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

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08/10/2017

Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use The world ... Plenty of well-heeled funders are inclined to agree. In fact, some of...

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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 ... a younger and more diverse audience to explore roles in conservation. The company is a...

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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 ... with the family’s philanthropic legacy lately, albeit in a different direction. We’...

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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 ... attention to Rockefeller’s long and varied involvements in philanthropy. It was an odd...

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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 Flood-Ravaged Texas Nonprofits in flood-ravaged South Texas are attracting millions of ... Maislin, chief executive of...

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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 ... today, we think of the MacDowell Colony, in the woods of New Hampshire, and...

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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...

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

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09/20/2017

... Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’s permanent until homelessness ... As we’ve seen, permanence and solvability are front- of -mind for some of...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

... skills by building something to address a problem in their community. In many traditional classroom settings, students do not spend a lot of time honing their problem-solving skills or...

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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 ... most of the construction and operational costs; he brought in...

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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 ... or seeking to ban transgender people from enlisting in the military, this...

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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 where infrastructure may be devastated—such as in ... improve cost-...

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

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10/02/2017

... Through Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy Investing in the health of a nation requires thoughtful deliberation and vision. ... those with a focus on health, play a unique role in helping...

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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 ... million legacy gift from the Jack S. & Shirley M. Silver Foundation in support of...

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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 ... Megan Tompkins’s research, using the National Science Foundation ’s ADVANCE program at the University of...

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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

... Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia As Malcolm Burnley highlights in ... is based on a report commissioned by the Philadelphia Foundation and coauthored by...

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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

... enemy to distract citizens." The Open Society Foundations, in a note posted on Soros's personal website, responded to a "national consultation" survey mailed by the government of Prime...

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‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism

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12/08/2017

... create barriers to black achievement are often the result of 'white rage,' award-winning author and scholar Carol Anderson said as she kicked off the first talk in Georgetown's Mellon Lecture...

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