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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building

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07/05/2016

... needs more love, and more grant money. Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, has gone so far as to issue this brave statement about Ford’s historical ...

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MAC AIDS Fund Supports Efforts to Spread the Word About HIV Prevention For African-American Women

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01/27/2017

... them sexual health options and also embarking on a path of research,” says Linda Blout, president of Black Women’s Health Imperative, a nonprofit ...

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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Health

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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

... democratic institutions are under attack. The legitimacy of the press is being questioned and critical public ... in anti-Semitic acts. They are organizing vast groups of people who are showing up at airports...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color By now it’s clear the Trump era will be cruel to women. The President and Congress have proposed draconian cuts to the ... women of...

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Gender Justice

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Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’

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08/29/2017

... Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’ A Northeastern University researcher who was ... project aims to explore how environmental factors such as climate change affect the ecology...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship

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08/29/2017

Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship Around the time of World War I, two organizations set out to mold young ... a century later. But in a blistering letter this week,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation's CEO Interviewed in Funder Spotlight

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09/07/2017

... CEO Interviewed in Funder Spotlight Since his appointment as president a year and a half ago, Phil Li of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation has taken dramatic ...

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Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War?

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09/08/2017

Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War? Pope Francis urged Colombians Wednesday to reject ... and promote forgiveness to overcome lingering resentments as the country seeks lasting peace...

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Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’s Salaries in Decline

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09/14/2017

... the latest data from the Census Bureau. The trend is part of the reason the gender pay gap is narrowing: Women are ... type of remunerative jobs that were once plentiful, such as in...

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Economic Security

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Federal Judge Urges Trump Administration to Push Back DACA Deadline

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09/15/2017

... shielded from deportation by the program, which is known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA, would ... was too soon and requested it be pushed back so that the president and Congress have...

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Immigration

The World's Soaring CO2 Levels Visualized as Skyscrapers

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09/22/2017

The World's Soaring CO2 Levels Visualized as Skyscrapers This unusual animation gives an architectural ... twist to the history and possible dark future of climate change. If you want an unusual but punchy...

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Environment and Climate Change

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High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

... At the United Nations, His Excellency Prof. Alpha Condé, President of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union, convened a high-level meeting to ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’

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09/25/2017

... California. Early in Mother Nature’s most recent season of discontent, donations from everyday folks and Fortune 500 ... much longer will contributions continue? Bob Ottenhoff is president and CEO of...

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Disaster Relief

Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

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09/27/2017

... The MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition began as an experiment in openness, in response to criticisms that ... focused on impact, and too risk averse. Instead of an introspective process, by...

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Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale

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09/29/2017

... Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale Owners of Starrett City are trying to offload the massive Brooklyn housing complex – which President Trump has a small stake in – for less than fair-market...

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Housing and Homelessness

Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows

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10/02/2017

... Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows The prospect of Social Security running out of money in their lifetimes haunts the vast majority of ... under the Trump administration. This is so...

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Economic Security

P2CP Program Is Expanding with Support from The David Rockefeller Fund, Ford Foundation, JM Kaplan Fund, Teagle Foundation and Pinkerton Foundation

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10/20/2017

... (P2CP) anxiously waited to greet a group of visitors who had traveled to the prison specifically to ... of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) as an opportunity for various...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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Justice Reform

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Ms. Foundation Responds to Alabama Special Election

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12/13/2017

... to Alabama Special Election Ms. Foundation for Women President and CEO Teresa C. Younger released the following ... response to the Alabama Special Election: “We are proud of the people of...

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