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United Way of New York City

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United Way of New York City's "Make It Your Own" Empowers Women to Build Personal Brands

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04/18/2018

... powerful women are doing such important work to engage the community and change lives—Making It Rain not just in ...

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country

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05/02/2018

... Opportunity, the Department of Probation funded 19 community -based organizations to hire mentors for people ages ... with training and support, can mentor youth and improve community safety... Bloomberg...

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Justice Reform

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Arts Innovation and Management Program

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05/11/2018

The program, a part of Mike Bloomberg’s American Cities Initiative, has already helped more than 500 small and midsize institutions in the U.S. across all artistic disciplines.

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Arts

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Backed in Part By The Ford Foundation, Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Named a National Treasure by National Trust

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06/19/2018

... stories of African American achievement, activism, and community .” “Nina Simone’s distinctive voice and social ... to work with the home’s new owners and the local community to chart a new future for the...

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Ford Foundation

With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MIT To Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing

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06/25/2018

... production and hosting systems to the scholarly publishing community . As noted by Amy Brand, director of the MIT Press, ... the unique opportunity to provide the university press community and other not-for-...

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Communications/Media

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Mellon Foundation

Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps

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06/28/2018

... has left his job as chief executive of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. In a contrite statement released ...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund Launches at the Aspen Institute

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07/10/2018

The McNulty Foundation announced the inaugural recipients of the McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund, a new fund at the Aspen Institute to support innovative social ventures at vital inflection points.

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John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces 14 Finalists In The Running For Its 2018 Public Art Challenge

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07/18/2018

... a range of pressing issues and social themes such as community development, environmental sustainability, and ...

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Arts

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2018 Soros Equality Fellows

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07/27/2018

Artists, advocates, journalists, health care professionals, filmmakers, and organizers. The 2018 class of Soros Equality Fellows come from diverse backgrounds , and work across a wide variety of fields. But they share in common a commitment to...

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Arts

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2018 Soros Equality Fellows

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07/30/2018

Artists, advocates, journalists, health care professionals, filmmakers, and organizers. The 2018 class of Soros Equality Fellows come from diverse backgrounds, and work across a wide variety of fields. But they share in common a commitment to racial...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Supports Play in Michigan Schools

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08/22/2018

... Michigan to vary its service offering to schools in the community and roll out existing services to new schools. Over ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Grant to Critical Path Institute to Advance Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease

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09/06/2018

... challenges affecting the entire research and development community . The anticipated outcome is a consortium model ... and then make them available to the broader research community . This announcement coincides...

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Health

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Funder Group Support Development of Financial Counseling as Free Public Service for Low-Income Residents

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10/18/2018

... technical assistance, and a vibrant national learning community to help local government partners plan, launch, and ... technical assistance, and a vibrant national learning community will help as many as 50...

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Economic Security

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Inside Philanthropy Covers Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s Big Investment in City Parks

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10/30/2018

... to advance regional trail systems. The idea is to deliver community and economic benefits to these cities, both of ...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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McNulty Foundation & Aspen Institute Announce the 2018 McNulty Prize Winner, Mehrdad Baghai and High Resolves

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11/01/2018

Baghai is being honored for creating High Resolves, which delivers learning experiences to inoculate students against hatred and galvanize them to take action in their communities. Co-founded with his wife Roya, High Resolves is bringing immersive,...

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John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation

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Bank of America, Water.org Expand Partnership to Bring Safe Water to India and Brazil

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11/02/2018

Water.org received a $3 million grant over three years from Bank of America to empower more than 250,000 people in southern India and Brazil with safe water and sanitation, accelerating positive change in their homes and communities.

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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Committed $1 Million to Children's Health Fund

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12/03/2018

... career, and today it's where I co-own a business. This community is everything to me," said Guardians of the Smile .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation Appoints Maria Torres-Springer As Next Vice President for US Programs

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02/01/2019

The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Maria Torres-Springer as its next vice president for US programs. She will join the foundation in May, succeeding Xavier de Souza Briggs, who has served as vice president for five years and...

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Ford Foundation to Support Ongoing Work of Generation Indigenous Response Fund

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02/21/2019

Native Americans in Philanthropy is proud to announce that it has received a $450,000 grant from Ford Foundation to support the Generation Indigenous Response Fund (#GenIndigenous Fund), a pooled fund housed at The Minneapolis Foundation that...

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Children, Youth and Families

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