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Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free

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01/16/2015

... feds and big companies like Google and Facebook. Cities of all sizes around the world are increasingly reliant on ... is volunteering its cybersecurity expertise, free of charge, to select city governments...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Technology

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn Accelerator

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02/06/2015

... Today, Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the launch of the Brooklyn Accelerator, a unique component of its new community impact strategy designed to be a hub of information, idea...

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Community Development

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Ford Foundation to Fund City Study of Diversity in Cultural Institutions

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03/04/2015

Ford Foundation to Fund City Study of Diversity in Cultural Institutions In a major study to ... the de Blasio administration will review the diversity of the boards, staffs and audiences of New...

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Arts

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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

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03/13/2015

... to conduct tobacco-usage surveys in eleven countries. Part of the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, the grant will support implementation of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) and the Tobacco...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Helmsley Trust Awards $8.7 Million for T1D Research Program

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03/30/2015

... Helmsley Charitable Trust to extend the reach and impact of the T1D Exchange program. The grant will enable the ... Boston-based healthcare organization to boost awareness of T1D Exchange, particularly within...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Commonwealth Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches

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04/15/2015

... make life better for patients and doctors – getting rid of bulky and messy paper files, streamlining delivery of care and organizing medical information so that scientists can use it ...

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Technology

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New Prudential Foundation Initiative Will Assist Job Seekers with Disabilities

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04/27/2015

... that promotes the full participation and contributions of America’s 56 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life. The grant, provided through The Prudential ...

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Prudential Financial (Non Member)

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Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool

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04/30/2015

... Action Council, a civil rights organization. “But a lot of programs are not high quality, and low-income children are ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit

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06/15/2015

... bargain" reunion during the three-day visit, a gathering of top leaders in national and local philanthropy who ... Detroit's pensions funds and avert a bankruptcy fire sale of city-owned art. Ford...

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United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving

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07/31/2015

United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving Family caregivers generally provide ... much unpaid help because their loved ones need many types of assistance that are hard to get from one...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Program Explores DNA Damage Response to Find New Cancer Treatments

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08/28/2015

... between damage to its own DNA and the foreign DNA of an invading virus has remained a mystery. Now, ... at the Salk Institute have discovered critical details of how a cell's response system tells the...

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Gilman Foundation Donates $75K to Young People’s Chorus for New Music

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09/14/2015

... People’s Chorus for New Music Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC) is pleased to announce its first grant from the Howard Gilman Foundation. The grant of $75,000 was issued to YPC for its New...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse

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10/09/2015

... on health care services, but they fared worst in terms of life expectancy, according to the Commonwealth Fund ... "Time and again, we see evidence that the amount of money we spend on health care in this...

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Pfizer and UICC Award 20 Grants Totaling $760,000 to Address the Needs of Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

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10/14/2015

... Award 20 Grants Totaling $760,000 to Address the Needs of Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients During Breast Cancer ... Breast Cancer Challenge (SPARC MBC Challenge), a first- of -its-kind initiative to address...

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Gender Justice

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Meet The Woman Driving Sustainability And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co.

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01/26/2016

... brand is not only challenging, but requires knowledge of the entire organization. And then adding to the task is the additional job of running a major corporate foundation. For most ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation

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01/29/2016

... director for a Korean-American non-profit serving victims of domestic violence, she discovered how hard it was to raise ... immigrants, Lee found, were new to the idea of American-style philanthropy, and...

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Gender Justice

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Carnegie Attends Gathering to Discuss Launch of NYCitizenship Services

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04/25/2016

Carnegie Attends Gathering to Discuss Launch of NYCitizenship Services The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs joined forces with public and private ... and organizations Tuesday, April 19 to launch the start...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry

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04/26/2016

Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry Federal prisons release nearly 50,000 ... Foundations. The program is aimed at assisting a few of the thousands of inmates who...

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Justice Reform

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What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style

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05/23/2016

... noticed that as the Baby Boomer generation ages, the face of philanthropy and giving is undergoing a dramatic shift in ... until they pass on and leave a huge gift that is the talk of every staff meeting for...

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