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Voices Of Brooklyn Communities Helping Refine Foundation's New Strategy

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07/02/2014

... at the forefront of its work, is taking that commitment to a new level. Through Brooklyn Insights, the foundation ... residents, advocates, entrepreneurs, and leaders together to discuss Brooklyn’s future: the...

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

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07/17/2014

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers...

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

... the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have to live in poverty. Saru Jayaraman is co-founder and .....

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Rauschenberg Foundation Appeals Ruling Awarding $24.6 Million to Trustees

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08/14/2014

... Foundation Appeals Ruling Awarding $24.6 Million to Trustees The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has appealed a decision by a Florida court to award $24.6 million to three trustees who had...

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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

... Congress has distributed more than $5-billion in grants to combat domestic violence and its root causes. The ... focused largely on crisis intervention as opposed to the underlying attitudes that breed violent...

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The New York Community Trust

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Gender Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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01/01/2015

... Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost Poor, long-uninsured patients are getting Medicaid through Obamacare and finally coming to his office for care. But middle-class workers are ... concern...

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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

... communities, the Aetna Foundation is looking for new ways to accelerate innovation and reach people directly where they ... Challenge, a new $4.5 million initiative designed to use digital health innovations...

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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 affected area to coordinate and track philanthropic responses to the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy...

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

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02/05/2015

State Recoups $30 Million for Workers Who Failed to Receive Proper Minimum Wage Returned money for workers who failed to receive the proper minimum wage, overtime pay or fringe ... ever before – which means more...

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NoVo Foundation Celebrates International Women’s Day

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03/09/2015

... by stories of amazing girls and women who are standing up to injustice and demanding a better future. Whether at home, ...

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Gender Justice

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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

... decade now, the United States has been using armed drones to secretly kill suspected terrorists in Yemen. The public ... or whether civilians were among those killed. Now, working with the Open Society Justice...

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

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04/15/2015

... called "Fellows", were selected for their potential to make significant contributions to US society, culture, or their academic field, and were ... "They underscore the importance of New...

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Howard Gilman Foundation Helps Bring the Arts to Public School Children

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04/24/2015

Howard Gilman Foundation Helps Bring the Arts to Public School Children National Dance Institute was ... and dance and music in particular, have a unique power to engage all children and motivate them toward...

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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

... and Living Cities Announce Selection of Five Cities to Join City Accelerator Initiative The Citi Foundation ... Baltimore, New Orleans, and Seattle will receive support to adopt leading practices in community...

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

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05/26/2015

... a $10 million gift from the Gerstner Family Foundation to expand cancer research efforts focused on overcoming drug ... tumor cells. The grant will support a two-pronged approach to addressing cancer drug...

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Sloan Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017

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06/29/2015

... Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017 The Digital Public Library ... archives and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. DPLA provides...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Jersey City Receives $1 million Investment for Job Training from JPMorgan Chase

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07/09/2015

... today that JPMorgan Chase has invested $1 million dollars to provide skill-based job training for residents over the ... Chase. "Jersey City is a community we are especially to be a part of...."...

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What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond

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08/10/2015

... Bond An experiment using a Social Impact Bond (SIB) to reduce the rate at which juvenile offenders return to jail—so-called “recidivism”—at the troubled Rikers ... by some. The concept of SIBs is for private...

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'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color

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09/02/2015

... fine. Here at NoVo, we recognize that there is a huge need to focus on support for girls of color. ” Historically, ... work in the Global South, which the foundation plans to continue, Shifman stressed......

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