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The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot

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06/03/2016

... Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’ s $100 Million Jackpot NPQ has covered a lot of contest ... Over the past 18 months or so, the fad seems to have waned a bit, but now the John D. and...

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Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year

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08/11/2016

... September heat is a reminder that they’re running out of time to find a stable place to live before the start ... on Family Homelessness, one in every 30 children in the U. S . does not have a...

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Housing and Homelessness

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

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02/03/2017

... For weeks, Donald Trump ran his presidential transition out of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan. Now that he has been ... he has made the move to the White House – and he’ s taking part of New York with him...

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Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?

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08/30/2017

... by the Harlem Art Collective, which formed in 2015. They have painted Aztec symbols, for example, and a piece devoted to women’ s rights on the barrier that hides a vacant lot. But this ... a wide avenue,...

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Community Development

BBH NY Launches EmojiMeals For No Kid Hungry

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09/06/2017

... dedicated to ending childhood hunger, and BBH NY have launched a social media campaign that uses emojis to ... nationally. The initiative raises awareness that one out of every six kids in America is hungry,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent

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09/07/2017

... Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent On Wednesday, the U. S . Education Department confirmed that the education ... 2011 "Dear Colleague" letter — a directive that laid out exactly what the government...

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Gender Justice

Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

Opinion: New York’ s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job On Thursday, a million New York City children will return to school. Educators have long been concerned about a “summer slide” — the learning loss that often...

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Education

The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough

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09/19/2017

... first streetcars started rumbling along New York City’ s streets in the 19th century, people have sought ways to make it easier, more efficient, and safer ... and other transit hubs), there are a plethora of...

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Community Development

These Companies Support Climate Action, So Why Are They Funding Opposition To It?

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09/19/2017

... When President Donald Trump committed to yanking the U. S . out anyway, PayPal and Western Union countered “We are ... complicated. The overwhelming majority of these companies have no overt...

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Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

... Powell Jobs and Pierre and Pam Omidyar also have LLCs —and there are good reasons to look beyond the ... change: It makes grants to 501(c)3 groups, which are paid out of a donor-advised fund housed at the...

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Thousands March For Black Women And Racial Justice In D.C., Around The Country

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10/02/2017

... Rico is part of America!” On Saturday, chants rang out as thousands flooded the streets in Washington, D.C. and ... the aftermath on Facebook. Since then, racial incidents have continued to dominate the...

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Gender Justice

Research Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads To Passwords In Clothing

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11/02/2017

... of Washington can make it so. A research team led by UW’ s Shyam Gollakota has demonstrated a method for encoding ... activated by magnetizing the threads, and then can be read out using magnetometers. A...

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Science

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‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism

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12/08/2017

... said as she kicked off the first talk in Georgetown' s Mellon Lecture Series last week. The Mellon Lecture Series, ... the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help Georgetown carry out its commitment to...

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Daggett Announces Retirement from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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06/07/2018

... Foundation After eight years leading one of New Jersey’ s largest and most well-known philanthropic organizations, ... in their communities and more inclusive in their work. I have been fortunate to be...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Continues Commitment to Great Barrier Reef Conservation Efforts

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07/17/2018

... ($1 million USD) to help protect and restore Australia’ s Great Barrier Reef. This magnificent natural wonder is the ... poor water quality and impacts from human activity— have led to a widespread decline of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Eric Marchall Concludes Tenure as FCCP’s Executive Director

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10/02/2018

Eric Marchall Concludes Tenure as FCCP’ s Executive Director "After four years at the helm of FCCP, Eric has decided to transition out of his role in the coming months. He’ s likely to .....

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Ford Foundation Appoints Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees

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06/20/2019

... announced today that Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode have been elected to serve as members of its Board of ... on the Rights of People with Disabilities. Bristo’ s perspective will be critical as the Ford...

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‘Excuse After Excuse’: Black and Latino Developers Face Barriers to Success - Report Funded by the Siegel Family Endowment

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03/03/2023

... to Success - Report Funded by the Siegel Family Endowment Out of roughly 112,000 real estate development companies in ... and Asian Americans, in the future, one of the report’ s authors said. The dearth of...

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