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Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of Action" Campaign

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07/11/2017

... SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of Action" Campaign In honor of all that fathers do to help raise and nurture their children with autism - SPARK launched its...

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Science

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Reaching the Unbanked: Citi Inclusive Finance Wins Euromoney Award

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07/20/2017

... is unbanked, leaving them completely outside the system of formal financial services which can serve as bridge out of ... specialist team that works across Citi businesses globally to develop...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Economic Security

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Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & Cultures

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07/27/2017

... $1.5 million grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a collaborative research project, Before Farm to Table: Early Modern Foodways and Cultures. The new Mellon ... “Before Farm to...

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Food Systems

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Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress

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07/31/2017

Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress Recently in Rio de Janeiro I had the chance to visit a membership-only club, located on the shores of the ... lagoon, took...

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Social Justice

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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations

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08/17/2017

... Duke and Gilman Foundations City Parks Foundation is proud to announce the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. The festival is New York City's annual salute to...

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Arts

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The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy

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08/25/2017

The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy ... (WPI) suggesting that the influence of women is likely to grow greater in coming years as a younger...

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Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids

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08/29/2017

... from specific problems such as intractable lower-back pain to systemic issues such as fibromyalgia. By the time patients enroll, many have tried just about everything to get their chronic pain under control...

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Health

James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation Donates Art Holdings, Archives to Parrish Art Museum

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08/30/2017

... Charlotte Brooks Foundation Donates Art Holdings, Archives to Parrish Art Museum In 1947, the Abstract Expressionists ... “Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner were urging them to come,” Terrie Sultan, the director...

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Arts

High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... Award, first given in 2012, announced its second round of prizes last year. The top winner, a group from India that ... in infants, beat out roughly 800 other applicants to win about $53,000. "Somehow you...

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New Release From NY Foundation's 'Engage to Change' Series on Neighbors Together

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09/19/2017

New From NY Foundation's 'Engage to Change' Series on Neighbors Together Engage to Change comes out of discussions with organizations and a mapping process to .....

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Community Development

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

... The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative problem-solving skills by building something to address a problem in their community. In many traditional ... classroom settings,...

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Education

Westchester Community Foundation Announces Institute for Strong Nonprofits

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09/26/2017

... Nonprofits The Westchester Community Foundation, one of the largest funders of nonprofits in Westchester, New ... the formation of the Institute for Strong Nonprofits, to...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm.

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09/26/2017

... block party or a family reunion. It was the recent opening of an exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the city’s ... infectious, informal atmosphere is what Ms. Golden hopes to capture in the museum’s...

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Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/02/2017

... Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White...

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Total Health Costs of Industrial Food Systems Are “Staggering,” Says New Report

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10/10/2017

Total Health Costs of Industrial Food Systems Are “Staggering,” Says New ... populations around the world,” from respiratory diseases to a range of cancers and systematic livelihood stresses. The...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Food Systems

The Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Reaches 95 Participants With New Additions

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11/01/2017

... What Works Cities (WWC), a $42 million program to foster data analytics in cities, has added Athens, ... Colorado; Gainesville, Florida; and Palmdale, California to its growing list of...

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Community Development

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Arcus Foundation, Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count

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04/27/2018

... Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count New Chapin Hall brief shows LGBTQ youth who ... research by Chapin Hall, which provides new insights to the challenges faced by America’s...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

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Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences

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05/14/2018

Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy ... and Physical Sciences division, has been elected to the Leopoldina , the German National Academy of...

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Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook Launch Coding for Employment Program

Release Date:

06/07/2018

... the African Innovation Summit in Kigali, Rwanda which aims to put Africa’s youth on a path to prosperity. By 2025, the Jobs for Youth in Africa ... for tomorrow’s jobs and unleashes the next generation...

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