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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Poll Supported by Ford Foundation Finds Young Adults Back New Efforts to Curb Gun Violence

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08/08/2016

... to the voices of young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new ...

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Justice Reform

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Produces Short Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions

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09/19/2016

... Philanthropies provides a behind- the-scenes look at how four cities are using temporary public art projects to ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

09 Mar 2017

Equity, Inclusion, and Connecting with Community in Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, March 9, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... only.* What does inclusivity mean for family philanthropy? How can we promote diversity, community engagement, and ...

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Funded by Soros and Mastercard, New Human Ventures Project Seeks to Help Refugees

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02/01/2017

... the end of last year, Soros declared that the world' s “collective failure” to help the tens of millions of ... founded by migrants and refugees themselves.” That' s some serious money. And now we...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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Immigration

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Lessons from Family Philanthropy: Rockefeller Brothers Fund at 75

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04/04/2017

... foundation that has weathered these storms successfully. How might the ingredients of its success be described? What lessons can it offer? The Fund’ s founding brothers represented an evolution within ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

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05/01/2017

... are based on the premise that if a foundation’ s grants generate a social return, and that return compounds ... the capital and making more grants later — but how would we know, asks a report from the Atlantic...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million

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05/11/2017

JPMorgan Chase’ s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced that it will expand the firm' s commitment to Detroit’ s economic recovery, expecting...

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Workforce Development

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Four Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution

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05/12/2017

... (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), who will explore how environmental and ecological processes shape marine ...

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Science

The Army Infantry’s First Women

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05/26/2017

The Army Infantry’ s First Women The Army has sought to play down the ... the steamy woods from those of earlier generations. That’ s just how the Army wants it. After the Obama ...

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Gender Justice

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

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07/06/2017

... Street View images in an effort to measure whether and how urban areas are changing. In addition to demonstrating ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

Release Date:

08/01/2017

... Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism Sometimes it’ s the smaller foundations that take on the most audacious ... and accompanying green building program. Or Heron’ s unparalleled commitment to impact...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Overbrook Foundation

American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking

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08/11/2017

... people to connect with, celebrate and support America’ s national parks and community-based programs, including ... is also a partner of SCA, supporting the organization’ s Find Your Park volunteering events...

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Arts

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American Express

The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy

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08/25/2017

... philanthrosphere long enough and you'll realize that it' s something of a matriarchy. Sure, most of the biggest ... half of all foundations are run by women, and it' s actually the wives of...

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Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

... students are still vastly underrepresented at the nation’ s top colleges and universities is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial ...

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Economic Security

Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... situation. He has been peppered with questions about how far the review will go to cleanse New York of potentially ...

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Opinion: Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... of it invisible. In particular, we don’t yet know just how much poison has been released by flooding of chemical plants, waste dumps, and more. But it’ s a good bet that more people will eventually die from...

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In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation

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09/18/2017

... of the New York City education wars, Eva Moskowitz’ s new book is a juicy political read. “We never hit it off ... her biggest allies. Of her own ambitions, she says she’ s not sure she wants to be mayor...

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Education

Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony

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09/21/2017

... Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony Speaking before the U. S . Senate Special Committee on Aging today, University of ... understanding of who should evacuate before, and how people can be sustained...

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Aging

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... Giving to Come? One of Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’ s major philanthropic priorities has long been ocean ... in funding climate change work. The tech donor’ s latest major grant is right in the sweet spot...

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