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Ford Foundation Bets on Slow Food Movement to Help Global Poor

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01/23/2015

... crowd of foodies and hipsters who have the luxury to think in highly intentional ways about how and what they eat. In fact, though, that's an unfair stereotype and this is a ... has long been working to...

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Food Systems

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New JPB-Backed Collaborative Aims to Make Affordable Housing Healthier

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05/21/2015

... focused on reducing the amount of toxic substances found in building materials, while also encouraging the adoption of ... Design Lab, and will actively influence how building practice is taught to designers...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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MetLife Foundation to Support Financial Education in Rural China

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07/20/2015

MetLife Foundation to Support Financial Education in Rural China The MetLife Foundation has announced a ... to promote knowledge and access to financial services in rural China. By delivering customized financial...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Wallace Foundation Releases Reports on Successful Audience-Building Efforts

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08/14/2015

The case studies are the eighth and ninth in the 10-part Wallace Studies in Building Arts Audiences series.

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Arts

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David Berg Foundation Underwrites Free Saturdays at the Jewish Museum

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09/02/2015

Since its inception in 2006, the Free Saturdays program has brought over 328,000 visitors to the Museum.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arts

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The David Berg Foundation

Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow

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10/07/2015

... best-selling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness , has spurred debate and action nationwide. In her role at Ford, Michelle will continue her advocacy ... a new book that...

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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

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10/13/2015

The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times When the Obama administration agreed this ... Colleges, a for-profit school that filed for bankruptcy in the face of charges of widespread...

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NoVo Foundation’s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/02/2015

... especially from people already doing the work well. In a wide-ranging interview with WMUK's Earlene McMichael, ... comes with too many restrictions on their grantees, a practice he calls "...

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Gender Justice

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New York Community Trust Honors 2015 Winners of Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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12/01/2015

... Awards on November 18. The organizations range in size, budget, and age. Founded in 2006, America Needs You is the smallest with a budget of ... is the youngest organization to win this award. Founded ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Josiah Macy Foundation Supports New Education & Training Programs to Foster Compassionate, Collaborative Healthcare

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03/24/2016

... Center for Compassionate Healthcare, a national leader in the movement to make compassion a vital element in every ... continuing education course, Compassion in Practice :...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Health

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Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing

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04/14/2016

... of an online learning hub, a book slated for publication in early 2017, and a knowledge campaign that will include ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Hartford Foundation-Supported Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped to Give End-of-Life Care

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04/15/2016

... important to talk with patients about the care they want in their final days. But most physicians work in systems that provide little help, and often they don’t ... people fear spending their last days...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Health

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New York Community Trust Helps Mexican Students with Resident-Led Advocacy and Organizing

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04/28/2016

... two decades, community organizing has been a central tool in the New York Community Trust’s strategy to improve the accessibility and quality of public education in New York City. The Mexican American Student...

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The New York Community Trust

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Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program

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05/17/2016

... institutions better serve students who often get stuck in the quagmire of process and policies. Although almost ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

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06/02/2016

... students' individual interests and shift from a "drill and practice " type of teaching to more contextual, real-life .....

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Research Travel Grant on Offer: David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowships

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07/13/2016

... to apply for a $US20,000 grant to visit and research best practice social innovation internationally. The Macquarie ... presented biennially to CEOs of non-profit organisations in selected US cities (New York...

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RFPs Etc

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Macquarie Group Foundation

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Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50

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08/01/2016

Mastering the balance between sustainability and change is why these 50 executives have been selected for the 2016 NPT Power & Influence Top 50.

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With Support from Rockefeller, '100K Opportunities Initiative' Achieves Hiring Goal Two Years Ahead of Schedule

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09/01/2016

... of 16- to 24-year-olds who are out of work and not in school – two years ahead of schedule. The coalition, formed in July 2015, is now aligning with the cross-sector goal of ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced

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10/07/2016

... York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program, in its 10th year, announced the nonprofit organizations in New York City and Westchester that have been chosen as finalists for $60,000 in...

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