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Partially Funded by Mertz Gilmore, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces 'World of Dance' Series

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08/05/2016

... Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces World of Dance' Series Since its inception in 1966, this series ... Aires tango company Estampas Porteñas, a celebration of the Chinese Year of...

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Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

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09/07/2016

... and Blood Disorders Center report today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The work sets the stage for ...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Report on Why Cities and Businesses Should Partner to Achieve Climate Goals

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10/04/2016

... Climate Goals Cities and corporations are increasingly working together to address climate change — and finding ... for the private sector,” said Maia Kutner, head of cities at CDP, in an interview with...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal

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10/04/2016

Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal. Awarded annually, the medal honors individuals whose work...

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Community Development

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On Time.com, Carnegie’s Gregorian: Voters Responsible for Protecting Democracy

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11/04/2016

... faced during earlier times, but liberty, as the history of our nation and many others has shown, is an irreplaceable ...

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Individuals Addressing Open Society Challenges Invited to Apply for Fellowship

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11/07/2016

... Challenges Invited to Apply for Fellowship A program of the Open Society Foundations, the Open Society Fellowship ... seeks to fund work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate...

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Justice Reform

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A Look at Open Society’s Ongoing Commitment to Human Rights in the Post-Election Environment

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11/28/2016

... up to strongman leaders, as well as the darkest strains of human nature. Its earliest grants went to oppose ...

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Airbnb Touts A 'Pivot,' But Its Fate In New York City Remains Uncertain

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12/08/2016

In some cities, Airbnb is making a dramatic about-face in a belated effort to work with regulators rather than against them and, presumably, bolster its $30 billion valuation.

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Housing and Homelessness

Kress Foundation Accepting Proposals for Conservation Grants

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12/21/2016

... projects that illuminate European works of art and architecture from antiquity to the early 19th century. As part of that mission, the foundation's Conservation Grants Program provides support for the...

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Putting Racism on the Table

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02/07/2017

... Racism on the Table The Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers' Putting Racism on the Table series is a ... work, and download discussion guides that accompany some of the videos. Check out more...

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Social Justice

William T. Grant and Sloan Foundations Support Study That Finds Good Sleep Promotes Postive Experiences, Less Conflict

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02/17/2017

... Experiences, Less Conflict Researchers in the Department of Biobehavioral Health (BBH) at Penn State found that sleep ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Health

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Casey Family Programs Addresses Links Between Food Insecurity And Child Welfare

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02/27/2017

... Insecurity And Child Welfare At a special joint session of the National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting ... on ending childhood hunger. Mrs. McAuliffe serves as chair of the NGA Spouses’ Leadership...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

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Ford, Warhol and Shelly & Donald Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition of Black Women Artists at Brooklyn Museum

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03/02/2017

... and Shelly & Donald Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition of Black Women Artists at Brooklyn Museum Focusing on the work of black women artists, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical ... the political,...

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Open Society Foundations Hosts Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

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04/07/2017

... issue campaigners and activists have employed a variety of marketing and communications efforts to attract public interest to their causes, to varying degrees of success. More recently, activists have turned...

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Rockefeller Foundation Supports 'Food for Soul' to Combat Food Waste

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04/13/2017

... by Food for Soul’s work to combat food waste in support of social inclusion. The Foundation has now confirmed it will ... its impact sustainably. This includes taking its model of community kitchens, the...

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Food Systems

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Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments

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04/13/2017

... on mission-related investments with Lenora Suki , head of sustainable finance product strategy at Bloomberg and a board member of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation. Behind the Billion: The ...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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Anu Bhagwati of Service Women's Action Network Joined the Marines and Faced Daily Harassment

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05/07/2014

Anu Bhagwati of Service Women's Action Network Joined the Marines and ... a collective effort to heal from the abuses. Anu Bhagwati of Service Women's Action Network Joined the Marines and .....

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Reframes its Global Democratic Practice Grantmaking Portfolio

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04/25/2017

... In 2016, the Fund commissioned an independent evaluation of six years of grantmaking work in our Democratic Practice—Global ... which supports civil society engagement on issues of global...

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Civic Engagement

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Rockefeller Foundation Survey Reveals Insight into the College Skills Gap

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05/01/2017

... 2017 survey by the Rockefeller Foundation noted that half of recent college graduates are not using skills they learned ... at work, and 86 percent are learning new skills outside of college. It’s too early to...

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