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Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

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08/24/2017

... are trying their hand at distributing life-changing products by having the poor pay for them. To attract ... do so with great reluctance and disdain. Why? We think it ’s largely because of selling’s “dark”...

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Newman's Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is

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08/30/2017

... profits. Newman’s Own marks its 35th anniversary today. It was on Aug. 25, 1982, that the philanthropic company ... charities in more than 75 countries, with more than 300 products — ranging from salad...

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As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder

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09/19/2017

... going to be tricky for a reporter, but in some contexts it ’s easier than others — say, at a program for ... the subject with Celene Gomes da Silva, who sells Nestlé products door-to-door in poor neighborhoods...

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Amazon Inks Office Space Deal on Manhattan’s Far West Side

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09/22/2017

... development, Brookfield said Thursday. Amazon said it plans to open its office at Five Manhattan West in 2018, ...

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Community Development

Report Finds Gaps in Access to Opioid Addiction Help on Staten Island

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09/26/2017

A report titled, “Staten Island Needs Assessment,” has revealed significant gaps in access to addiction treatment in the borough.

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Health

Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

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10/10/2017

... The study found that when CEOs choose to invest in CSR, it changes the likelihood they will be fired based on the ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP

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11/28/2017

... hiring, pay and promotion practices as well as their products and services. The Impact Shares YWCA Women's .....

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Gender Justice

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MetLife Foundation Creates Partnership to Innovate Financial Services for Real People

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11/28/2017

... for millions, the full spectrum of consumer financial products and services—from retirement savings, to ...

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Economic Security

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Exploration Into Labor and Civil Rights History at National Park Service

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11/28/2017

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides a nearly $1 million grant to the National Park Foundation to establish the National Park Service Mellon Humanities Fellows, three new research positions that will allow the service to expand its storytelling...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Social Justice

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Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference

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12/20/2017

... leading youth to clamor for transformative change—if it ’s harnessed productively. 2. Young people are more ... realize change. 3. Change involves everyone and to do it well, all generations—including youth—...

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Photojournalist Documents Moments From the San Quentin State Prison Marathon on Open Society Foundations' Weekly Instagram Takeover

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01/22/2018

Open Society Foundations enlists photojournalist Jianca Lazarus to give us a look inside the 2017 11th Annual San Quentin Marathon.

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Justice Reform

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How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving

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03/09/2018

... capitalism game plan. Dubbed Philanthropy Cloud, it ’s a “social giving platform” that riffs off the ... company’s widely used customer relationship management products to make employee giving more personalized...

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William Randolph Hearst Foundations Provides Hefty Grant to SOPAC to Partner with School District

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04/26/2018

The South Orange Performing Arts Center received a $75,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundations to advance its arts education program.

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The Public Theater Celebrates Leonard Tow, Founder and Chairman of The Tow Foundation at Its Annual Gala

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06/12/2018

The Public's annual gala celebrated Leonard Tow, founder and chairman of The Tow Foundation. Marcia Dunn, Susan Edelstein, Kenny Leon , Wendi Rose, Josh Sapan, and Susan and Peter J. Solomon served as Gala Chairs.

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces a Series of New Artists Talks in Collaboration With Voices in Contemporary Art

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10/24/2018

The dialogues, known as the CALL / VoCA Talks, are part of the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Creating a Living Legacy (CALL) initiative, which provides resources and training for artists in the areas of studio organization, archiving, and inventory...

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Impact Shares Gets $1M from Rockefeller Foundation

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10/26/2018

... $1 million grant to Dallas-based Impact Shares, which says it is the first 501(c)(3) nonprofit exchange-traded fund ... leading nonprofits and transform its social values into products ripe for investment. “...

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MetLife Foundation and MicroSave Launch "i3" Program in Vietnam

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11/16/2018

... service providers that are using technology to build products and services specifically for the financially ...

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Economic Security

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Simons Foundation Science Sandbox Announce Inaugural Science Nonfiction Film Grants

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11/16/2018

Five emerging filmmakers received grants and other critical support as part of a new program to elevate the voices of independent artists working at the intersection of science and nonfiction storytelling.

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air

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03/18/2019

... technology that absorbs moisture from the air and returns it as clean, usable water. The breakthrough, described in a ...

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