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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

Two Google veterans have developed a convenience concept called Bodega that they’ve been testing in 30 San Francisco-area locations and now want to roll out to other markets, according to Fast Company. Bodega is a five-foot-wide pantry box filled...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards $26 Million in Grants

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10/05/2017

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in Agoura Hills, California, has announced fourteen third-quarter grants totaling $26 millio n.

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Housing and Homelessness

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NYSHealth Selects Seven Hospitals to Receive Grant Funds to Implement OpenNotes

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10/12/2017

NYSHealth Selects Seven Hospitals to Receive Grant Funds to Implement OpenNotes The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has selected seven hospitals across the State for grant awards totaling nearly $900,000 to help them...

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Bloomberg Commits $64 Million to Beyond Coal Campaign

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10/12/2017

Bloomberg Commits $64 Million to Beyond Coal Campaign A day after the Trump administration formally announced its plans to rescind the Clean Power Plan, Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $64 million commitment to the Sierra...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arcus Funds LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants In An Under-Resourced Region

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11/02/2017

When Funders for LGBTQ Issues released its first Out in the South report in 2014, it found that per capita, LGBTQ people in the southeastern United States were getting about a tenth of foundation funding of their counterparts in the Northeast.

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JPMorgan Chase Releases New Data Platform, The Good Jobs Index

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11/14/2017

The Good Jobs Index is a new data platform that provides a window into the shifting realities of employment opportunity in the US, including the finding that two-thirds of states have added good jobs for workers without a bachelor’s degree.

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Workforce Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India

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11/15/2017

The Rockefeller Foundation aims to connect these underserved citizens to sustainable energy sources through their Smart Power For Rural Development initiative.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Mario Luis Small Joins Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees

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11/27/2017

The Russell Sage Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of sociologist Mario Luis Small to its board of trustees. Small is currently Grafstein Family Professor at Harvard University. He is a contributor to the RSF volume The Colors of...

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JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

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11/30/2017

If current trends in child obesity continue, more than 57% of today’s children in the U.S. will have obesity at age 35, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science

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12/01/2017

Private funders are starting to support big projects, and they’re rewriting the playbook on fueling scientific research.

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New App Plentiful, Funded By The Helmsley Charitable Trust, Streamlines How NYC Food Pantries Feed The Hungry

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12/04/2017

A new phone app and reservation system offers those in need of nutritional assistance a fast way to find a meal — just in time for winter.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Invests $2.5M in Youth Initiatives for 2017

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12/14/2017

New Grants Support 67 Local Nonprofit Programs that Develop Leadership, Divert Youth from the Criminal Justice System, Promote School Discipline Reform, and Protect Immigrant Youth

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ana Marie Argilagos Named HIP’s New President

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12/15/2017

Hispanics in Philanthropy announced today that its board of trustees has unanimously chosen Ana Marie Argilagos as the organization’s president. Ana Marie, currently a senior advisor at the Ford Foundation, will succeed Diana Campoamor, HIP’s...

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With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students

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12/19/2017

Starting next year, University at Albany students who are at risk of dropping out due to sudden financial hardship or some other emergency situation could be eligible to apply for emergency aid.

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Arcus Winter Grantees Work for LGBTQ Equality Across the Globe

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01/05/2018

Advocating for the rights of LGBTQ persons across the globe and through a variety of channels is the goal of the grants in the winter Arcus Foundation portfolio. From working with transgender and intersex groups to faith leaders and regional...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants

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01/11/2018

Five national organizations awarded grants, advancing the Foundation's $100 million commitment to impact investing

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05 Feb 2018

Pathways to Effective State Funding Strategies - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, February 5, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Join FCCP for their February First Monday + Election Series Discussion where they will share insights and data points uncovered from their first State Funding Survey.

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UJA-Federation To Launch Largest Anti-Poverty Push In Its History

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01/31/2018

$35 million effort to create one-stop social service ‘hubs’ and digital food pantries.

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awarded $1.3 Billion to Nonprofit Organizations in 2017

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02/12/2018

... and environmental protection consistent with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — with ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/15/2018

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships. The fellowships, awarded yearly since 1955, honor early-career scholars whose...

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