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Sandy support from institutions underwhelms

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10/25/2013

... of Super storm Sandy as of earlier this month, according to report by Philanthropy New York, a nonprofit comprised of leading grant makers. The amount pales in comparison to funds given for other disasters,...

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Bloomberg Lured Donors for New York Programs

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11/29/2013

According to a report commissioned by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the ... financing for NYC programs over the past 12 years. (Ford Foundation President Darren Walker is also quoted in this New ... R. Bloomberg is...

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Community Development

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Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

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01/03/2014

In an op-ed for Crain's New York Business, Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin says that the de Blasio ... New Yorkers expect two things above all from our mayor: to keep us safe and to...

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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

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03/15/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies and Simons Foundation profiled in New York Times article on billionaires ... in chief,” he spoke of using technological innovation “ to grow our economy” and unveiled “the next great...

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Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making

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05/22/2014

[Rockefeller Foundation ] Study Predicts Building in East River Could Pay ... Some A team of architects and consultants is proposing to build a new neighborhood of residential towers and office ... in the East...

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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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Economic Security

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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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Arts

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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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International/Foreign Affairs

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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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Justice Reform

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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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