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More Technology Investment Needed To Boost Outcomes of Social Change Groups

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07/25/2014

More Technology Investment Needed To Boost Outcomes of Social Change Groups If foundations want social change groups to have more impact, they need to step up investments that will help them make...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Social Justice

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site

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09/01/2014

... News Site Education Post, a nonprofit group that plans to launch Tuesday, with the aims to encourage a more ... with initial grants totaling $12 million from the Broad Foundation , Bloomberg...

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Education

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Smaller High Schools and Outside Funding Increase Graduation Rates, Test Scores and College Enrollment

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10/17/2014

... relationships with teachers and real-world relevance to the classroom lessons. Another key: outside funding, including from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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Open Society Foundations

Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps

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11/03/2014

Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps The Arcus ... course for the movement and keep its momentum, the Arcus Foundation launched its My2024 campaign in early October. The ...

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LGBTQ

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What's Next for Community Philanthropy

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02/2015

To help funders adapt, the Monitor Institute’s free, ... exercises, conversation starters, and even games designed to help community philanthropy organizations challenge old ... new approaches and models for the future. According to Suzanne Allen of Philanthropy Ohio, "The What’s Next for .....

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Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta

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04/13/2015

... Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta The Ford Foundation has a keen interest in empowering women by ... reproductive rights. But it's particularly attuned to the sexual and reproductive challenges...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

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Eternal Recurrence: Philanthropy's Infrastructure Organizations

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07/16/2015

by Chris Cardona, Program Officer for Philanthropy, Ford Foundation This piece originally appeared in Chris' ... by membership is Exponent Philanthropy , what used to be called the Association of Small...

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Insights

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Meet The Woman Driving Sustainability And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co.

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01/26/2016

... knowledge of the entire organization. And then adding to the task is the additional job of running a major corporate foundation . For most companies, these demanding ... ended up with two jobs, and how the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification

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03/03/2016

... New York City, looking for deals that will allow them to “revitalize” neighborhoods, and make a few bucks in ... There Goes the Neighborhood has been provided by the Ford Foundation , Andrew W. Mellon ...

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Communications/Media

Community Development

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Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

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04/06/2016

Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier A major public-health organization and a ... (NACo) are working with Aetna’s independent charitable foundation on the Healthiest Cities and...

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Health

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

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06/03/2016

... Watts, Young Lords Party, Brown Berets and the Vice Lords, to name a few, formed to challenge severe macrostructural ... Vice Lords were actually given $275,000 by the Rockefeller Foundation...

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Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

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06/28/2016

... Engaged Non-citizen Latino immigrants may not be able to vote, but they could still help decide the outcome of the ... A. McCann, in a report published for the Russell Sage Foundation . Jones-Correa and McCann...

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With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

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06/29/2016

... Institute (ULI) are convening today in Portland, Oregon to launch the first-ever Equitable Economic Development Fellowship. Six cities were chosen to participate in the inaugural year of the ... the fellowship...

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Community Development

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing

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07/27/2016

... attend industry conferences, they can usually expect to be swimming in a sea of white males, given the ... including Judith Rodin, president of The Rockefeller Foundation , and Cheryl Eason, the deputy...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Applications Invited for Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media

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09/21/2016

... Fellowships support outstanding individuals working to implement innovative projects that advance reform and spur ... by the Open Society Foundations' Criminal Justice Fund to reduce the destructive...

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RFPs Etc

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Communications/Media

Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

Stonewall Elects Neill Coleman as President

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11/07/2016

... Mastri, who held the post for four years and guided the foundation through an important leadership transition. Neill is a Vice President at The Rockefeller Foundation , heading up global communications. He...

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Gender Justice

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The Latest Nutrition Grantmaking From Newman's Own

Release Date:

11/28/2016

... away its profits. It's since distributed over $475 million to nonprofits worldwide. Newman started Newman’s Own Foundation in 2005, three years before his death, to ensure ... legacy...

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