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Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund

Release Date:

06/12/2017

Agnes Gund is partnering with the Ford Foundation, in the creation of a new fund, titled the Art for Justice Fund, and has sold a very valuable painting to kickoff the fundraising. She has asked other collectors to do the same, in the hopes of...

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Ai Weiwei's Citywide Public Art Project Elicits Protest From Village Neighborhood Group

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... letter to the Public Art Fund, “The monumental Arch is a work of art in itself. It does not need to be politicized ...

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Arts

The Dark Side of Philanthropy: A Look at Tax-Exempt Donations to White Supremacists

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... donations to nonprofits. Groups engaged in controversial work , and the donors behind them, can easily cover their ...

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The Kids Are Alright: Millennial Generalizations Are Getting Old

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09/20/2017

... Case and Achieve label “cause engagement.” In their work , Case and Achieve employ a mixed-methods approach that ...

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Simons Foundation Releases The Eternal Sky, Part 2: The Hunt for Inflation

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... a series produced by the Simons Foundation, chronicles the work of these scientists as they develop the Simons ...

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Environment and Climate Change

Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

12/12/2017

Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today that Maya L. Harris, a distinguished attorney and...

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Animal Welfare

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Arcus Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 5 Winners of Annual Spark Prize

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01/11/2018

... much needed attention and additional investment in their work ." Brooklyn is home to over 2,000 nonprofits, yet less .....

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Brooklyn Org

Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity

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02/01/2018

... as an anchor and inspiration to carry on his philanthropic work ." In the first full year when Newman's Own started, .....

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Newman’s Own Saved from Major Tax Hit

Release Date:

02/12/2018

Newman’s Own Foundation was saved last week from a 200 percent tax increase by a late minute amendment to the federal budget enacted by Congress.

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Online Data Journalism Hub Funded by OSF Is Set To Launch

Release Date:

03/12/2018

The Global Editors Network (GEN), headquartered in Paris, aims to address this disparity by launching the Data Journalism Den, a hub devoted to all things data journalism.

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Communications/Media

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Open Society Foundations

Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America

Release Date:

04/17/2018

How Angels in America comes to life on Broadway.

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

Release Date:

04/18/2018

... Martin . "These powerful women are doing such important work to engage the community and change lives—Making It .....

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Gender Justice

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New Study Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Identifies Nature's Strongholds

Release Date:

04/23/2018

A new study by The Nature Conservancy has identified landscapes across the American Midwest that are predicted to withstand the growing impacts of climate change and help ensure nature’s survival.

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Markle Foundation Initiative, Skillful, Is Going Coast-to-Coast

Release Date:

07/03/2018

... quickly. It also allows all of us to build on the great work being done in these states.” The national unemployment ...

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United Way of New York City Names Gina Goodenow as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Release Date:

08/15/2018

United Way of New York City (UWNYC) is proud to name Gina Goodenow as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer—the organization's first female to take on this role in its 80-year history.

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Former VP for Grants at the New York Community Trust and Beloved PNY Member, Joyce Bove, Has Passed Away

Release Date:

08/16/2018

... organizations. She was particularly proud of her work on HIV/AIDS funding and helping the city recover from ...

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The New York Community Trust

United Philanthropy #ForumCon18 Highlights

Release Date:

09/07/2018

... connections. Participants left feeling inspired for the work ahead especially around our conference themes—racial ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Names Tariq Khokhar Managing Director and Senior Data Scientist

Release Date:

09/13/2018

... Foundation’s Innovation Team, Mr. Khokhar will steer the work to build the Foundation’s technological capabilities ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Rockefeller Brothers Fund Join Coalition of 29 Philanthropies to Pledge $4 billion To Combat Climate Change

Release Date:

09/17/2018

A coalition of twenty-nine philanthropies has pledged $4 billion over the next five years to combat climate change, the largest-ever philanthropic investment focused on climate change mitigation.