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Open Society Foundations Commits $5 Million for Accountable Governance

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06/02/2019

... million challenge grant to the Open Government Partnership in support of accountable, responsive, and inclusive governance ... areas of government corruption, access to justice, public...

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Civic Engagement

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Rockefeller Foundation President Reflects On America's Most Pressing Challenge Jobs And Economic Opportunity

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10/16/2017

... Challenge Jobs And Economic Opportunity Last month I was in Michigan for the fourth annual Detroit Homecoming, an event that brings together people who grew up in the Detroit ... bankruptcy...

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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...

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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, ... ground division of a respected, international human rights group ...

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Social Justice

New Komen Head Says Organization's Mission is To Save Lives

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07/18/2014

... Organization's Mission is To Save Lives The new head of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure says the organization is ... from breast cancer and the controversy that engulfed the group 2 1/2 years ago when it...

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Susan G. Komen Greater New York City

Gender Justice

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

Release Date:

11/13/2014

Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the ... Traditional CEO Search GEO recently convened a diverse group of foundation trustees and CEOs at the Ford...

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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

Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $2.2 Million in Emergency Funding for Ebola Response Efforts The Leona ... deeply-rooted in the affected communities and already working on the ground, the...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Fund for Shared Insight Announces First Round of Grants Totaling $5.26 Million

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11/21/2014

Fund for Shared Insight Announces First Round of Grants Totaling $5.26 Million A new, seven-foundation partnership created to support nonprofits working to collect feedback and be more effective today .....

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Freedom Together Foundation

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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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NoVo Grant Helps Sex Trafficking Victims Fight Prostitution Charges

Release Date:

05/19/2015

... commit,” Kate Mogulescu, a public defender at Legal Aid in New York City, told The Huffington Post. But that ... Legal Aid that caters specifically to vacating the records of sex trafficking victims. It’s a...

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Gender Justice

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Resilience: Nature’s Lessons for Surviving Its Worst Moods

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06/02/2015

... for Surviving Its Worst Moods The recent earthquakes in Nepal, along with the ongoing and tragic aftermath in ... bring to mind inevitable questions about what type of community planning...

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

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08/28/2015

... many people 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...

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Arcus Director Examines the Story Behind LGBT History Month

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09/04/2015

... Director Examines the Story Behind LGBT History Month In August, The Advocate ran an op-ed that seemed to suggest ... were spoken for by other groups. But October was free of conflicts, came during the...

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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 ... accounts. At least 1.5 million of these workers are in...

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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 ... immediate issues affecting vulnerable New Yorkers in this moment of change. The Liberty Fund will support .....

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The New York Community Trust

Immigration

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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...

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Justice Reform

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

Release Date:

03/17/2017

... The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation , USAID , and the Swedish ... competition to address recurring flood problems in some of the world’s most...

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