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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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Citi and Goldman Sachs Launching Projects with NYC to Boost Women Business Owners

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03/12/2015

The de Blasio administration and Citi are launching a new program to expand the number of women entrepreneurs with the goal of connecting 5,000 of them to free training ... directly to new...

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Develops Action Plan to Save Great Apes in Africa

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04/08/2015

... due to hunting, habitat loss, and disease, combined with a widespread lack of law enforcement and corruption in ... Wildlife Conservation Society, WWF, and partners in a new conservation plan. A new...

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Animal Welfare

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Arcus Foundation

Morgan Stanley Employees Have Contributed Over 56,000 Volunteer Hours in U.S. Strategy Challenge Since 2009

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06/05/2015

... for each nonprofit in a competition at Morgan Stanley’s New York headquarters on June 3. The winner of the seventh ... stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions. New York-based The Headstrong Project...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Citi Releases 2014 Global Citizenship Report

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06/11/2015

... and philanthropic efforts, as well as partnerships and new approaches to address pressing needs. “Given ... be underestimated. Access to financing, innovation and new partnerships are needed now more than ever...

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation

Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children

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07/07/2015

... Nears 20 Million Children “America After 3 PM,” a new survey commissioned by the Afterschool Alliance, finds ... an increase in participation over the last decade, the new survey of 30,000 American households...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Robert Bowne Foundation

The Wallace Foundation

Bank of America Funds of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Program

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07/29/2015

... Program The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is launching new partnerships in cities across the nation to boost opportunities for city residents to connect with nature and engage thousands of volunteers in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds

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07/30/2015

... $9.6 million plan to reduce recidivism among teenagers at New York 039 ;s Rikers Island jail. Last month, the program 039 ;s ... did not reach its goal, its architects including the...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

... by Design combines interdisciplinary design experts with community members and stakeholders when working to address the resilience challenges of cities. This new structure also combines two powerful...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs

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10/14/2015

... requirements of their health care are too much to handle, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research ... must be aware that when they ask older adults to take a new medication or suggest they...

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Aging

The John A. Hartford Foundation

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Nathan Cummings Foundation Attempts Murdoch Ouster at News Corp. Annual Meeting

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10/16/2015

... said. News Corp AGMs once had a circus atmosphere, with a raucous line of activist shareholders, including ... stepped up to the microphone inside Manhattan 039 ;s New York Institute of...

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Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast

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10/23/2015

Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast The Ford Foundation, along with artists, arts organizations and community leaders, will ... America (ArtChangeUS) launch event. ArtChangeUS is a...

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Arts

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Jerome Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Funds Tickets for Students to See 'Hamilton'

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10/28/2015

... musical “Hamilton” has excited critics and audiences with its hip-hop exploration of America’s revolutionary ... producers have agreed to finance a program to bring 20,000 New York City 11th graders, all from...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Arts

Education

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JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices

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11/04/2015

... restaurants might seem like a pipe dream. But according to new research published today in the November issue of Health ... to measure outcomes more than one and two years later. The new research shows that...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Tufts University

Tech Companies Lead the Way on Paid Family Leave, and the Rest of the Country Should Catch Up - Century Foundation Study

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11/13/2015

... on family leave policies: the technology sector. In a new report on paid family leave in the tech industry, TCF ... companies like Netflix, Google, and Facebook are setting new standards for family-forward...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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The Century Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, MetLife, Bank of America Partner to Provide $30M Social Impact Loan Fund

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11/17/2015

... Capital (V-Cap), a social impact lender, today announced a new $30 million fund to support better integrated care for at-risk people such as frail seniors, people with disabilities, at-risk youth, and...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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MetLife

Hospitals Foster Interprofessional Practice to Improve Outcomes - Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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11/20/2015

... crisis intervention. It has continued the training for new hires, with annual recertification for all staff. . . The ... and Practice to Support Interprofessional Collaboration, with funding...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Crotona Park East and Morrisania Have City's Highest Rate of Jailed Residents, Data2Go.NYC Shows (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/20/2016

... incarcerated residents, according to an analysis of jailed New Yorkers’ last known addresses by DATA2GO.NYC, a new free mapping and data site. On average, 371 of every ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation, Cannes Film Market Launch Documentary Film Push Against Inequality

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02/02/2016

... attention on the groundbreaking Ford Foundation-Cannes new push. Partnership establishes a large presence at ... education program that has backed visual story tellers, new media projects and organizations...

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Social Justice

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Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)

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02/26/2016

... are not yet fully understood by scientists. However, new research from The Rockefeller University reveals an important new component of the system responsible for regulating food ...

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