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MetLife Foundation Launches $200 Million Campaign for Financial Inclusion

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10/28/2013

PND reported on the MetLife Foundation's five-year, $200 million campaign to bring financial services to low-income communities in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the United States.

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Science Studies Get a Big Boost

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03/10/2014

... of the hard sciences and to open that career path to those groups as well as to low-income students…. Science Studies ...

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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Education

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The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels

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03/13/2014

... actions that are harmful. North Star funded many activist groups who helped lead the divestment campaign against the ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Opens in Berkeley

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04/16/2014

... center on semester-long programs, which attract large groups of visiting scholars; there are currently more than ...

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NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’

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06/04/2014

... stop making millions in charitable contributions to local groups here. Last week, Walmart announced that it ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Workforce Development

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With Help From Rockefeller Brothers, Ploughshares Pushes Better Ties with Iran

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06/18/2014

... Pushes Better Ties with Iran Few peace and security groups are better positioned to help reduce tensions between ...

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Helmsley Trust Grant Gives Educators A Voice In Common Core Discussions

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07/21/2014

A recent grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to America Achieves Inc. is meant to give educators on the front lines more of a voice on how states roll out the Common Core standards.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach

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09/02/2014

... of racial equality in the United States. Support for groups that take civil-rights grievances to the courts has ...

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Commonwealth Fund Poll Shows Majority Happy with ObamaCare Plans

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09/18/2014

According to a survey performed by the Commonwealth Fund, about 70 percent of people are happy with their government exchange health plan.

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Health

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NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail

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10/03/2014

... the pathway, which was launched in 2011 by local arts groups Casita Maria and Dancing In The Streets to help ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality

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10/07/2014

Arcus Foundation and Ford Foundation have been featured as two of the top eight funders who made marriage equality happen.

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Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars

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11/03/2014

Atlantic Philanthropies only has two years to spend its remaining assets.

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Foundations Shouldn’t Shrink From Supporting Marches to Curb Climate Change

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10/19/2014

Mertz Gilmore VP Lukas Haynes addresses how climate marches are critical to advocacy, policy changes and perception shifts.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World

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11/17/2014

... system and contributes funds to scores of anti-war groups highly critical of U.S. foreign policy and military ...

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President’s Changes on Immigration Mobilize Nonprofits, Foundations

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12/17/2014

... that dwarfs what advocates faced with the dreamers. Groups will have to reach far outside the cities, where many ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films

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01/22/2015

... on Gender Images in Films What happens when specific groups of people are not seen or heard? The result is a ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Communications/Media

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NY Stem Cell Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Explore Strategies to Advance Women in Science

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03/06/2015

The Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Working Group presented seven strategies to advance women in science, engineering and medicine.

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields

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03/23/2015

Women account for half the college-educated American workforce but only 28 percent of science and engineering workers.

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White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments

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03/24/2015

... girls and boys — especially those from underrepresented groups — to excel in the STEM fields," according to a White .....

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