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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Simons Foundation Helps Scientists Share and Review Findings

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01/06/2015

... and computer scientists routinely upload manuscripts to publicly share their findings before peer review, now holds more than 1 million research articles. The repository, launched as an ‘electronic bulletin...

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How Bloomberg is Still Changing the Way Cities Operate

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03/30/2015

... Bloomberg began his national innovation campaign in 2010, while he was still serving as mayor of New York City. His foundation sought to spread an entrepreneurial spirit to local governments...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Increases Commitment to Environment of Madagascar

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06/18/2015

Helmsley Charitable Trust Increases Commitment to Environment of Madagascar The grant brings the amount ... the Trust has committed to Madagascar to more than $7 million for the...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks

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12/07/2015

... seven Americans relies regularly on food banks, equivalent to about 46.5 million people. In New Jersey, the ratio is smaller but still significant — ...

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When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? (Century Foundation)

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02/29/2016

... the latest social-media fitness app. It's a grant proposed in President Obama's new budget, reviving an idea that hasn't ... in public schools. If the request is approved, $120 million...

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Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

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03/17/2016

... Universal Child Allowance The child poverty rate in the United States is stubbornly high, with more than 12 million American children—16.5 percent of all children—currently living in poverty...

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Sage Foundation Research Indicates Americans May Not Be Ready for Tax Increase on Wealthy

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05/11/2016

... individuals with adjusted gross incomes of over US$1 million to pay an effective rate of at least 30 percent, and she’d add a new 4 percent surcharge on anyone who pulls in...

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Economic Security

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

... Wikimedia Foundation has announced a $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across ... than thirty-five million freely...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress Expands Globally With $100M Commitment to 500,000 Young People

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02/23/2017

Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress Expands Globally With $100M Commitment to 500,000 ... initiative led by a Citi Foundation investment of $100 million to connect 500,000...

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Workforce Development

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Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

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05/18/2017

... Initiative Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $5 million grant to launch the Partnership for Healthy Cities (PHC), an ... — which are responsible for 67 percent of the deaths in low-...

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Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion

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08/21/2017

Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion In this interview with the Business of Giving, Shamina Singh, ... resources and expertise from across its operations to address income inequality "through...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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Democratic Group Plans Attacks on G.O.P. Efforts to Undermine Obama Health Care Law

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09/05/2017

Democratic Group Plans Attacks on G.O.P. Efforts to Undermine Obama Health Care Law For years, Republicans ... Protect Our Care said it intends to spend more than $1 million on digital ads...

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Giving Up 4.3% Compared To 2016

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09/05/2017

Giving Up 4 .3% Compared To 2016 Santa packed more into his sleigh for Christmas in July this year as compared to last year, according to the ... in...

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Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

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09/06/2017

... that the arts can transform a depressed small rural town in that state called Monson. I've also noted that ArtPlace America has been ramping up its commitment to rural communities to...

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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

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09/08/2017

Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence Ciberseguras ... began hosting women-only online security workshops in 2016 to have a safe space to discuss...

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Gender Justice

Data-Driven Gender Equality

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09/15/2017

Data-Driven Gender Equality Closing the gender gap in agriculture, meanwhile, could have an even more profound ... productive plots of land than men, and often lack access to the best seeds, fertilizer, credit,...

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How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India

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09/18/2017

How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India As of 2017, 1.3 billion ... the world do not have access to electricity. Of those, 290 million men,...

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Pound Foolish

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... by pounds of food distributed and instead promote access to nutritious food. For nearly four decades, the food bank have provided a vital link between food and families in need. Today, more than 200 food banks...

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Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations

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09/28/2017

Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations Latinos, who make up ... opportunities than other of the city’s roughly 8.5 million residents, Latinos overall have a lower premature ... This is the first look at...

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