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Russia Bans Soros-Backed Foundations as Security 'Threat'

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12/02/2015

... state security, Reuters and CNBC report. The office of Russia's top prosecutor said Monday that the Open Society ... Institute Assistance Foundation would go on a "stop list" of foreign...

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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 ... Health Association (APHA) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) are ...

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

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08/03/2016

... 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 ... Duke Charitable Foundation is earmarked for specific kinds...

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Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation

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02/22/2017

... the nation better understand and address its legacies of slavery, racism and discrimination. The five-year Mellon ... report containing recommendations from the university’s Working Group on...

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Fast Company Names James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies 'The Most Creative Person of 2017'

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05/16/2017

Fast Company Names James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies 'The Most Creative Person of 2017' James Anderson is the director of government ... at Bloomberg Philanthropies, where he...

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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

... Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community I’m still ... president’s horrifying words that are fueling the rise of neo-Nazis, the KKK, White...

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Sustainable Business Model Innovation

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08/30/2017

... Innovation It’s not provocative to state the importance of innovation in creating business value from your ... like switching over to energy efficient lighting. The type of innovation necessary is business...

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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 ... President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty...

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Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy

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09/25/2017

... Farms have collectively earned an impressive list of awards, starred restaurant reviews, media features and TV cooking show appearances. But the main goal of their two days in Vermont did not involve knives or...

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The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern

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09/26/2017

... genetic material, they've quietly amassed a giant database of DNA profiles without any laws and little oversight over ... how they can use it. As the science advances and the size of the databases grows,...

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Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program

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09/26/2017

... Program Stanford University Press is redefining the world of traditional academic publishing through an innovative ... program. The press was the first academic publishing group to offer scholars a way to...

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

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09/27/2017

As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’ At a ... force and stressed their support for the proposed mayoral working group to assess the city’s overall...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Rising Rate of Uninsured People

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05/02/2018

Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Rising Rate of Uninsured People The Commonwealth Fund on Tuesday released a survey of working -age Americans that found that 15.5 percent were ... and March 2018...

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Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

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03/25/2021

... to us—why is it difficult to get resources for this kind of movement work, especially when it’s led by Black ... each other,” McHarris says. There is also no comparable group looking at connecting this kind...

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Ford Foundation Expands Flagship BUILD Program to Provide $1 Billion to Hundreds of Organizations

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04/07/2021

... Flagship BUILD Program to Provide $1 Billion to Hundreds of Organizations NEW YORK (April 7, 2021) – The Ford Foundation announced today the extension of the 2015 Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD...

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17 Apr 2020

Responding to the Rise of Anti-Semitism - A Webinar

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9:30am to 11:00am

... last few years have seen a significant rise in the number of Anti-Semitic incidents around the United States and in NYC . How do we understand why this is happening now? What ... The Nathan Cummings Foundation...

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Learning Forward Launches Free, Online Learning Guide to Enrich Principal Preparation Programs

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05/06/2014

... – based on PBS documentary and more than a decade of research, commissioned by The Wallace Foundation.“ ... The Principal Story Learning Guide, a free resource of web-based lessons and activities to advance...

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Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

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10/22/2014

... grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust and the work of Water.org, 16,000 people will gain access to safe water ... in Kenya. In addition, Water.org's health and hygiene education programs will reach at...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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

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03/03/2017

New York Community Trust Supports Artists at Museum of Arts & Design The Museum of Arts and Design presents Jes Fan: No Clearance in Niche, ... York Community Trust and introduced to the Museum by its ...

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