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Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

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03/31/2016

... that the Filene Research Institute’s Incubator continues to develop solutions that serve financially fragile ... play a more active role in improving the financial lives of their members and the 50 million...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

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People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

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04/14/2016

... are highly familiar with the good works and deep pockets of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Today, the ... in assets and more than $100 million in grants distributed to nonprofits annually...

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Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

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04/25/2016

Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders Darren Walker’s moves to steer the country’s second-largest grant maker toward a focus on inequality and inclusion won ...

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Sloan Foundation Supports Science on Screen Film Series

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04/28/2016

... own world-renowned paleontologist, retiring curator of paleontology at Bozeman’s Museum of the Rockies and recipient of the prestigious MacArthur ... cinemas from across the country awarded...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt

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04/29/2016

... on Millenials and National Debt For the April 25 cover of TIME, James Grant offered his opinion on America’s national debt, which is at its highest level since 1950 and is on a path to grow...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Economic Security

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Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis

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05/11/2016

... 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis Ten grant makers announced today they plan to spend $125 million to help residents of Flint, Mich., recover from the harm...

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Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series

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05/19/2016

Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series Roundabout Theatre Company and Columbia University School of the Arts have announced the winners of ... Box...

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How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s

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06/03/2016

... Orgs" in the 1970s The Crips, Black P. Stone Rangers, Sons of Watts, Young Lords Party, Brown Berets and the Vice Lords, to name a few, formed to challenge severe macrostructural...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

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06/23/2016

... With Judith Rodin The Rockefeller Foundation may be one of the most venerable names in philanthropy, but during her 11 years as its president Judith Rodin worked to ensure the $4.2 billion grant...

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Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

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07/15/2016

Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments The Rockefeller Foundation is aiming to connect social entrepreneurs with capital to finance an ... according to...

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Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley

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08/03/2016

Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley The non-profit ... has been working to preserve land for decades, but a new grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is...

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UJA-Federation Names New Chief Program Officer

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08/16/2016

... Names New Chief Program Officer UJA-Federation of New York announced the appointment of Rabbi Deborah ... Joselow will assume this new role on Sept. 13, reporting to Eric S. Goldstein, the...

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New Developments in Kidney Stem Cell Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust

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08/26/2016

... Helmsley Charitable Trust, have discovered the holy grail of endless youthfulness–at least when it comes to one type of human kidney precursor cell. Previous attempts to...

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Doris Duke Supports NY Dance and Performance Bessie Award Nominees

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09/20/2016

... Howard Gilman Opera House. The Bessies are also thrilled to announce that all of the 2016 nominees will receive a cash award of $500, made ... gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (...

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Weinberg Foundation Employees Given $500,000 to be Grantmakers for a Day

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09/27/2016

Weinberg Foundation Employees Given $500,000 to be Grantmakers for a Day The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, ... consistent with the Foundation...

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NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep

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10/06/2016

... on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep In response to what it called a rising tide of bias incidents and Islamophobia, the New York Community ... Trust in June awarded more than $500,000 in grants ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Stonewall Community Foundation Accepting Proposals for LGBTQ Youth Services

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10/07/2016

... Stonewall Community Foundation is accepting proposals to fund organizations and projects that are addressing challenges to service provision for LGBTQ youth in New York City in unique and novel ways. One-year...

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Q&A: Judith Rodin Makes An Impact On Investing And Giving

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11/02/2016

... And Giving How important is Judith Rodin? Ask one of the 20,000 New York public school students who got to see the Broadway hit "Hamilton" because of her and they ... 1913 with the...

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Mellon Foundation and NEH Recognize College Professor for Book on Israel

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11/29/2016

... book, “Tradition and Politics: The Religious Parties of Israel,” has been selected under a $773,761 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the ... Foundation as a “great humanities book,”...

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