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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First Cities Selected to Join What Works Cities Initiative

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08/05/2015

Over 100 cities applied to the initiative, which will help city halls use data and evidence to deliver better results for residents.

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Community Development

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MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up

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09/28/2017

The big subway fix may be in a bit of a fix.

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Community Development

Commonwealth Fund Analysis Shows how Disastrous the Medicaid Work Requirement Would be, Given the Opioid Crisis

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01/12/2018

Kentucky anticipates the most drastic drop in Medicaid enrollment out of the 10 states with pending work requirement waivers, according to an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund.

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Health

Ford Foundation Contributes to Preservation of Hemingway's Works with New Restoration Center in Cuba

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03/31/2019

Ford Foundation Contributes to Preservation of Hemingway's Works with New Restoration Center in Cuba A restoration center to preserve the work of Ernest Hemingway opened in Cuba on Saturday, highlighting an area of cooperation with...

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Arts

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Awards $1 Million Grant to The Financial Clinic to Build Financial Security for Working Poor Americans

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11/19/2015

... to The Financial Clinic to Build Financial Security for Working Poor Americans The Financial Clinic (Clinic) today ... project that will build financial security for working poor Americans in New York City,...

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Economic Security

Casey Family Programs and the President's Advisory Council Work to Improve Financial Capability for Young People

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03/09/2015

The program provides low-income youth with summer work experience and access to financial education.

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Education

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Ms. Foundation for Women President Amerita Examines Impact of Take Our Daughters to Work Day

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04/24/2015

Marie Wilson discusses how the program allowed men to be seen of as a public parental figure.

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Gender Justice

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Cuban-American Artist Garcia Ferraz Exhibits Latest Works Supported by Ford Foundation Grant in Media Arts

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04/14/2016

A notable voice in Cuban-American art, Garcia Ferraz has received many of this country’s prestigious art awards. They include a Ford Foundation grant in media arts, a MacArthur Foundation media grant, and a Richard Diebenkorn teaching fellowship.

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Arts

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With Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Survey Reveals Effects of Incarceration for Older Americans' Work And Retirement Plans

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05/05/2017

Americans age 50 and older who report that they have been incarcerated at some point in their lives are more likely to express anxiety about several aspects of retirement, to have experienced unemployment in the recent past, and to have fewer...

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Economic Security

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Zuckerberg May Sell Up to $12.8 Billion in Facebook Stock to Fund Work in Education, Science, and Advocacy

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09/25/2017

Mark Zuckerberg said he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, plan to sell 35 million to 75 million shares of Facebook stock in the next 18 months to pay for their work in education, science, and advocacy.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: National Three-Year Evaluation of Municipal Financial Counseling Model Shows Financial Counseling Works as Public Program

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08/07/2017

The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund published An Evaluation of Financial Empowerment Centers: Building People's Financial Stability As a Public Service, a three-year assessment of the initiative's initial replication in 5 cities. Financial...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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A New Way Forward: Bringing an Equity Lens to the Work of Reducing the Influence of Money in Our Democracy

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12/2015

Based on candid interviews with funding partners and thought leaders, Piper’s report "A New Way Forward: Bringing an Equity Lens to the Work of Reducing the Influence of Money in Our Democracy” touches upon key issues to help analyze their grantmaking strategies.

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MasterCard Foundation Commits 100 million to Projects Within Its Young Africa Works Strategy

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04/16/2018

The move continues a trend of foundations, donors and social investors deepening their stakes in the continent’s future. Mastercard Foundation—an entity that's entirely separate from the credit card company and has some $9 billion in assets—is among...

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09 Mar 2018

Philanthropy 101: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, March 9, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Fundamentals of Grantmaking March 9, 2018 - So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community So you are working for a foundation. While Parts 1 through 4 of this ... with any questions...

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María Teresa Ronderos, Award-Winning Reporter, to Lead Open Society’s Work on Independent Journalism

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05/15/2014

The Open Society Foundations today named María Teresa Ronderos as the director of its Program on Independent Journalism.

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10 Feb 2017

Philanthropy 101 - Module 5: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power & Your New Community

Friday, February 10, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... in Philanthropy February 10 - Module 5: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community (Snow Day: Friday, February 17) So you are working for a foundation. While Parts 1 through 4 of...

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08 Mar 2013

Corporate Funders Webinar: Strategic Philanthropy, Corporate Giving and Cause-Marketing: How do they all work together?

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11:00am to 1:00pm

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How do you describe your company’s philanthropy? A strategic philanthropic initiative? A corporate giving program? A cause-marketing campaign? Or some combination of all of those terms? If you answered “a combination of those,” welcome to the club!...

Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds

Release Date:

08/02/2019

New insight about a broad spectrum antibiotic agent, obafluorin, made from a fluorescent strain of soil bacteria might offer a powerful antidote to antibiotic resistance, researchers say.

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