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Proteus Fund Serves as Fiscal Sponsor for LGBT Nonprofits and Initiatives

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01/26/2017

... progressive groups could dry up under the administration of President Donald Trump, a new fund backed by two national donor networks has launched to fill the gap. Called the Emergent Fund, the pot of...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Gender Justice

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Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners

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03/17/2017

... The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation , USAID , and the Swedish ... Water Window Challenge , an international competition to address recurring flood problems in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art

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04/20/2017

... Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts ... 2018. The primary focus of The Andy Warhol Foundation’s...

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Arts

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Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

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05/18/2017

... Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $5 million grant to launch the Partnership for Healthy Cities (PHC), an ... and injuries globally. With the active participation of forty cities...

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Health

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NY State Health Releases Policy Recommendations to Address Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems in NY State

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06/12/2017

NY State Health Releases Policy Recommendations to Address Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems in NY State ... outlines policy recommendations to address the use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

... Rita Allen Foundation Does It Few foundations provide most of their annual giving to individuals. The bias of most funders in favor of ... involve more people, and from a...

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Science

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Audacious Philanthropy

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08/29/2017

... Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the ... 911 service. Securing the right for same-sex couples to marry in the U.S. These...

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Creating A Positive Workplace Culture - A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

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08/28/2017

... we do anything else. It is becoming more important now to pay attention to how we treat each other whether at work, ... your fellow employees with respect? Wharton professor Adam Grant ,...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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New York Business Coalition Denounces Trump Move On DACA

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09/06/2017

... Coalition Denounces Trump Move On DACA The organization of the city's largest businesses, Mayor Bill de Blasio and ... President Donald Trump on Tuesday for his decision to phase out an Obama program...

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Immigration

For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year

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09/07/2017

For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year Jaime Ballesteros tried to contain his tears on Tuesday while teaching Brooklyn sixth ... three years that I have been teaching was like a...

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Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice

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09/08/2017

Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice To support nonprofits that reflect the communities they ... Our Power Fund and will be announcing their first round of grantees this fall. This fund will make...

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Gender Justice

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High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant applications. Instead, it used a hot new format for ... Award, first given in 2012, announced its second round of prizes last year. The top winner,...

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Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books For all of Sunset Park’s celebrated taquerias, dim sum parlors and ... in that neighborhood might just be the local branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Despite its...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

... Pam Omidyar also have LLCs —and there are good reasons to look beyond the traditional foundation structure. The LLC is a much better vehicle for the kind of multi-faceted approach to big...

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Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill

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09/21/2017

... forcefully on Wednesday against the Senate’s latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, suggesting that its ... and a Balkanized, uncertain insurance market. In the face of the industry opposition, Senate...

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Health

Gates Foundation Pledges $220 Million for Women, Children, Adolescents

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09/22/2017

... has announced commitments totaling $220 million in support of efforts to empower women and save the lives of thirty-eight million ... meeting, the commitments include a $200 million pledge...

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Commentary from The Century Foundation: Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics: No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap

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09/25/2017

... in government. In it, they lamented declining numbers of women council members in the New York City Council and the ... a century after granting its women citizens the right to vote, it clocks in behind ninety...

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

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09/27/2017

... on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle It can be hard to notice when something is missing, particularly in an age of such abundance. But amid the internet's vast and churning ... increasingly...

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Digital Archive Hosts 3,000 Years of Roman History, At The Click Of A Mouse

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10/18/2017

... Kress Foundation Funded Digital Archive Hosts 3,000 Years of Roman History, At The Click Of A Mouse In the late 19th ... also Mussolini’s headquarters), which is accessible only to a handful...

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