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08/04/2014

... advisors, my colleagues and I are frequently asked by foundations as well as individual donors how they can take ... client families, over $4 billion of which is for private foundations and philanthropic...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues

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08/20/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new $45 million investment to boost the capacity of city halls to use innovation to tackle major challenges and improve urban life.

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Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality

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10/07/2014

... of super-wealthy individuals, along with a handful of foundations , have pushed hard for marriage equality and other ...

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Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators

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12/04/2014

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Fund for the City of New York provided the cash prizes for the teachers and their schools.

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See the Storify: Sandy, Philanthropy & A Year of Hard Lessons

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10/29/2013

We’re pleased to share the Storify recap of our October 25 half-day convening on how philanthropy can support ongoing rebuilding efforts in the communities affected by Hurricane Sandy.

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Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free

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01/16/2015

Program is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative.

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OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

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02/12/2015

OSF and Ford are among the funders who are partnering for the NetGain initiative.

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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

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03/13/2015

The CDC Foundation has announced a two-year, $14 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to conduct tobacco-usage surveys in eleven countries.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco

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03/19/2015

The initiative is in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform

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03/24/2015

Campaign will call for the end of the "broken windows" method of policing.

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OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug

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03/25/2015

... international harm reduction program at the Open Society Foundations .... OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose ...

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Winners of the 2015 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Announced

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05/11/2015

... between the Pershing Square and Sohn Conference foundations , the annual prize aims to catalyze collaboration ...

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Ford and RBF Lead Charge to Publicize Diversity Data

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07/01/2015

... Ford, William and Flora Hewlett, Kresge and Wilburforce foundations and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund said they had ...

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Rockefeller Announces Joint Initiative with Obama Administration to Create New Resilience AmeriCorps Program

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07/13/2015

The two-year pilot will launch later in 2015 and has garnered $1 million in support.

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models

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08/14/2015

The Commonwealth Fund's new brief finds PCPs mixed on ACOs and PCMHs--but largely positive on healthcare IT.

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Fourth Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge Seeks Problem Solving Ideas From Students Nationwide

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08/17/2015

For the first time, the App Challenge will be open to teams representing non-profit organizations in addition to schools.

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Q & A with FJC: The ABCs Of Donor-Advised Funds

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11/12/2015

The Jewish Week spoke with Leonard Glickman, CEO of FJC, about the ins and outs of donor-advised funds.

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Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

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12/03/2015

The Obama administration announced a set of public-private programs to expand financial services to the millions of low-income people in America and around the world who lack access to credit, savings accounts, and other fiscal essentials, reports...

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Bank of America Awards $1 Million to Nonprofits Tackling Poverty in Detroit

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12/08/2015

Bank of America Charitable Foundation distributed nearly $1 million in community giving to 24 nonprofits focused on ensuring individuals and families in metropolitan Detroit have access to basic needs and services.

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New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work

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12/10/2015

Eight new standards for supervisors of school principals, covering topics such as instructional leadership and meeting the needs of diverse learners, aim to guide supervisors as they help those principals improve their effectiveness in an evolving...

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