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Unbound Philanthropy is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?

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07/17/2017

... is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It? How can philanthropy support immigrants in a country ... that elected a blatantly anti-immigrant president? That’ s a question lots of...

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Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution

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07/20/2017

Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution This past May, ... Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy. These forward-thinking ... goal:...

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Environment and Climate Change

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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

... of ex-offenders have passed through Gregory Carpenter’ s small bakery, where he teaches them how to make buttery pastry dough and flaky pie crusts. He hopes these small tasks will be a...

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American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking

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08/11/2017

... Student Filmmaking American Express grant of $100,000 to Reel Works supports filmmaking aimed to inspire a younger ... Parque, a bilingual movement created by the National Park ...

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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

... But heirs Nat and Liz Simons are taking the family’ s hedge fund fortune a different direction with some serious ... billion, is a staff-favorite science philanthropist due to his quirky personality, crazy...

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He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy

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08/22/2017

He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller 039 ; s Philanthropy and Legacy After David Rockefeller’ s death ... of his time at Chase Bank, but gave only passing attention...

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At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.

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08/28/2017

... of Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller runs one of the nation’ s biggest and most unusual corporate-philanthropy operations. ... the internet search-engine giant gives about $100 million ...

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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 ... tens of thousands of individual donors. Hurricane Harvey...

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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 ... objectives. The report by...

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Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Michael Bloomberg ... pledged more than $36 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates ...

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

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09/20/2017

Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’ s permanent until homelessness is solved.” So remarked John ... than that, in fact. With funders like the Conrad N. Hilton...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a two-and-a-half-acre wavy rectangle 200 feet off ... reached by two narrow bridges, replacing the remains of Pier 54 near West 14th Street, where...

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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 identity have ... participating in Day Without a Woman and the Women 039 ;...

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What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

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09/29/2017

What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology ... improve cost-effective and adaptable aid delivery. The UPS Foundation is one major funder we 039 ;ve...

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

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10/02/2017

... Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy Investing in the health of a nation requires thoughtful deliberation and vision. ... However, without a clear focus on what they are trying to effect, the direction they want...

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UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift

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10/02/2017

... announced a $20 million legacy gift from the Jack S . & Shirley M. Silver Foundation in support of the organization 039 ; s Jewish Day Camp .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

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10/13/2017

... in Private. Why Not in Public? Real male allies tend to have three things in common as agents of organizational ... change. Debra Meyerson and Megan Tompkins’ s research, using the National...

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

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11/27/2017

OSF Denounces Hungarian Government 039 ; s Attacks Against Soros Hungarian-American financier and ... campaign against him as "distortions and lies" designed " to create an...

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

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12/08/2017

... Understanding Racism Policies that create barriers to black achievement are often the result of 039 ;white rage, 039 ; ... said as she kicked off the first talk in...

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