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Open Society Foundations Announces 2013 Soros Justice Fellows

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05/15/2013

... States. The Open Society Foundations today announced an award of $1.2 million to the 2013 cohort of Soros Justice ... grassroots organizers, policy advocates, and scholars. Working in 9 different states and...

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Mass. Unveils Biggest U.S. ‘Pay for Success’ Effort

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01/30/2014

Goldman Sachs and five other supporters will invest $18 million in a Massachusetts program to reduce recidivism among ex-convicts, the biggest "pay for success" project in the U.S., reported The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction

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02/27/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies' annual letter and its recent grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in Bangladesh - indicate where the former mayor's philanthropic efforts will focus next, reports The Chronicle of...

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Medicine’s Top Earners Are Not the M.D.s

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05/17/2014

... often far outstrips doctors’ salaries, according to an analysis performed for The New York Times by Compdata Surveys: $584,000 on average for an insurance chief executive officer, $386,000 for a hospital ...

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Heintz and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash

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06/20/2014

... in a plane crash on June 13 . They write: "Richard was an exceptional human being—a person of great intellect and .....

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort

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07/17/2014

... Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help poor Americans ... of America foundation support will underwrite 20 fellows working in six cities over the next...

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Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors

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08/13/2014

Two 2014 Fields Medals and the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize have been awarded to Simons Foundation grantees Manjul Bhargava, Maryam Mirzakhani and Subhash Khot, respectively.

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Rauschenberg Foundation Appeals Ruling Awarding $24.6 Million to Trustees

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08/14/2014

... and business associates of Rauschenberg, had done “ an exemplary job” in managing the artist’s estate after ...

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NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs

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09/29/2014

... goes to statewide associations and other organizations working on prevention.... NYCT, NoVo on Short List of ...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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01/01/2015

... concern across the USA, where employer plans cover 60% of working -age Americans, or about 150 million people. Coverage ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Aetna Foundation Launches $4.5 Million Healthier World Innovation Challenge

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01/07/2015

... Innovation Challenge With chronic disease rates at an all-time high among underserved communities, the Aetna ...

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Philanthropy’s Response To Hurricane Sandy

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11/08/2012

Philanthropy New York is working intensively with Regional Associations throughout the ...

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State Recoups $30 Million for Workers Who Failed to Receive Proper Minimum Wage

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02/05/2015

... minimum wage, overtime pay or fringe benefits reached an all-time high last year, with $30.2 million disbursed to ... ever before – which means more money stays with the hard- working men and women who earned...

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NoVo Foundation Celebrates International Women’s Day

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03/09/2015

... has experienced physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner. Some 700 million women alive today were ...

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Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen

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04/15/2015

... or whether civilians were among those killed. Now, working with the Open Society Justice Initiative, researchers ...

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The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Program Announces 2015 Fellows

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04/15/2015

The foundation awards $2.7 million to support immigrants and the children of immigrants.

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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

Howard Gilman Foundation Helps Bring the Arts to Public School Children

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04/24/2015

The foundation has announced a $1.5 million grant to the National Dance Institute.

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Citi Foundation and Living Cities Announce Selection of Five Cities to Join City Accelerator Initiative

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05/20/2015

The selected cities are Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Seattle.

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Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research

Release Date:

05/26/2015

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has announced a $10 million gift Gerstner to expand cancer research efforts focused on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells.