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The Future Cities Accelerator announced 10 $100,000 grants to organizations devoted to improving the lives of the urban poor, with the hope that some will be successful enough to export to other cities.

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

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01/18/2017

The project, called “The Women’s Building,” will offer office space for organizations advocating for women and children, and will serve as a global hub for people working on those issues.

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New York Community Trust Weighs in on Distribution of Post-Trump Donations to Nonprofits

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02/06/2017

In January, the New York Community Trust, issued a call for proposals for a new fund addressing “hate crimes and New York City residents’ fears of deportation, discrimination, arrest, and poverty.”

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Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Honors Teens

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02/08/2017

Dimple Belani has been named one of two students in New York State as the top teen in volunteering by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

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02/28/2017

The first national study of language learning in 30 years was requested from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences by a bipartisan group of members of U.S. Senate & House of Representatives.

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

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03/24/2017

Food waste is increasingly garnering attention from governments, businesses and private individuals as its impact on both environmental health, food security as well as bottom lines — companies that invest in reducing food waste can expect a 14:1...

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Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights

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04/19/2017

The survey deadline is Friday May 5 th . It's a quick turnaround, but the survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete, and there is language provided to make it easier.

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Supported by NY Community Trust, New Research Ties Arts to Well-Being

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04/19/2017

The two-year study, by the Social Impact of the Arts Project at Penn SP2, was funded with $250,000 from the NYC Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust.

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually

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04/26/2017

A penny-per-ounce state tax on sugar-sweetened beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also saving millions in health care costs associated with obesity and diabetes, according to a new study released Tuesday by...

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Rockefeller-Backed FarmerLink Helps Philippine Planters Milk the Coconut Boom

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05/10/2017

FarmerLink, a pilot project set up by a consortium to make small-scale coconut farmers in the Philippines more resilient to shocks like natural disasters and pests, and increase their productivity, takes advantage of mobile technology.

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Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online

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05/22/2017

The Global Street Design Guide, a handbook for cities around the world to design safe, sustainable streets, is available to the public as for free online. The guide was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which has made road safety a top priority .

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

When it comes to scientific innovation, individuals, not organizations, are paramount, according to the Princeton, New Jersey-based Rita Allen Foundation.

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Lata Reddy Elevated to Chair of The Prudential Foundation

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06/14/2017

... vertical farming company AeroFarms, among numerous other projects and programs. Reddy originally joined Prudential in ...

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No Room on a Bike Rack? Not a Problem for These Smart Bikes

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08/29/2017

It promised a new way of bike riding in New York City — GPS-tracked smart bikes that would rent for as little as $1 and did not have to be picked up or returned to fixed locations.

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Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’

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08/29/2017

A Northeastern University researcher who was asked to remove any reference to climate change from her Energy Department grant proposal said Monday that she had posted the letter publicly “because I found it to be a stark reminder of the ongoing...

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From the Ground Up

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09/08/2017

... What’s more, people rarely get to choose the projects and programs that land in their backyards; too ...

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New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff

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09/20/2017

What moral values do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or diverging? In particular, are human rights becoming a global ethic? These were the questions that led Michael Ignatieff...