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Why Do Banks Care About Youth Career Readiness in New York?

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06/03/2014

... philanthropic undertaking ever: a $250 million initiative to bolster the skills of workers, with a big focus on young people. Then, just three months later, the Citi Foundation announced its biggest initiative...

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New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens

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06/19/2014

New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens The newly formed New ... possible by a $635,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , holds its first public event on Friday...

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

... with mission, cross-pollination between programs and the foundation 's recent launch into the impact investing world. .....

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Nick Hodges Named COO and Senior Vice President For Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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07/09/2014

... Advisors. Hodges, who had been COO of the Tides Foundation , will be responsible for oversight of the ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues

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08/20/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new $45 million investment to boost the capacity of city halls to use...

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Financing the Social Sector

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09/15/2014

... media sites, what the nonprofit sector really needs is to grow the overall funding pie from its current 2 percent of GDP to 3 percent of GDP. In order to do that, nonprofits will need...

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Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators

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12/04/2014

... The Fund for the City of New York and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation gave the winners an individual prize of $5,000 and ...

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All Investing is Impact Investing

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01/12/2015

... In the United States, nearly $1 trillion is committed to philanthropy — sitting in foundations, donor-advised ... Donors have transferred ownership of these funds to separate entities and received their tax...

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Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free

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01/16/2015

Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free Cybersecurity ... reliant on information systems that could be vulnerable to attack. That’s why Microsoft is volunteering its ... a non-...

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Launches Innovation Prize, Seeks Applicants

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01/29/2015

... of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation . In 2015 up to ten Prizes will be awarded to U.S.-based individuals or teams addressing our country’s ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco

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03/19/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have set up a $4 million fund to help poor countries resist pressure from big tobacco ... by Bloomberg...

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North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform

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03/24/2015

... on the left. The North Star Fund, a liberal activist foundation with ties to de Blasio, has launched a campaign to push for changes in the NYPD — and will hit up many of ...

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OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug

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03/25/2015

... known under the brand name Narcan, it is an antidote to heroin overdoses. It reverses the effects of heroin and ... countries, naloxone costs less than $1 per dose, according to Daniel Wolfe, director of the...

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Winners of the 2015 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Announced

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05/11/2015

... and Sohn Conference foundations, the annual prize aims to catalyze collaboration among young investigators, ... prize-winners will each receive $200,000 per year for up to three years to...

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How The Atlantic Philanthropies Changed Lives Through Building

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05/18/2015

... Lives Through Building Imagine having the resources to build something that can dramatically alter the lives of ... even nations. Conversely, imagine an unassuming man coming to you and asking what you could...

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Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South

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05/29/2015

Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South With backing from the Ford Foundation , AIDS United awarded $1 million in grants to community-based organization in the Southern United ...

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Rockefeller Announces Joint Initiative with Obama Administration to Create New Resilience AmeriCorps Program

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07/13/2015

... Announces Joint Initiative with Obama Administration to Create New Resilience AmeriCorps Program The Rockefeller Foundation announced their latest commitment to building resilience in...

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Fourth Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge Seeks Problem Solving Ideas From Students Nationwide

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08/17/2015

... that gives middle and high school students a chance to bring their problem-solving app ideas to life – is back! In its fourth year, the App Challenge ... their schools and communities. Created by the Verizon...

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