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Fusion OpEd Makes Case for New York Times Buying Bloomberg

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06/15/2015

... retain the source of most of his wealth – his 88% stake in financial-information behemoth Bloomberg – and then bequeath the company, in his will, to the Bloomberg Philanthropies. The ... aren’t allowed to own...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Sloan Foundation Back Data Science Collaboration

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07/08/2015

... software that already influences the way work is done in a variety of industries such as genetics and finance. ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Education

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Anisa Kamadoli Costa of Tiffany & Co. Praised in GreenBiz for Sustainability Initiatives

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07/29/2015

Anisa Kamadoli Costa of Tiffany & Co. Praised in GreenBiz for Sustainability Initiatives Anisa Kamadoli ... created sustainability leadership role within the company. In April, she added chief sustainability...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Historian O’Connor Comments on New Ford Foundation Strategy

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08/04/2015

... O’Connor Comments on New Ford Foundation Strategy In addition to her extensive publishing track record of books ... inequality, which he sees as “structurally embedded… in markets, political institutions,...

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Morgan Stanley Launches Perspectives in Philanthropy, Vol. 13, 'The Advancement of Women and Girls'

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08/26/2015

Morgan Stanley Launches Perspectives in Philanthropy, Vol. 13, 'The Advancement of Women and ... announced the release of its latest issue of Perspectives in Philanthropy, Vol. 13, “The Advancement of Women...

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United Way of New York City Joins Cuomo and Other Leaders for Economic Justice

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09/18/2015

... "The current minimum wage has trapped millions of hard working New Yorkers in poverty and has prevented them from finding a way out of ... He successfully increased the minimum wage twice while in...

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United Way of New York City

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Economic Security

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region

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09/25/2015

... If you sometimes feel like you have a little foreman in your head who keeps you on track while you work ... through a sequence of tasks, you aren’t far off. In new research, Brown University scientists report...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Survey from Thomson Reuters Foundation and Rockefeller: Can You Have Children and a Career?

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10/19/2015

... You Have Children and a Career? Almost half of women in the G20 are confident that having children won't wreck their career, with women in emerging countries and younger women most optimistic that .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds People May Be Choosing the Wrong Obamacare Plan

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11/06/2015

Commonwealth Fund has identified that some health care shoppers are unaware of the subsidies for which they are eligible.

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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality

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11/09/2015

Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality Under a new strategy announced ... its support of several initiatives, including LGBT rights in the United States, direct cash...

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Commonwealth Fund: Latest Scorecard on Health System Performance Shows More Improvement Than Decline Across States

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12/09/2015

... The 2015 edition of the state scorecard—the first one in the series to reflect a full year of the Affordable Care ... insurance expansions—finds that the uninsured rate for working -age adults declined ...

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Rockefeller Partnership to Support Cities' Infrastructure Recovery

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01/25/2016

... designed to accelerate the economic recovery of cities in the aftermath of catastrophic natural disasters. Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the partnership will support cities...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities

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02/01/2016

... This is an historic year for The Atlantic Philanthropies. In 2016, we have reached our 35th year of grantmaking, and also our last. In recent updates, I’ve discussed our culminating grants ... promote and...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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UJA-Federation of New York Seeks $40M From Bankrupt FEGS

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02/09/2016

... $40M From Bankrupt FEGS The biggest unsecured creditors in the bankruptcy case of the massive social service charity ... by FEGS to a large federation-sponsored retirement plan in which FEGS participated. UJA-...

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Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry Over Budget Easing'

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02/10/2016

Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry Over Budget Easing' As official ... budget deficit with less and less concern. The drop-off in measures of concern over the deficit come, ironically, as .....

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy'

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02/18/2016

UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy' My grandfather, may his memory be ... to experience hunger from his teen years spent suffering in various...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)

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02/22/2016

... a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation) One afternoon in late January, prominent New York restaurateurs, including ... of a new book by Saru Jayaraman, an outspoken leader in the food labor movement. It was not...

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Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)

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02/26/2016

... Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation) The molecular intricacies of ... food intake: a hormone called amylin, which acts in the brain to help control...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Goldman Sachs Expands Philanthropic Fund to Younger Workers

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03/04/2016

Wall Street has recently seen its share of young analysts leave their six-figure salary jobs to join the scrappier worlds of start-ups, nonprofits and even food trucks. A new program for young analysts to compete for donations to a charity of their...

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