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The Dark Side of Philanthropy: A Look at Tax-Exempt Donations to White Supremacists

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08/30/2017

... And these days, like everything else, recruitment for fringe groups, from Neo-Nazis to ISIS, happens online, ... donations to nonprofits. Groups engaged in controversial work , and the donors behind them, can...

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In the Eye of the Storm: How Federal Funding Rescues Arts and Culture in Times of Disaster

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09/07/2017

... down on Texas and Western Louisiana, surpassing records for total rainfall from a single hurricane in the continental ... others like the Alley Theatre and the Rockport Center for the Arts did not fare as well...

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Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

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09/19/2017

... the American Red Cross to aid in immediate relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey was responsible for producing life-threatening flooding for both coastal and ... effort...

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Disaster Relief

Macquarie Group Foundation

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The Kids Are Alright: Millennial Generalizations Are Getting Old

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09/20/2017

... Case and Achieve label “cause engagement.” In their work , Case and Achieve employ a mixed-methods approach that ...

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At Rockefeller Forum, Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste

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09/21/2017

... label at a time Choice of two labels: one expiration date for perishable items (e.g. "Use by") and one food quality indicator for non-perishable items (e.g., "Best if used by"). The exact...

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Food Systems

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Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

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09/28/2017

Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) board of directors today ... Lateefah Simon, President, Akonadi...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... tearful as she laments the fact that her children must work and have no time for school. In another family, a teenage son has now been out ...

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Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... of a traditional elementary school in Harlem, was looking for a way to boost her students’ social and emotional ...

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Education

Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... to strengthen existing ones. A new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) acknowledges that some changes have taken place, but that much work remains to be done. The report's conclusions are...

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The New York Community Trust Awards nearly $1 Million 15 NYC for Emergency Planning, DACA Advocacy, and Know-Your-Rights Trainings

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... Trust Awards nearly $1 Million to help fund 15 NYC for Emergency Planning, DACA Advocacy, and Know-Your-Rights ... plans to step up deportations of immigrants, the Fund for New Citizens in The New York...

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21 Nov 2017

New York Aging Funders - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

... in the program area of healthy aging and services for older adults. Philanthropy New York members funding or ... Agenda Join the New York City Aging Funders Network for its fall meet and greet. The Network’s...

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All Funders

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Hilton Humanitarian Prize Calls Attention To Growing Need For Global Humanitarian Aid

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10/12/2017

Hilton Humanitarian Prize Calls Attention To Growing Need For Global Humanitarian Aid The world's problems can feel ... in terms of lives saved or improved. And the same goes for the largest NGOs in the world...

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Simons Foundation Releases The Eternal Sky, Part 2: The Hunt for Inflation

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... Foundation releases The Eternal Sky, Part 2: The Hunt for Inflation From an observatory perched high in the Chilean ... a series produced by the Simons Foundation, chronicles the work of these scientists as...

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Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery

Release Date:

10/20/2017

... Community College, she was forced to leave school to care for her family. Years later, when her mom passed away from cancer, Danielle struggled to return to work . Her confidence was shaken. She had a difficult...

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Community Development

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Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys U.S. foundation funding in support of ... to $61.4 million, in 2014, a report from the Campaign for Black Male Achievement (...

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Children, Youth and Families

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

Release Date:

11/02/2017

... Building Grants In An Under-Resourced Region When Funders for LGBTQ Issues released its first Out in the South report ... nearly a third of “out” adults, there’s a clear need for capacity building. The Out in...

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Gender Justice

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Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times

Release Date:

11/02/2017

... acting roles, she gravitates toward edgier, genre-defying work , like Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “An Octoroon” or ... Milton Hershey School, a boarding school in Pennsylvania for bright kids from low-income...

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