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Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative, on Shifting Away from Media-Centric News Literacy

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06/22/2017

Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative, on ... of the News Integrity Intiative, Jeff Jarvis wants to shift the conversation away from identifying bad...

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PhilTalks

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‘Bro’ Adams Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow

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07/11/2017

... Senior Fellow William D. “Bro” Adams, former president of Colby College and past chairman of the National Endowment ... W. Mellon Foundation as a senior fellow. Adams, who lives in Falmouth,...

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The Dark Side of Philanthropy: A Look at Tax-Exempt Donations to White Supremacists

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08/30/2017

The Dark Side of Philanthropy: A Look at Tax-Exempt Donations to White Supremacists Two weeks before the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, about 300 white supremacists ...

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IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

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09/14/2017

... Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math Today, the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Foundation announced the availability of Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0, software that uses Watson...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... digital, more concepts are rolling out these days intended to upend and disrupt conventional retail with an ultimate ... convenient. Bodega has just wrapped up a 10-month pilot in several Bay Area locations...

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Food Systems

The Kids Are Alright: Millennial Generalizations Are Getting Old

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09/20/2017

... Are Alright: Millennial Generalizations Are Getting Old In the United States, we love to group people into generations. Today, most adult Americans fit into one of four generations. There is...

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Childcare Hasn’t Gained Much Traction with Funders. Who's Trying to Change That?

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09/29/2017

... Hasn’t Gained Much Traction with Funders. Who's Trying to Change That? Childcare is out of reach for working families, but few funders have stepped in to fill the gap...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Newman's Own Tax Break Matters Far Beyond Just One Foundation

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11/27/2017

... Foundation It sells pasta sauce, lemonade, and 31 kinds of salad dressing with Paul Newman’s face splashed prominently on the label. Its profits go entirely to charity. And, if the GOP tax bill passes, it will...

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JPMorgan Chase to Increase Its Philanthropic Investments to $1.75 Billion Over Five Years

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01/31/2018

JPMorgan Chase to Increase Its Philanthropic Investments to $1.75 Billion ... philanthropy evolves, JPMorgan Chase has emerged as one of its leading players. The bank’s philanthropy, which we...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

... Body New scientific research has revealed how a small part of the brain singlehandedly steadies the body if it is thrown off balance. The study in mice found that a brain region called the...

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Philip Li, President & CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Joins the Board of Directors at GEO

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02/21/2018

Philip Li, President & CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Joins the Board of Directors at GEO GEO is pleased to announce the addition of three new...

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

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Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers

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03/30/2018

Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating ... 651 ARTS and RestorationART’s have collaborated to present a history-making presentation of Gesel Mason ... Dance Theater’s...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough

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04/03/2018

... Makes Water Purification Breakthrough The ability to create clean, safe drinking water using only natural levels of sunlight and inexpensive gel technology could be at hand, thanks to an...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America

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04/17/2018

Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America Early on in Angels in America, Prior ...

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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Ford and Markle Foundations Support National Alliance To Increase College Graduation Rates

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04/19/2018

Ford and Markle Foundations Support National Alliance To Increase College Graduation Rates Eleven large research ... from college. The effort is receiving $5.7 million in funding support from six major funders. At...

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Open Society Foundations Announce Inaugural Soros Arts Fellows

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05/09/2018

... Arts Fellows The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the first recipients of the Soros Arts Fellowship, a new initiative to support ... the last refuge ...

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Darren Walker to Hamilton Graduates: Lead the Way Forward With Empathy, Courage, Compassion

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05/21/2018

Darren Walker to Hamilton Graduates: Lead the Way Forward With Empathy, Courage, Compassion In his address at Hamilton’s commencement, Ford ... awarded an honorary degree, along with Nan Aron, founder of...

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Salesforce.org Launches Philanthropy Cloud That Could Transform Corporate Giving

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05/31/2018

... the dog-eared volunteer sign-up sheets that are posted in the breakroom. Or the email that mentions the Google Doc that includes the link to the charity your manager said might interest you. Or that .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies is Helping Bring Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Narcissus Garden’ to the Rockaways

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06/18/2018

... is Helping Bring Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Narcissus Garden’ to the Rockaways Art lovers and Instagram fanatics will both ... be installed there starting July 1. The work is made up of 1,500 mirrored stainless steel...

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