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Advocates for LGBT Equality Launch Freedom Fund to Support LGBT Russians

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11/26/2013

... Open Society Foundations have announced the establishment of the Russia Freedom Fund to provide financial support directly to groups working to end discrimination and violence in Russia based on ... and gender...

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01 May 2014

E-TEAM - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series

Thursday, May 1, 2014 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

... for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary E-TEAM and a brief panel discussion. Anna, Ole, Fred and Peter are four members of the Emergencies Team — or E-Team — the boots on...

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Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the Traditional CEO Search

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11/13/2014

... Traditional CEO Search GEO recently convened a diverse group of foundation trustees and CEOs at the Ford Foundation in New ... This topic was quite fresh for Kofi Appenteng, chair of the CEO...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $2.2 Million in Emergency Funding for Ebola Response Efforts

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11/18/2014

... deeply-rooted in the affected communities and already working on the ground, the grant will fund ongoing activities ... address emerging priorities in the largest-ever outbreak of this deadly virus, while also...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Lead the Charge to Develop Dementia Treatment

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03/18/2015

... The New York-based investment bank said it had been working with the government to structure the Dementia ... research that would ultimately lead to the development of new drugs to treat the condition, which...

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Resilience: Nature’s Lessons for Surviving Its Worst Moods

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06/02/2015

... bring to mind inevitable questions about what type of community planning might have prevented the worst of the damage and chaos. One of the key concepts from ... such concepts work are quite...

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Environment and Climate Change

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A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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08/28/2015

... will tout the city’s recovery, few people in black working -class neighborhoods will be celebrating. After all, ... But that is hardly the only poignant and painful reminder of the inequities facing blacks in...

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Arcus Director Examines the Story Behind LGBT History Month

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09/04/2015

... were spoken for by other groups. But October was free of conflicts, came during the academic year, and serendipitously was the month of both the first and second LGBT Marches on Washington (1979 ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Elects New Board Chair and Five Members to Its Board of Directors

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01/15/2016

... Elects New Board Chair and Five Members to Its Board of Directors Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), one ... Spencer, and former Executive Director of the Van Leer Group Foundations...

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City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans

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10/07/2016

... provide more savings options for 1.5 million people. Tens of millions of Americans work for companies that don't provide ... of 401(k) plans or joining a government-sponsored ...

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Economic Security

Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust

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01/03/2017

Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust ... issues affecting vulnerable New Yorkers in this moment of change. The Liberty Fund will support projects that must ... larger end...

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Supported by Novo, Notorious New York Prison Is Reclaimed By The Women It Once Caged

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... Once Caged In 2016, the NoVo Foundation, a not-for-profit group run by Warren Buffett’s son and daughter-in-law, ... and children, and will serve as a global hub for people working on those issues. As part...

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Open Society Foundations Targeted by New Hungarian Law Requiring NGOs to Disclose Foreign Funding Sources

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03/10/2017

... to influence Hungarian politics to reveal all sources of foreign funding, is widely viewed as targeting groups ... founder, Hungarian-born U.S. financier George Soros. Some of those organizations, including...

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Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners

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03/17/2017

... The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation , USAID , and the Swedish ... Agency (SIDA), has announced the twelve winners of the Water Window Challenge , an...

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Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites

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08/08/2017

... Evaluation Project. The project assessed the quality of centralized legal information websites in every state, the ... and usability of these legal information websites. LSC, working closely...

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A Secret Weapon In The Fight Against Islamophobia

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09/06/2017

... to a nonprofit that helps Muslims with disabilities. Out of Michigan, an activist network pushes Muslims across the ... Those three projects emerged in recent years as part of a boom in Muslim-led nonprofit...

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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

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09/13/2017

Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation? When we think of artist residencies today, we think of the MacDowell ... British conceptual artist, started the Artist Placement...

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Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge

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09/18/2017

Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge Tony Turner ... to improve his eating habits to reverse a recent diagnosis of prediabetes, but, after several years in the foster care ... University. “...

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

... and Increase Access To Healthy Foods With a new round of grants, the philanthropic arm of Aetna is getting out of doctors’ offices and into the ... measures only benefit those who have access...

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