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NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal

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07/06/2015

NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal A New York City program designed to reduce recidivism rates ... the bill for it, the Bond Buyer reports. The nation's first social impact bond — a pay-for-...

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Serving Up Success: Citi Foundation Grant Funds FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs

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08/25/2017

... University create StartUP FIU FOOD, an incubator to help new food and beverage entrepreneurs grow their companies with ... and committed to scaling up and creating jobs. The first cohort brought together...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Latinx Artist Fellowship

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07/22/2021

... multigenerational cohort of 15 Latinx visual artists each year for an initial commitment of five years. Administered by the US Latinx Art Forum in collaboration with the New York Foundation for the Arts and...

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What's Interesting About the Partnership Between Rockefeller and Chan Zuckerberg

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04/10/2018

... and Chan Zuckerberg When John D. Rockefeller founded the first foundation bearing the family name, he did so in the autumn of his long life . A century later, when Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla ... and...

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01 May 2013

CEO Interview Series: Christopher Stone, Open Society Foundations, with Phil Henderson

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8:30am to 11:00am

... questions we’re considering asking Chris to address: At first blush, your career seems bifurcated: you have spent much of your life “on the ground,” protecting the legal rights of some ... sector and the world...

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With Greater Commitment, Funders Can Solve the Healthcare Workforce Crisis

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10/26/2016

... was among the panelists at the recent Philanthropy New York Briefing: Healthcare Crisis: Do We Have the ... Today and Tomorrow . The Jonas Center was a sponsor of the event . Recent developments in our...

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Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere

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05/24/2016

... Ford Foundation gives over $500 million in grants every year and is second only to the Bill & Melinda ... the hype it created when Ford Foundation announced last year it would focus its efforts entirely on...

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Economic Security

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Cuomo Says Penn’s ‘Summer Of Hell’ Was Prevented

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08/31/2017

... plan and the LIRR saw its best on-time performance of the year during these months – standards of service they must uphold year -round,” Cuomo said. “This was a potential crisis and ... at every level, you can...

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Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 Percent Return

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09/20/2017

... earned an 8.1 percent return for its most recent fiscal year . The endowment’s new chief executive , N. P. Narvekar, said that the fund was in the ...

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Four Early Career Researchers Selected for 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program

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05/15/2019

... Scholars receive $350,000 to execute rigorous five- year research plans that stretch their skills and knowledge into new disciplines, content areas, or methods. As they commence ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Grants Dedicated to the Well-being of Native Communities

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07/09/2020

... Grants Dedicated to the Well-being of Native Communities New York, July 7, 2020 – The Doris Duke Charitable ... Archives, Libraries and Museums ; Covenant House Alaska ; First Peoples Fund ; IllumiNative ;...

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Harvard University, Wildlife Conservation Society Launch ‘Planetary Health Alliance’ with Support from Rockefeller

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12/14/2015

... are launching the Planetary Health Alliance, a new effort to dramatically improve our understanding of the ... of many types of environmental change effecting Earth’s life support systems—in fact, there is now...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Awards $1 Million Grant to The Financial Clinic to Build Financial Security for Working Poor Americans

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11/19/2015

... build financial security for working poor Americans in New York City, Dallas/Fort Worth and nationwide. The grant ... its impact,” says Mae Watson Grote, Founder and Executive Director of The...

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The Visionary Freedom Fund, Launched by the Andrus Family Fund, Announces Inaugural Cohort of Grant Recipients in Grantmaking Led by Youth Organizers to Transform Youth Justice System

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09/28/2021

... four adult movement leaders and 11 funders, this first round of two- year general operating grants will help organizations advance ... deserve more than one opportunity at a good, sustainable life...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Justice Reform

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $3 Million Fund for Coal Communities

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04/27/2017

... training programs, foster economic development and offer new career opportunities in communities affected by the ... There is a risk of losing federal funding this year – hurting former miners and their...

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Achieving Equity: What Can Data Tell Us

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11/21/2018

... on us as funders to import it into our systems. In the year 2018, this shouldn’t be too far-fetched. Making our ... and sharing demographic data? Join us at Philanthropy New York on November 27 . Achieving...

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Loren Harris of the Nathan Cummings Foundation and Don Chen at Ford, Weigh In On The 7 Deadly Sins of Philanthropy

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03/15/2018

... people that are in leadership have had a very similar life path. They have been taught that the rigor comes from ... that comes to me and says our board came up with a new strategic plan, and we are going to...

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Bloomberg Launches Corporate and Philanthropic Effort to Support Successful Climate Progress at COP26

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09/01/2021

... Successful Climate Progress at COP26 London, UK and New York, NY –Today, Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN ... Guterres’ call for ambitious action ahead of this year ’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). Designed...

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NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes

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08/09/2016

... Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes In the past year , suspected hate crimes and other forms of racial and ... Americans rose in many parts of the country, including New York. More than 80 percent of...

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