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New Mortgage Program Big Boost for Detroit Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations)

Release Date:

02/19/2016

... Detroit Home Mortgage, the program will offer traditional first and second mortgages from five banks that lend to home ... a gap that makes it difficult for people to get mortgages, no matter their income or...

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Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation

Ford Foundation

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

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... $10 million to push Mexico to adopt the soda tax in the first place—and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which ...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

NY Stem Cell Foundation: New Type of Stem Cell Found that Will Accelerate Discovery

Release Date:

03/21/2016

... and biotechnology. These haploid stem cells mark the first time scientists created cells that can grow and divide ...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women

Release Date:

03/29/2016

... Investments Supporting Women Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady and one-time legislative director for Women's City .....

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

The New York Women's Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers

Release Date:

04/20/2016

... Foundation announces the inaugural Spark Prize, the first and only honor of its kind celebrating changemakers in ...

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RFPs Etc

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Brooklyn Org

F.B. Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century

Release Date:

06/08/2016

... trends, widely reported and acknowledged. They are: first , a weakening of the pull of place (geography has become ... meaning that in labor markets there are more journeymen, no assurance of life employment,...

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal

Release Date:

09/09/2016

... have been in the U.S. longer agree. Eighty-five percent of first and second generation Latino and Asian immigrants and ...

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Ford Foundation

Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... who opposed segregation. Now the Alabama city that was the first capital of the Confederacy is set to become home to a ...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics

Release Date:

10/21/2016

... of connection to fellow white Americans. We’re not the first to tie Trump’s candidacy to white identity politics. ...

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change

Release Date:

12/08/2016

... Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, investment in ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation

Release Date:

01/10/2017

... taking a position at Sotheby's. "Sharon was one of the first people Christy hired and she has served us brilliantly .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Supported by Novo, Notorious New York Prison Is Reclaimed By The Women It Once Caged

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... on a half-dozen occasions for meetings, she said. The first time, she was overcome with feelings of frustration, ...

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Justice Reform

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NoVo Foundation

Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles

Release Date:

01/31/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute announced today that five cities have joined its global initiative to help city leaders plan and prepare for the emergence of autonomous vehicles.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Former Goldman Sachs Foundation President Among Many GS Leaders Now in Trump Administration

Release Date:

02/03/2017

... taking part of New York with him. While son Barron and first lady Melania Trump are staying in New York City for ...

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Goldman Sachs

Fund for the City of New York Supports Conceptualization of Underground Maps and Models

Release Date:

02/15/2017

... is extendable. This Request for Information (RFI) is a first step in the CDS process. Any organization with an ...

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Community Development

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Fund for the City of New York

Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress Expands Globally With $100M Commitment to 500,000 Young People

Release Date:

02/23/2017

... people across 10 U.S. cities become career-ready through first jobs, internships, and leadership and entrepreneurship ...

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Workforce Development

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Citi Foundation

Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

Release Date:

03/29/2017

The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this summer, thanks to grants and material donations from Garnier®, TerraCycle®, and Target Corporation.