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William T. Grant Foundation

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Deutsche Bank, Newman's Own, MetLife, Fortitude Fund, and FB Heron Foundation among list of Funders Supporting the Nonprofit Investing Directly in Poor Families

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01/26/2018

It’s not often that a nonprofit touts how much it isn't doing to help low-income Americans, but that’s a key pitch of the Family Independence Initiative (FII) . And funders are listening.

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Deutsche Bank (Corporate)

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Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability

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02/23/2018

Understanding that stable homes provide an important platform for individual success and thriving communities, nine of the nation’s largest private foundations have joined forces to create the Funders for Housing and Opportunity collaborative, with...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Housing and Homelessness

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Peter Peterson, Billionaire and Philanthropist, Dies at 91

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03/20/2018

Peter G. Peterson's family says the executive and philanthropist who argued passionately that the U.S. must reduce its national debt has died of natural causes. He was 91 years old.

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough

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04/03/2018

... innovation in water purification. According to the United Nations , 30,000 people die each week from the consumption and ... the vast majority of these fatalities occur in developing nations , the U.S. is no...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America

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04/17/2018

How Angels in America comes to life on Broadway.

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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Michael Bloomberg Donates $4.5M to U.N.Climate Body After U.S. Cuts

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04/23/2018

... has vowed to write a $4.5 million check to the United Nations body that oversees climate change negotiations to ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor of The Milbank Quarterly

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07/27/2018

The Milbank Memorial Fund is pleased to announce that Alan B. Cohen, ScD, will serve as the editor of The Milbank Quarterly , effective August 1, 2018.

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BNY Mellon Partners With Girls' Leadership Initiative on Stem Boot Camp

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08/02/2018

... A global leadership development initiative of the United Nations Foundations is partnering with BNY Mellon to bring ... and Girl Up.” Girl Up is an initiative of the United Nations Foundation to achieve gender...

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Gender Justice

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Study Funded by The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players

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08/09/2018

In a new study, researchers found no evidence of early onset dementia in a small sample of retired professional hockey and football players.

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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UN Secretary-General Taps UN Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg to Lead Climate Finance Leadership Initiative

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09/27/2018

... week of the 73rd UN General Assembly in New York, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres tapped Michael ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population

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11/29/2018

In a nation preoccupied by race, the moment when white Americans will make up less than half the country’s population has become an object of fascination.

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Census 2020

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Co-Impact Announces Inaugural Grants Totaling $80 Million

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01/16/2019

Co-Impact Announces Inaugural Grants Totaling $80 Million Co-Impact announced its first round of grants today to improve education, health, and economic opportunity for an estimated 9 million people over the next five years across Africa, South Asia...

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Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds, Inc.

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Johnson & Johnson Announces 10-year Initiative to Help End Tuberculosis

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02/13/2019

... #1 Infectious Killer Ahead of the first-ever United Nations (UN) High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB), Johnson ... comprehensive 10-year initiative in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development...

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United Hospital Fund Report Takes In-Depth Look at Hidden Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children

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03/07/2019

Opioid addiction is well-recognized as a national crisis, but the impact on children and adolescents whose parents or close family members are addicted has received little sustained attention. A far-reaching report released today by United Hospital...

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United Hospital Fund Offers Providers and Payers Strategies for Developing Integrated Family Care

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03/21/2019

In a report released today, United Hospital Fund laid out strategies for clinicians and payers to improve children’s health by providing “integrated family care”—seamless, effective health care that addresses all a family’s health needs, including...

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New York Life Foundation Invests in Expanding Access to Summer and Afterschool Learning

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04/23/2019

BellXcel, a national education nonprofit, today announced a $3 million, three-year grant from the New York Life Foundation that will help the organization to expand access to evidence-based summer and afterschool learning for 12,000 at-risk middle-...

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Education

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Support From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Continues College Access and Success Program of American Indian College Fund

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05/02/2019

Native American and Alaska Native students are in a college-going and completion crisis.

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes New Board Members

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07/18/2019

Alberto Retana, Rukia Lumumba and Lorella Praeli join the Hazen Foundation’s board of trustees, bringing new experience and energy as the Foundation goes all in for racial and education justice.

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Health Care Spending in New York Growing Faster Than Rest of U.S., New Report from The New York State Health Foundation

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07/30/2019

Health care spending for the average New Yorker with employer-sponsored health insurance is increasing faster in New York State than the rest of the country, according to a new analysis released today by the New York State Health Foundation (...

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