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The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot

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06/03/2016

... pretty significantly with its announcement of an award for $100 million for the best proposal to measurably solve a problem facing ... places or the planet. The competition is called 100& change...

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Capital One Foundation Sees Departure at the Top, Appoints New President

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06/09/2016

Capital One Foundation Sees Departure at the Top, Appoints New President The Capital One Foundation has undergone a change in leadership, with former long-serving ... down in late April. Catherine Foca, the vice...

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NYS Health Launches Challenge Calling for NY Residents to Submit Ideas to Create Healthier Communities

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06/10/2016

NYS Health Launches Challenge Calling for NY Residents to Submit Ideas to Create Healthier ... to open their minds and come up with ideas that will bring change right to their backyards. In partnership with the...

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

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09/29/2016

... director, Bryan Stevenson, said the aim is to help " change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly .....

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics

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10/21/2016

In a study of white Americans’ attitudes and candidate preferences, we found that Trump’s success reflects the rise of “white identity politics” – an attempt to protect the collective interests of white voters via the ballot box. Whereas racial...

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Civic Engagement

Six Recommendations for Shifting Philanthropy Forward

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11/28/2016

Six Recommendations for Shifting Philanthropy Forward by Sampriti Ganguli, CEO, ... may still be opportunities to make progress on some issues at the national level, but the best bets in other areas will .....

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Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust

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01/03/2017

Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust The Trust and the New York ... affecting vulnerable New Yorkers in this moment of change . The Liberty Fund will...

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

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01/06/2017

... in vulnerable developing countries. And although advocates for tobacco control measures had a major public health ... million through his foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, for a two-year commitment to...

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Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty

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01/12/2017

... to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty Fix one city and you may change the world. After all, more people than ever are ...

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Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green and Family Van Shares Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

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01/18/2017

Founder-led organizations go through many stages – from idea to execution to scaling impact. And it’s not always seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and counterproductive...

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Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants

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03/30/2017

Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants On Friday, the administration finally unveiled ... of New York immigrants. In fact, the program is...

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NYSHealth Foundation Releases New Survey Results for How People Find and Use Health Care Price Information

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04/07/2017

NYSHealth Foundation Releases New Survey Results for How People Find and Use Health Care Price Information ... NYSHealth Foundation Releases New Survey Results for How People Find and Use Health Care Price...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries

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05/12/2017

... of possible changes to Medicare, this issue brief looks at beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs by income and health ... below 200 percent of the poverty level (just under $24,000 for a single person) and those...

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Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel

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06/12/2017

Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel Questions about how to handle ... solutions to their nuclear waste? Is it possible to change the narrative about nuclear waste from a burden to a ... to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

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08/01/2017

... adopters are, in fact, working on a meta level, trying to change how the philanthropic or NGO sectors themselves ...

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

... As more investors seek to use their capital as a tool for social change , a group of asset managers and nonprofit leaders is ...

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Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control

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08/28/2017

... and international affairs, and New York City-based Games for Change were awarded a $414,000 grant last month from the ... one of 11 selected, seeks to “employ virtual reality for innovation,...

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Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

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08/24/2017

... purpose-driven social enterprises are trying their hand at distributing life-changing products by having the poor pay for them. To attract customers, they usually start with mild ... and aggressive tactics...

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Audacious Philanthropy

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08/29/2017

... polio globally. Providing free and reduced-price lunches for all needy schoolchildren in the United States. ... Establishing a universal 911 service. Securing the right for same-sex couples to marry in the U.S...

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