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Former Brazilian Secretary of Justice Pedro Abramovay to Join Open Society Foundations

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08/22/2013

... announced that Pedro Abramovay, a leading Brazilian human rights advocate, will head up its work in Latin America. ... million to promote drug policy, criminal justice, human rights , access to information, and...

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Relinquishing Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’s JustFilms

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02/15/2013

... some of the most influential documentaries about the civil rights movement and the black American experience, will leave ... Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’ s JustFilms ...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

$15 Million Gift and New Name for Community College

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04/29/2013

... are increasingly common, $15 million might buy naming rights to a new building or a laboratory. But for a community ... size is both rare and transformative, and so New York’ s newest community college is...

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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time

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05/15/2013

... a simple mission: to ensure all children in our nation' s communities have more and better learning time in school. ... come together with leaders in government, education, civil rights , business, academe...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

The Possible Philanthropic Response to Trayvon Martin

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08/19/2013

... blog. “In the arc of social justice, equity, and civil rights , outrage is the fuel for civic action.”... The ...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Conservative Publications Accuse OSF of 'Bankrolling' Ferguson Protests

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03/30/2015

... Ferguson Protests New tax filings from Soros’ s private foundation link donations and funding for groups in ... to news media to cover events using the billionaire’ s funding. Washington Times noted that the...

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Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report

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07/09/2015

Ford' s Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report ... life is possible, pushing their leaders to protect the rights and dignities of all people." I could not agree more... Ford'...

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MAC AIDS Fund Supports New Video On Transgender Bathroom Access

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06/24/2016

A new video released Friday attempts to ease the fears of those still squeamish about the open bathroom access that allows anyone to use bathrooms of the sex they identify with .

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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Gender Justice

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According to Forbes, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Sets Example for Philanthropists

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08/17/2016

Many philanthropists, even those with great ambitions and results-oriented approaches, tend to underinvest in sourcing and due diligence.

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Individuals Addressing Open Society Challenges Invited to Apply for Fellowship

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11/07/2016

... proposals relevant to the following propositions: Human rights are under siege everywhere... Individuals Addressing ...

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RFPs Etc

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Justice Reform

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NYPost Investigates Immigrant Support Projects of NYCT and Brooklyn Community Foundation

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02/21/2017

... of NYCT and Brooklyn Community Foundation New York’ s well-heeled philanthropic groups are doling out big bucks to resist President Trump’ s immigration policies and defend targeted social welfare .....

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The New York Community Trust

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Brooklyn Org

U.S. Seeks Decades in Prison for Ex-Rikers Guard in Fatal Beating

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09/12/2017

U. S . Seeks Decades in Prison for Ex-Rikers Guard in Fatal ... to nearly 30 years in prison for violating the civil rights of a seriously ill inmate who died after the officer ... evidence at the trial, which...

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NY Bans State Agencies from Questioning Immigration Status

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09/18/2017

... or state officers from inquiring about or sharing a person' s immigration status. Under the new rule, the state police ... agencies will not be allowed to ask about a person' s right to be in the...

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Rats Replay Memories Forward and Backwards to Make Decisions, Understanding the Memory Process Will Lead to Treatments for Diseases Where Memory is Impaired, Research Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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12/10/2019

... diseases where memory is impaired, such as Alzheimer’ s disease or other kinds of dementia. MEMORY CONSOLIDATION ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

... not easier. Working capital is one of those items where being short can quickly make many things harder. Birthright ... letter of credit is a document that states that a bank’ s client (in this case a Donor)...

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Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

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03/27/2017

... billion Muslims across the world, one sixth of the world’ s population, span unique cultures from Morocco to Malaysia ... the heinous acts of extremists puts additional people’ s lives at risk. While the...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Nudge Your Grantmaking: Applying Behavioral Science Insights to Enhance Program Impact

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12/13/2017

... awarded behavioral economist Richard Thaler this year’ s prize for economics for “integrating economics with ... and many of our guiding assumptions in social program development . In Thaler’ s...

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The Fund for the City of New York Announces Lisette Nieves as President

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08/10/2020

... and nationally. Maggie Boepple, the Chair of the Fund’ s board said, “On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Mary ... Executive Director of Year Up NY, an innovative workforce development program, wherein the...

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Morgan Stanley Builds Digital Platform to Help Billion Oyster Project Speed Up Oyster Bed Growth

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06/08/2021

... (BOP) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced BOP’ s data collection efforts will now be powered by a brand new ... beds in and around the New York Harbor area. The project’ s goal is to scale to one...

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