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Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted

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06/07/2017

Instead of just using the stock market, more and more foundations putting their endowments into projects that help the world–including hitting the Sustainable Development Goals

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative

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06/23/2017

For the next 18 months, Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the World Health Organization and Vital Strategies, will be working with cities across the globe to tackle the different factors contributing to noncommunicable diseases.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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Tisch Fund, NY Community Trust, Bloomberg & United Way of NYC Leaders Named Among the Most Powerful Women of 2017

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06/26/2017

To determine who makes its list of the most influential women in NYC, Crain’s focused on the mix of hard and soft power that drives an economy, fuels jobs and keeps the most vibrant yet complex city in the nation humming.

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

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06/28/2017

Combating fake news and bolstering the public’s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research project that was selected to receive a share of a $1 million prize through the Knight Prototype Fund.

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Reaching the Unbanked: Citi Inclusive Finance Wins Euromoney Award

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07/20/2017

One in four people in the world is unbanked, leaving them completely outside the system of formal financial services which can serve as bridge out of poverty. As a direct result of its Inclusive Finance efforts—led by Bob Annibale, global director...

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Economic Security

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Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use

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08/10/2017

The world of crowded jails, tense courtrooms, and cops on the beat is a far cry from the air-conditioned spaces data wonks usually inhabit. But according to Measures for Justice (MFJ), better data is key to reforming America’s hyper-localized...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Justice Reform

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

As more investors seek to use their capital as a tool for social change, a group of asset managers and nonprofit leaders is working to spread the practice, and to ensure impact investing stays true to its roots as its popularity grows.

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Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet

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08/21/2017

The Open Society Foundations is bigger than you think. In fact, it may be the largest philanthropic organization ever built, with branches in 37 countries.

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Sixty Days Into MTA's 'State Of Emergency,' Critics Wonder What Happened To Review Plans

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08/30/2017

Sixty days ago Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to the stage of the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan and announced a top-to-bottom review of the calcified organization that runs the subway system.

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Community Development

Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement

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08/31/2017

Groundswell, a Brooklyn-based community arts nonprofit, partners with local youth and community stakeholders to turn public walls – in NYCHA developments and elsewhere – into public works of art.

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Arts

Opinion: Small Charities Should Lead by Example in Paid Parental Leave

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08/29/2017

Carly Zimmerman, a mother and chief executive of Challah for Hunger, argues for paid parental leave.

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Democratic Group Plans Attacks on G.O.P. Efforts to Undermine Obama Health Care Law

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09/05/2017

For years, Republicans successfully battered Democrats for supporting the Affordable Care Act.

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Health

The New York Times Is Looking for Nonprofit Funding. Will It Succeed Where Others Have Failed?

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09/05/2017

"Fractured Lands," a prodigious New York Times Magazine piece last year on the chaos in the Middle East, was an inadvertent window onto a fractured business model. It was thus relevant that Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Managing Editor Joseph...

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BBH NY Launches EmojiMeals For No Kid Hungry

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09/06/2017

No Kid Hungry, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger, and BBH NY have launched a social media campaign that uses emojis to combat the issue of hunger nationally. The initiative raises awareness that one out of every six kids...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

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09/06/2017

In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization committed to transforming rural communities through the arts. Over the next five years, the foundation plans to inject $20 million—in addition...

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Arts

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Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?

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09/06/2017

"We are still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with a combined annual revenue of $1.4 trillion sent a powerful message to the world: U.S. President Donald Trump may have withdrawn from the Paris...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Raising Money from the Modern Family

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09/06/2017

When fundraising efforts focus on couples, nonprofits miss some of their best potential donors. The typical donor profile is shifting fast, in part because women are often earning as much as or more than their husbands.

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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

One of the fastest-growing corporate citizenship programs is skills-based volunteering—in which a team of corporate employees works for an extended period of time to help a nonprofit solve a complex operational problem. The benefits of the program...

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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

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09/08/2017

Ciberseguras began hosting women-only online security workshops in 2016 to have a safe space to discuss and address digital violence. Today, the participants share experiences of online harassment, stalkers and losing control over their personal...

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