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Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth

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01/22/2016

... Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth As I discussed in my post last week on funders helping foster youth age out ... a close eye on if you are wondering about their future funding for...

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NYTimes Examines Hartford Foundation Work on Geriatrics

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01/29/2016

... Foundation Work on Geriatrics Ruth Miles, 83, sat in a wheelchair in a small exam room, clutching a water bottle, looking ... “Now we need to make sure we have all the supports in place to...

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Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings

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02/11/2016

Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings A new report details how ... incubator created by the Filene Research Institute, with funding from Ford Foundation...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation Taken Off Watch List by Indian Government

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03/21/2016

... funded the “anti-India” activities of Citizens for Justice and Peace and Sabrang Trust run by Teesta ...

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Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work

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03/30/2016

Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work The two foundations have ... on Thursday for high-level nuclear-security talks. The funding echoes a tradition at the biannual...

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People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

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04/14/2016

... Foundation. Today, the foundation is among the biggest in the United States, with more than $2 billion in assets and ... distributed to nonprofits annually. Millions of that funding have gone...

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JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S.

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04/26/2016

JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S. When it comes to bike equity in the U.S., the focus on measuring participation rates for bike-share against population demographics misses...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Community Development

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Sloan Foundation Supports Science on Screen Film Series

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04/28/2016

Funded by the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, BFS is one of only 23 independent non-profit cinemas from across the country awarded SoS grants to expand film and scientific literacy by creatively pairing...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

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05/03/2016

Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective The U.S. government has invested $1.4 billion in HIV prevention programs that promote sexual abstinence and ... Since 2004,...

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Simons Foundation Expanding Its Space

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05/09/2016

... James Simons and his wife, Marilyn, is expanding in the Flatiron District. The philanthropic organization has signed a long-term lease for all of the office space at 162 Fifth Ave., according to ... and West...

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Commonwealth Study Inspires App to Connect People to Doctors Faster

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06/01/2016

... the co-founder of Akira, felt there needed to be a change in the healthcare system. "It came out of our own ... a lot of good research on why this is so important to do in Canada. [ In a...

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With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

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06/29/2016

... and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) are convening today in Portland, Oregon to launch the first-ever Equitable ... Fellowship. Six cities were chosen to participate in the inaugural year of the ... Foundations...

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Carnegie's Kim Lew Voices Concerns on Low-Return Environments for Foundation Endowments

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08/24/2016

... Kim Lew Voices Concerns on Low-Return Environments for Foundation Endowments U.S. charitable foundations are ... data show that while foundations increased their spending in 2015, their financial position was...

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Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity

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09/02/2016

... the United States. “There has been a real struggle in why there are so many kids with autism,” said lead author Sara Webb, UW Medicine researcher in psychiatry and behavioral sciences. “Where does this .....

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JPB, Rockefeller Support New Initiative, 'Reimagining the Civic Commons'

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09/08/2016

... Four foundations will join forces to fund civic projects in four cities for a full $40 million. But instead of big anchor projects, ... little guys—on a bet that the investment will pay off in...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Applications Invited for Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media

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09/21/2016

Applications Invited for Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media A program of the Open Society ... and Youth Activist Fellowships... Applications Invited for Soros Justice Fellowships...

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RFPs Etc

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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

... Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers As a first-of-its-kind human-digital platform, eKutir Global, a finalist in the MIT Inclusive Innovation Competition (IIC) under...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Stonewall Community Foundation Accepting Proposals for LGBTQ Youth Services

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10/07/2016

Stonewall Community Foundation Accepting Proposals for LGBTQ Youth Services Stonewall Community Foundation is ... that are addressing challenges to service provision for LGBTQ youth in New York...

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Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing

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10/11/2016

... Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing When my wife, Betsy, and I formed the ... would feel able to adopt them, too. We focused most of our funding on seeding new...

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