Federation of New York has announced a $20 million legacy gift from the Jack S. & Shirley M. Silver Foundation in support ...

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

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10/13/2017

Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in ... male allies tend to have three things in common as agents of organizational change. Debra Meyerson and Megan Tompkins’s research, using the...

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