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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

RPA, Ford, MasterCard Foundation Among Funders Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development

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11/20/2014

... Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) come to a close ... Programme (UNDP), Foundation Center, and a committee of leading foundations guided by...

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Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities

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12/10/2014

... to historic buildings or passing bonds to pay for new fiber networks. Though the group is in its infancy, its early expansion is a signal of what seems to be a shift in the way Americans are thinking ... One...

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How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact

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12/2014

... How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact, a new learning brief co-authored by FSG and the Forum for Youth ... Impact Forum, provides examples and recommendations of public policies that use funding streams, regulations, ... pursuing a collective impact approach to challenges as diverse as economic development, education, and health. ...

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MasterCard Foundation Initiative to Bring Economic Opportunities to Rural East Africa

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03/17/2015

... people in rural East Africa. Building on the success of their Strengthening Rural Youth Development through ... formal jobs or explore opportunities in agriculture. The new program is noteworthy not only for...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Workforce Development

Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

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03/19/2015

... abandoning the oil business. But that is exactly what some of his heirs did last fall. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a ... foundation with $860 million in assets and a long history of supporting environmental...

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Jonas Center Releases Homelessness Report Targeting Female Veterans

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03/26/2015

... for every homeless veteran – “nearly every penny of it after the veteran has become homeless. Very little ... of challenges that put them at risk for homelessness as they transition out...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Gender Justice

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Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation'

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04/03/2015

Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation' If the old adage is true, bad news ... than not, it comes at a price. The constant avalanche of depressing news can make any reader...

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Bloomberg, Sierra Club Direct $60 Million To Closing Half Of U.S. Coal Plants By 2017

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04/10/2015

Bloomberg, Sierra Club Direct $60 Million To Closing Half Of U.S. Coal Plants By 2017 The Sierra Club and Michael ... successful, the Sierra Club wants to see 166,000 megawatts of coal-fired power shut down or...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs the National Dance Project

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04/13/2015

... National Dance Project in 1996 to encourage the creation of new dance work to share with audiences in communities ... more than $27 million in grants and remains one of the most significant...

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Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education

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06/01/2015

Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education Grants awarded through the foundation's new Liberal Arts in the Professions initiative include ... to integrate the liberal arts into engineering...

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John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes

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06/12/2015

... applies research that has been shown to reduce the number of new type 2 diabetes cases among Medicare-age individuals by ... to more older adults by advancing policy changes such as Medicare...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Health

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Sloan Foundation Back Data Science Collaboration

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07/08/2015

... that already influences the way work is done in a variety of industries such as genetics and finance. The software package, called ... and interactive. Think Google Drive with a brain. The new...

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$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies

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07/17/2015

... research and training model, awarded to the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) and co-directed by the Arts and ... research and to integrate digital work into a number of innovative undergraduate curricular...

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Citi Foundation and Technoserve Partner for Economic Opportunity in Africa

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07/20/2015

... Technoserve Partner for Economic Opportunity in Africa As entrepreneurship takes center stage in Africa this month ... enhance incomes and increase the economic participation of women and youth. Youth account...

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Children, Youth and Families

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To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

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08/10/2015

... rate in June, but it also holds the dubious distinction of having the most working-age adults who have lost six or ... need has spurred oral care professionals to respond with new ways to make dentures quickly...

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years Washington, D.C., became a ... took control over the schools and appointed Michelle Rhee as chancellor. In 2010, the District brought in more...

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A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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08/28/2015

... commemorate the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Although many people will tout the city’s ... But that is hardly the only poignant and painful reminder of the inequities facing blacks in...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research

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09/17/2015

... Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research A new analysis by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Wilson ... Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) fund much of the U.S. government’s research in...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region

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09/25/2015

... on track while you work step-by-step through a sequence of tasks, you aren’t far off. In new research, Brown University scientists report evidence that a particular part of the brain is...

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