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Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network

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01/25/2017

... While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their capacity to survive, adapt to, and ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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President Of Montauk-Based Environmental Advocacy Organization Stepping Down

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02/02/2017

Concerned Citizens of Montauk (CCOM) recently announced that its President, Jeremy Samuelson, who has been with the organization since 2012, will be stepping down at the end of March, 2017, to join The Nature Conservancy as the Director of Mashomack...

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Tony Haile, Former CEO of Chartbeat, Joins Media Development Investment Fund Board of Directors

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04/12/2017

Tony brings more than a decade of experience at the cutting edge of digital media, in both analytics and content, to help guide MDIF’s investments in independent news businesses in countries with challenging media environments.

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Media Development Investment Fund

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Communications/Media

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Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize

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04/14/2017

... stage, bold ideas being piloted by dynamic visionaries working in the fields of heritage conservation, social ...

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RFPs Etc

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund

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06/12/2017

Agnes Gund is partnering with the Ford Foundation, in the creation of a new fund, titled the Art for Justice Fund, and has sold a very valuable painting to kickoff the fundraising. She has asked other collectors to do the same, in the hopes of...

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Justice Reform

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NY State Health Foundation: An Actual Pathway to Better Health in Albany

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06/28/2017

Why hadn’t I ever been to this place before now, given all the time I’ve spent in Albany? My colleagues and I learned more from a representative of Parks & Trails New York , who gave us a tour of the park. He was refreshingly frank about some of...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

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09/28/2017

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) board of directors elected new officers and welcomed five new esteemed members during its board meeting.

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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NoVo Foundation

Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

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09/29/2017

Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, other approaches might better deliver services in a market-driven, customer-centric way.

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International/Foreign Affairs

Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program

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09/29/2017

... ideas on topics ranging from classroom discipline to working with families to improving teaching. While the ...

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Education

Simons Foundation Releases The Eternal Sky, Part 2: The Hunt for Inflation

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10/05/2017

A new short film, the second installment in a series produced by the Simons Foundation, chronicles the work of scientists developing the Simons Observatory. The film traverses the globe, from the barren Atacama Desert in Chile to the sunny beaches...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Story Of Bloomberg LP's Rebuilding Team In The U.S. Virgin Islands

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12/06/2017

One of the most dramatic examples of this new model of “all-in philanthropy” is unfolding in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where a well-resourced team from Bloomberg LP.

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Disaster Relief

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Courtney Bryan Joins JPMorgan Chase as Executive Director with Global Philanthropy and Head of the East Region

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12/12/2017

Courtney Bryan Joins JPMorgan Chase as Executive Director with Global Philanthropy and Head of the East Region Global Philanthropy invests $250 million annually to promote inclusive economic growth across the globe. Before joining...

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Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

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12/12/2017

... her career to the fields of law and philanthropy, working to expand opportunity, strengthen democracy, and ...

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Animal Welfare

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Arcus Foundation

Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

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01/09/2018

For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved the crystal structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound...

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The Mayday Fund

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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Carnegie Corporation of New York Donates $1.5 Million for Disaster Relief

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01/30/2018

Philanthropic support will focus on disaster recovery, legal aid, and needs of students in Puerto Rico, Miami, and Houston

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