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George Soros, Mastercard to Partner to Aid Migrants, Refugees

Release Date:

01/19/2017

... investor George Soros will partner with Mastercard Inc on a venture they said could help migrants, refugees and others ... social status. The partnership, Humanity Ventures, stems from a...

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Open Society Foundations

Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network

Release Date:

01/25/2017

Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities ... investors are needed to bridge the gap in capacity, a report from...

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Vivian Tseng Promoted to Senior Vice President, Program of The William T. Grant Foundation

Release Date:

03/29/2017

... President, Program, of the William T. Grant Foundation. In this role, she will work closely with the President and ... support for research-practice partnerships, including a collaborative learning community...

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Alliance for Charitable Reform Hosts Annual Summit for Leaders

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04/11/2017

... for Leaders Nonprofit leaders who attended got to hear from congressional staff, administration officials and other ... role of charitable giving. The ACR Roadmap for Action - a 12-month guide to keeping...

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NYSHealth Releases Survey Results on NYC Voters' Opinions on Universal Free School Lunch

Release Date:

04/19/2017

... on NYC Voters 039 ; Opinions on Universal Free School Lunch A new NYSHealth survey finds that 82% of New York City voters ... of socio-economic status, receives strong backing in all five...

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The Forum Welcomes Jay Hutchins as Associate Director of Policy and Communications

Release Date:

04/24/2017

... team as our Associate Director of Policy & Communications. In this new position, Jay will be responsible for ensuring ... Industries International in Rockville, MD, and was a Clinton...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data

Release Date:

04/26/2017

... Supports Cities 039 ; Ability to Tap Into Big Data In Mobile, Ala., building-code inspectors armed with ... the city 039 ;s 1,200 blighted properties in just eight days...

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Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity

Release Date:

04/26/2017

... advisor, speaker and author. This editorial extends a conversation on operationalizing DEI from the Philanthropy New York program “ Achieving ... Delusional altruism is when funders inadvertently get ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

As Schools Adopt Social-Emotional Programs, A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help

Release Date:

05/17/2017

As Schools Adopt Social-Emotional Programs, A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help ... and emotional learning and why should schools get involved in it? The term is bedeviled by abstractions, but...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Wallace Foundation

Peterson-Kaiser Dashboard Provides Key Data on U.S. Health System Quality, Spending, Access, Outcomes

Release Date:

05/25/2017

... on U.S. Health System Quality, Spending, Access, Outcomes A new feature launched this week on the redesigned ... key data measuring quality, spending, access and outcomes in the U.S. health system. Compiled by...

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Health

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

Ford Foundation Hires Detroit Native, Kevin Ryan, as Program Officer for its New Detroit Office

Release Date:

05/31/2017

... The Ford Foundation is establishing its first presence in Detroit since leaving the Motor City in 1953 as it ramps up a major initiative to invest in affordable housing...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Ford Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

Release Date:

06/27/2017

... To Elevate Civic Discourse Great Britain’s exit from the European Union followed by the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has sent shock waves ... polarized. Liberal...

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NY State Health Foundation: An Actual Pathway to Better Health in Albany

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... Health Foundation: An Actual Pathway to Better Health in Albany I’ve been traveling a lot for work this month to speak at meetings and ... in Boston, New Orleans, and Albany. When I’m away...

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New York Health Foundation

Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy

Release Date:

06/30/2017

... to describe those Americans who have found success through a combination of dogged work and stubborn will, rose from a mis-remembering of The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen:...

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Social Justice

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NoVo Foundation is Built on Partnership; Founders Champion Gender Equality

Release Date:

07/19/2017

... Built on Partnership; Founders Champion Gender Equality If a foundation’s mission is to build more healthy partnerships in the world, what better place to start than with their own ... which is to transform...

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NoVo Foundation

Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

Release Date:

07/26/2017

... & Early Childhood Published The Rauch Foundation has had a longstanding commitment to children and families as one of ... early education and related programs. – across the U.S., in New York, and other...

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Children, Youth and Families

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22 Aug 2017

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Public-Private Partnerships and MIP - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, August 22, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* For decades, there’s ... corporations and financial institutions push to profit from our most essential public...

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Civic Engagement

Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... particularly millennials, are looking for more than just a product from the brands they support. They also want social ... still take advantage of smaller sponsorship opportunities in your...

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Communications/Media

Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... have been happening for decades, but we’re seeing a lot of them crop up these days due in part to struggles for funding, with AI in particular ... MIT, which recently announced a...

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Member News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Education

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IBM Corporation

Opinion: Why Small, Local, Organic Farms Aren’t The Key To Fixing Our Food System

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... The Key To Fixing Our Food System The food movement has a problem: It’s right about what’s wrong with our system, ... the extent to which these things are true (and I have, in eye-glazing, patience-trying...

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Food Systems

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