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Closing Space for Open Society

Release Date:

05/17/2018

... it is only one small part of a more complex story about how a multibillion dollar global foundation dedicated to ... opposed to those same values. The foundation’s leaders have not publicly alluded to any...

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Open Society Foundations

Findings from Century Foundation Report Lead Higher Education Advocacy Charge in California

Release Date:

06/01/2018

... the student aid commission, acknowledged the state would have to devote more funding to the program to meet that goal. ... the future of its colleges and universities and improve how the state helps low-income...

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Ms. Foundation for Women to Honor Ava Duvernay Elaine Welteroth at 30th Annual Gloria Awards

Release Date:

03/08/2018

... partners around the country and to recognize leaders who have made an indelible impact on the gender justice movement at the local, state, ... Black women whose innovation, leadership, and courage have...

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Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

Release Date:

10/03/2014

... Foundation Center. She said that since her foundation can ’t hope to solve society’s problems by spending lots of its own money, it’s focusing on what it calls “ impact investing”—highly targeted spending that...

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

Release Date:

03/24/2017

... governments, businesses and private individuals as its impact on both environmental health, food security as well as ... lines — companies that invest in reducing food waste can expect a 14:1 ROI — are...

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Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies

Release Date:

07/06/2017

... the "Tracker" alias, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, can be deposed — and is increasingly expected to be — as ... former employer, ExxonMobil, misled investors about the impact of climate change...

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Environment and Climate Change

Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... Orchestrate? A framework for understanding the roles you can play in a movement for social change. In this article, we ... and innovation without orchestration means ideas without impact . ... Should You...

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United Hospital Fund Report on CHIP Finds Sharp Increase in NYS Enrollment

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... Hospital Fund just issued a HealthWatch brief on CHIP’s impact on New York State that may be helpful in your coverage ... for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, New York can still draw down unspent money...

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As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving?

Release Date:

10/18/2017

... backing of over $110 million since 2011, has made a big impact in reducing coal-fired power plant emissions, which ... for Bloomberg's climate giving? In particular, perhaps he can better serve the...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

08 Feb 2018

Choosing and Using Multiple Vehicles for Family Giving - Webinar

Thursday, February 8, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... at examples of the growing variety of approaches families can use to increase the overall impact of their giving. Presenter List of speakers still ...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

NY's Joan Mitchell Foundation Invests $20 Million For New Orleans Arts Center

Release Date:

06/12/2014

... promising painters and sculptors from across the country can commune together for weeks at a time, honing their ... the foundation finishes its Bayou Road campus, it will have invested roughly $12.5 million...

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New York Life Sponsors TAPS Good Grief Camps and Provides Scholarships to Attend

Release Date:

05/22/2015

... the Armed Forces. In addition, children and teens will have the opportunity to participate in fun group events where they can bond with their peers and military mentors. New York ... their time to assist with...

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Historian O’Connor Comments on New Ford Foundation Strategy

Release Date:

08/04/2015

... attitudes, and cultural norms…not something…that can be addressed by traditional opportunity-opening ... as it does, what progressive activists and intellectuals have been saying and working-class people...

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Opinion: Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness (New York Community Trust)

Release Date:

01/06/2016

... homelessness. New York should draw on approaches that have helped in the past as well as those that seem promising, ... to stop the revolving door of homelessness. We all have to start by acknowledging reality...

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The New York Community Trust

Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

01/13/2016

... could help more people receive newer treatments that can slow the problem and protect their vision. Keratoconus ... and people with asthma, sleep apnea or Down syndrome, have much higher odds of developing...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions on Art

Release Date:

03/07/2016

... But for decades, historians, curators and museum officials have been highly aware of these protections. And many have chafed under a system whose fees and sometimes elaborate permission agreements can...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Century Foundation Fellow Proposes Post-Obama Syrian-U.S. Relations Strategy

Release Date:

08/22/2016

... Syrian war. Even as he has made the case that the conflict can be contained, the meltdown of the Syrian state has sent ... and warlords and creating millions of refugees who have reshaped the politics of...

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The Century Foundation

The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion

Release Date:

07/28/2017

... mental health crisis in an effort to calm situations that can easily move from tense to violent. The goal is to improve ... be better served in treatment. New city police recruits have for years undergone some...

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Health

Justice Reform

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The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation

NoVo’s Radical Hope Fund a Result of Radical Listening

Release Date:

08/17/2017

... to funding (here, here, and here.) Over the years, they have lived out their philosophy of being guided by those most ... committed to mutuality but rare among foundations. They have asked themselves tough...

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NoVo Foundation

Growing Number of Companies Opt for Locally Driven Hurricane Relief Efforts, Reports GlobalGiving

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... a 139% increase in small and medium-sized companies that have opted to support local disaster relief efforts. Although ... funds to local organizations, many U.S. corporations that have responded to Hurricane...

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