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Rockefeller Foundation Initiative to Help Halve Food Loss by 2030

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02/07/2017

Rockefeller Foundation Initiative to Help Halve Food Loss by 2030 Local and global stakeholders ... value chain met late last year for the first YieldWise partner planning session. They were part of a crucial...

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New Momentum in Youth Justice Reform

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02/08/2017

... of Youth First Initiative As foundations continue to assess the changing political landscape for justice system ... at a state and local level can be deepened and extended to additional states and localities...

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

... SPARK Initiative Autism has a strong genetic component. To date, approximately 50 genes have been identified that ... estimate that a least an additional 300 are involved. But to identify all the genes at play...

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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’ These are extraordinary times. ... Foundation’s mission has explicitly named a commitment to democratic values and...

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The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare The Peterson Center on ... plans for transforming healthcare in America. It's looking to improve quality while lowering costs by bringing...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing

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06/07/2017

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing When it comes to bank philanthropy, the biggest story over the past several ... giants are also steady funders in an area even...

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A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative

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06/23/2017

... Strategies, will be working with cities across the globe to tackle the different factors contributing to noncommunicable diseases. A total of 46 out of a goal of ... see Bloomberg Philanthropies investing up...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Morgan Stanley Lights Up Times Square for the New York Women’s Foundation

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07/20/2017

... Foundation is giving New Yorkers and tourists something to look up to in Times Square. Thanks to Morgan Stanley’s Lights on ... month. “Morgan Stanley has been a vital philanthropic ...

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

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07/25/2017

... Family Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second ... affects male and female children differently, according to new analysis of a decades-old...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations

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08/17/2017

... Duke and Gilman Foundations City Parks Foundation is proud to announce the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Charlie ... Festival. The festival is New York City's annual salute to the legendary late...

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Arts

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Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement

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08/31/2017

Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement It’s to be expected that some residents would object to allocating city funds to creating murals on the external...

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Bedford-Union Armory Redevelopment Should Not Have Condos, Says Borough President

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09/05/2017

... community concerns about the development, which is due to have two residential buildings—one mixed-income rentals, ... a pool, and multi-purposes courts for sports. BFC agreed to offer half of the rentals and...

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BBH NY Launches EmojiMeals For No Kid Hungry

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09/06/2017

... Hungry No Kid Hungry, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger, and BBH NY have launched a social media campaign that uses emojis to combat the issue of hunger nationally. The initiative...

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A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue

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09/07/2017

A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue By ... be difficult—especially when the issues we are trying to solve are multifaceted. Thinking outside of the typical grantmaking rule-...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation's CEO Interviewed in Funder Spotlight

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09/07/2017

... embodying trust-based philanthropy, we sat down with him to get the scoop: TWI: What was the driving force behind ... or redundant questions… As a grantmaker, I knew I wanted to break down some of those...

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New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers?

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09/12/2017

New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers? In New York City’s breakneck effort to offer free preschool to all 4-year olds, officials have banked on teacher...

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NoVo Foundation Featured in Funder Spotlight

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09/20/2017

... announced its Radical Hope Fund, a multi-year commitment to bold and transformative social justice work across the globe. With a motivation to give social justice leaders ‘room to dream,’ and...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board Andrus Family Fund appoints Edgar Villanueva, ... Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to its board. For the first time in the history...

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Citi Foundation and Citi Canada Announce a $700,000 Commitment to Youth

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09/22/2017

... Foundation and Citi Canada Announce a $700,000 Commitment to Youth In an effort to reduce youth unemployment in cities through first jobs, ... development, Citi announced an expansion of the Pathways ...

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