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Bloomberg Takes Public Innovation Initiative to Europe

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06/13/2014

Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in Berlin last week to support the European edition of the Mayors Challenge initiative, which encourages municipal officials to come up with fresh ideas that can improve the lives of urban denizens everywhere.

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Critic Calls Grants Aligned With Government Programs "Crony Philanthropy"

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07/07/2014

... helping young men of color…is a crucial goal," he takes issue with UBS for characterizing its grant as support for .....

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William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy

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07/23/2014

Citing efforts dating back to the 1960s, the president of the William E. Simon Foundation argues that major foundations--including Carnegie, Ford and Rockefeller--have pursued "an obvious, politically liberal, ideological agenda" in the name of...

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Rauch Foundation Strives to Restore Long Island's Water

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10/08/2014

... in the November elections know that we want action on this issue before the end of the year. The problem is that Long ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool

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10/24/2014

... Foundation is in pretty deep on the youth unemployment issue . Through its Employment Pathways Project, under which ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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Noyes Foundation President Featured in Philanthropy News Digest

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06/30/2015

... Why is the distribution of funds from DAFs suddenly an issue ? Vic De Luca: Donor-advised funds have been around a ...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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29 Oct 2015

Exploring Grantmaking Strategy: Options and Approaches

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8:15am to 10:30am

... the 2015 Young Leaders Breakfast Club cohort. If you had $ 1 billion to start your own foundation, how would you ... 28th. Presented by Young Leaders Breakfast Club's Issue -based Event Planning Team (...

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NoVo Foundation Leaders Talk About Aversion to Measurement

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12/10/2015

... about her objective as a philanthropist: “Whatever the issue is, you have to say, ‘Well, how am I going to do this ...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Spearheads Initiative to Develop a National Blueprint for Women’s Economic Agendas

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05/06/2016

The Ms. Foundation for Women is investing in women’s economic security by conducting an analysis of the benefits of Women’s Economic Agendas, while also investing in grassroots led strategies to uplift women in the American South.

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Doris Duke Foundation Awards 17 Physician Scientists DDCF’s 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/27/2017

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced the 17 junior physician scientists receiving the 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards of $495,000 each over three years.

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Health

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Opinion: Why Small, Local, Organic Farms Aren’t The Key To Fixing Our Food System

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10/02/2017

The food movement has a problem: It’s right about what’s wrong with our system, but wrong about how to fix it.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Grantee Brings Star Tortoise Back From Extinction

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10/12/2017

... to restore the tortoise are described in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed journal Herpetological Review. The ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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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

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11/01/2017

... million in 2013, to $62.7 million in 2014. In terms of issue areas, the report found that education continued to ...

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Edwin Gould Foundation Supporter Online Tool Quill Connect Helps Students Become Better Writers

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11/29/2017

The nonprofit’s Quill Connect tool, designed to improve students’ writing skills through online exercises, uses machine learning to help them create better sentences.

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Education

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Among Funders Backing Environmental Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds

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11/30/2017

Philanthropy and environmentalism are generally very white spaces, and efforts to diversify the movement have been characterized by one influential report as “lackluster.” But there is a set of foundations and nonprofits aware of just how important...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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Open Society Foundations Seek Clarification on Pakistan NGO Ruling

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12/14/2017

The Open Society Foundations' national foundation in Pakistan is seeking clarification from the government, after the Ministry of the Interior informed it and a number of other international non-governmental organizations that they must cease...

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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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Gender Justice

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Senators Fight To Save Tax Break For Newman's Own Foundation

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01/19/2018

U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) have written to Senate leaders for help for the nonprofit.

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Rauch Foundation Releases Report, Minding the Gaps, On Early Childhood Development

Release Date:

02/01/2018

The report finds that when it comes to child development, the newest science is clear: in the early childhood period, even a few months’ head start can make a huge difference.

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