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Open Society Foundations' Kenneth Zimmerman shares the latest news about the Open Places Initiative — a multi-year effort to promote real and sustainable opportunities for civic, economic and political change in local communities.

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"Culture Changes Us" Campaign and Retreat Series Launches with Support from Nathan Cummings Foundation

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05/20/2016

... and identifies opportunities for future philanthropic investments that can harness and influence pop culture, and ...

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Infrastructure Design as Innovation

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04/02/2019

Here is a well-kept secret: the most innovative, transformative foundations have the most robust infrastructure. In other words, the foundations that are the bravest, the most visionary, and become trailblazers in the philanthropic sector, take...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation President & CEO, Cecilia Clarke, Announces Departure

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03/17/2021

... Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund . We have deepened our investments in nonprofits led by people of color and provided ...

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Morgan Stanley Builds Digital Platform to Help Billion Oyster Project Speed Up Oyster Bed Growth

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06/08/2021

In recognition of World Ocean Day, Billion Oyster Project announced a new data collection system powering its efforts to restore one billion oysters by 2035 to benefit the N.Y. Harbor habitat and water quality

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Salesforce Gives $19M to Support Five School Districts Across the US and Education Nonprofits

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09/20/2021

... to support current needs due to the pandemic, and ongoing investments around STEM. These grants include... Salesforce ...

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Borealis Philanthropy's Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Moves $4.9 million to BIPOC Newsrooms and Field Building Partners

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10/04/2022

The REJ Fund’s grantmaking aims to ensure Black, Indigenous, Latine, and Asian people have access to the news and information they need to navigate today’s geographies and social systems.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Deepens Commitment to Moving the World Beyond Coal with Plan to Turbocharge Clean Energy Finance in Global South

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11/07/2022

Bloomberg Philanthropies will also partner with the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero to mobilize finance for clean energy projects by supporting project preparation facilities

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ASPCA Awards Nearly $7.4 Million In First Half of 2014

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08/08/2014

The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) awarded nearly $7.4 million to animal welfare organizations nationwide in the first half of 2014.

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27 Jan 2015

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 7:30am to Friday, January 30, 2015 - 5:00pm

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to grantmaking and philanthropy for program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector.

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Big Gaps in the Big Apple: Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area

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05/10/2012

By Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis, Co-Directors, Measure of America What does well-being and opportunity look like in the New York metropolitan area? The typical Asian-American resident of the New...

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Takeaways From the Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling

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06/25/2015

NYSHealth President and CEO James R. Knickman writes a Huffington Post column on New York State’s achievements to date under the ACA; the implications of the Supreme Court ruling for New York and the rest of the country; and the health care coverage...

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MetLife, Deutsche Bank, Surdna, Moody’s, Pershing Square and Others Supporting Launch of Microlender Kiva NYC

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12/11/2015

... last night at a special small business marketplace event in New York City featuring Kiva President and ...

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David Berg Foundation Supports New York Historical Society Exhibition that Traces the Rise of Anti-Semitism in Germany

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02/17/2016

The New-York Historical Society will present a powerful exhibition that examines the rise of a culture of hatred during the period 1919-1939 in Germany. The exhibit will trace the gradual and deliberate indoctrination of German citizens into active...

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After A Decade, George E. Thibault, MD to Step Down as President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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07/12/2017

After A Decade, George E. Thibault, MD to Step Down as President of the Josiah Macy Jr. F oundation After 10 years at the helm, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation President George E. Thibault , MD announced today that he will step down at...

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Do More with What You Have

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06/26/2019

The college admissions scandal made news on the same day that this year’s high school seniors, including my son, were getting their first admissions emails (the days of skinny and fat envelopes are long gone).