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Penny Abeywardena Joins the de Blasio Administration as the Head of the Office of International Affairs

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09/16/2014

... Abeywardena Joins the de Blasio Administration as Head of the Office of International Affairs Penny Abeywardena, who currently ... International Affairs Commissioner Tuesday. She will be in...

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How Institutions Take Risks

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10/12/2014

... As Adolf Hitler harassed, isolated, and murdered many of Europe's greatest scientists, philosophers, and thinkers, ... work to the heart-wrenching and perilous business of saving scholars who were seeking...

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Giving Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System

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11/26/2014

... Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System Those of us working to improve the health system sometimes joke that at ... to achieve often mediocre outcomes; we are under-invested in...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience

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01/28/2015

... her surveying the destruction wrought by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012. “There were the low-lying neighbourhoods of Staten Island exposed to sea rise, flooding and storm ... lives destroyed.” Rodin, who...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names the 2015 Doris Duke Artists

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04/02/2015

... Foundation (DDCF) today announced the 2015 class of Doris Duke Artists. Twenty remarkable performing artists will each receive $275,000 in flexible, multi-year funding as an investment in and...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fights Climate Change By Backing New Resource Center

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06/10/2015

... Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people love by strengthening land ... through a robust and multifaceted website, Conservation in a Changing Climate is a...

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Why Should Climate Philanthropy Care About Energy Access?

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07/02/2015

... Philanthropy Care About Energy Access? Investing in clean energy access provides a disruptive opportunity to ... electricity systems and get on the right side of the politics of development...

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Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation

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08/17/2015

Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation The Dyson Foundation has promoted Cecilia Stancell of Wassaic to serve as the philanthropic foundation’s new ... for the Foundation for the...

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Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

... experts with community members and stakeholders when working to address the resilience challenges of cities. This new structure also combines two powerful ... take the most effective tools – tools that have...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... Mexico has become the most obese country in the world. In a purported effort to combat the problem, ... in January 2014. That tax, supporters claim, is working . A 2015...

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities

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10/21/2016

... Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced $20 million for five community development organizations working to create economic...

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Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality

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12/20/2016

... Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality Media coverage of America's independent workers leans more positively than ... The analysis found that while the media discusses growth in the independent...

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Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

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01/24/2017

... influences people's giving. Read through the letters of the Giving Pledge members, for example, and you'll see ... been struck by how closely the apple falls to the tree in terms of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Others Partner to Launch '50 Reefs' Global Initiative to Protect Critical Ecosystem

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02/28/2017

... to Protect Critical Ecosystem Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, ... Agency, and the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, has announced the...

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Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities

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03/16/2017

Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, ... residents to new economic opportunities, LISC is working with Bank of America to promote business and job growth in...

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Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge to Benefit 14 Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. and UK

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03/23/2017

... Strategy Challenge to Benefit 14 Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. and UK Morgan Stanley on March 22 announced the launch of the ninth annual Strategy Challenge, the Firm’s ... skills-based pro bono volunteer...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art

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04/20/2017

... for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts recently awarded $100,000 to the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida...

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JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million

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05/11/2017

JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million JPMorgan Chase & Co. today ... initial $100 million, five-year investment two years ahead of schedule. The firm has been able to accelerate its .....

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Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It

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05/19/2017

... for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It In late 2015, Darren Walker approached the foundation’s ... to create a professional development program for graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI)...

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Wallace, Ford, and Mellon on Strategies that Boost Arts Engagement Across Diverse Communities

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06/09/2017

... Across Diverse Communities The foundations weigh in on the challenges and strategies in reaching a diverse ... relevant, and inspiring forces in the daily lives of diverse...

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