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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields

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03/23/2015

... Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields Women who enter science and engineering ... 28-member Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Working Group...

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Russia Bans Soros-Backed Foundations as Security 'Threat'

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12/02/2015

Russian authorities have barred the pro-democracy charity network founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros from the country, saying its work undermined state security, Reuters and CNBC report.

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Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

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04/06/2016

... A major public-health organization and a local government group are teaming up with Aetna to pursue a lofty goal: a rise in healthy communities. The American Public Health ... (APHA) and the National...

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Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley

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08/03/2016

Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley The non-profit group Scenic Hudson has been working to preserve land for decades, but a new grant from ...

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Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation

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02/22/2017

... The five-year Mellon grant will assist the university in establishing a center for racial justice, hiring faculty ... report containing recommendations from the university’s Working Group on...

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Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community

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08/22/2017

... groups that breed hate and violence. And now the terrorism in Barcelona and Finland. I’ll try to move back to grace ... currents we are pushing against are only getting stronger. In the midst of feeling weary...

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Sustainable Business Model Innovation

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08/30/2017

... not provocative to state the importance of innovation in creating business value from your sustainability efforts. ... MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group shows that nearly 50% of...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

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09/13/2017

The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness "Social entrepreneurship ... President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty...

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The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern

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09/26/2017

... investigative leads and given prosecutors ammunition in court. But as the police have gotten more aggressive about ... WNYC and The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom focused on guns in America, took a look at the...

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As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’

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09/27/2017

... members called for clarity on recent interactions ending in lethal force and stressed their support for the proposed mayoral working group to assess the city’s overall response to individuals...

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Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

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03/25/2021

... Feminist Fund started as a kitchen-table conversation in 2013 that co-founder Tynesha McHarris describes as part ... each other,” McHarris says. There is also no comparable group looking at connecting this...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative Welcomes 35 Career Coaches From Indiana for its First Convening Governor’s Coaching Corps

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03/19/2019

... so they can serve Indiana job seekers more effectively in a changing economy. The participants represent a diverse ... career development professionals who play a pivotal role in our workforce and ...

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Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector

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02/23/2016

... New President and CEO, Independent Sector Begining in July, Dan Cardinali will become the new President and CEO of Independent Sector. With years of leadership in the charitable community, Dan currently serves...

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New York Community Trust Supports Artists at Museum of Arts & Design

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03/03/2017

... Museum of Arts and Design presents Jes Fan: No Clearance in Niche, running from March 2 through April 30. This marks ... York Community Trust and introduced to the Museum by its Education Department in...

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The New York Community Trust

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How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?

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09/26/2017

... which used to be the default way to form a family in the United States, regardless of income or education , has become yet another part of American life ... Currently, 26 percent of poor adults, 39 percent of...

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How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political

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09/28/2017

... thought hard about whether to use an image of the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, in her entry to this year’s ArtPrize contest. The ... Trump. But Ms. DeVos isn’t just your everyday target in...

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Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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01/15/2019

... is the Chairman of General Atlantic LLC, a firm he joined in 1980 at its founding and helped to establish as a leading ... non- profit and educational institutions. He is active in helping social entrepreneurs...

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Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and Open Society Foundations Fund ReImagina Puerto Rico Report

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07/09/2018

... Puerto Rico calls for a focus on social well-being in all investments, making equity and inclusiveness a priority, ensuring transparency at all levels of policy making , and emphasizing coordination and .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative

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10/01/2014

... goals of the Brain Initiative, which the president started in 2013. Tom Kalil, deputy director for technology and innovation, in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , said...

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