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Glenn E. Martin, Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Says He Met Some of America’s Best and Brightest While In Prison

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05/10/2016

... to live without hope, opportunity and compassion so they can survive,” he said, but adding, “ I met some America’s best and brightest while I was in prison and that’s not the conversation we...

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PhilTalks

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Justice Reform

Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty

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01/12/2017

... in just one of those zones, the theory goes , and you can transport it elsewhere. If everyone did that, there would ...

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Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference

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01/18/2017

... work to translate them into concrete interventions funders can support... Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host ...

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Economic Security

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Ms. Foundation Supports New Civil Rights Video: 'We Won't Go Back'

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01/18/2017

... Supports New Civil Rights Video: 'We Won't Go Back' Can you imagine if Alice Paul or Ida B. Wells, women who .....

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Video

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles

Release Date:

01/31/2017

... a set of principles and tools that cities around the world can use to chart their own paths forward with the new ...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness

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03/03/2017

... 40 million or so people who cannot see. Millions of people can see today because of these efforts... Conrad N. Hilton ...

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Health

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It

Release Date:

03/09/2017

... in 2017, the goal is to let water in—which paradoxically can reduce flooding. The plan was developed as part of the ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research

Release Date:

03/21/2017

... and investigate how variations in the wiring of the brain can affect the way the brain processes information... Simons ...

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Health

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Stay Midtown Program' to Respond to Recent Rental Cost Increases in Detroit

Release Date:

03/22/2017

... is one tangible example of how these recommendations can be implemented. Launched in partnership with Midtown ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Ford Foundation

NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment

Release Date:

03/28/2017

... The Council on Foundations has advised that foundations can speak out on this issue, as is fall within the realm of ...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Lessons from Family Philanthropy: Rockefeller Brothers Fund at 75

Release Date:

04/04/2017

... the ingredients of its success be described? What lessons can it offer? The Fund’s founding brothers represented an ...

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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens

Release Date:

04/14/2017

... start date and may be citizens of any country. Awards can only be issued to nonprofit research universities or ...

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Release Date:

04/26/2017

... as driverless cars, global governance of technology that can engineer climate change, voting and election processes in ...

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Workforce Development

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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

Release Date:

05/11/2017

... in the city. "Detroit’s resurgence is a model for what can be accomplished when leaders work together to create ... our commitment over the next two years. Going forward, I hope business, government and...