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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding

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02/03/2015

The Stanford Social Innovation Review blasts restricted funding as limiting and ineffective.

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Addresses Road Safety Issues in Mumbai

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02/23/2015

Mumbai is one of five countries that will receive $125 million over the next five years to reduce road fatalities.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Community Development

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Rita Allen Foundation Backs Innovative Biomedical Research

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01/27/2015

... been around since 1976, but I bet you’ve never heard of it . Some programs are like that—kind of under the radar, ... though they’re doing big, ambitious things. This one’ s covert because the foundation that...

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Commonwealth Fund Reports Millions Could Lose Coverage in Latest ACA Challenge

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04/03/2015

... ruled constitutional. However, the potential impact could do real damage. Millions of Americans could lose insurance ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Inside HigherEd Examines New Book from Russell Sage Foundation

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08/04/2015

... But why is this one demographic so successful in the U. S .? Authors Jennifer Lee, a professor of sociology at the ... of success for Asian Americans -- actually had little to do with it ......

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Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?

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09/22/2015

... with one company, Student Debt Relief, and how it operates in a regulatory grey area. Mary, a representative ... why he needed the service, even though he could easily do it for free...: Are...

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Housing and Homelessness

Economic Security

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The Century Foundation

Newman's Own Supports Volunteerism Event This Weekend

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10/21/2015

Newman' s Own Supports Volunteerism Event This Weekend Make A ... good. Tens of thousands will participate in the nation' s largest day of volunteerism, sponsored by Gannett' s USA...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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NY Observer Highlights Many PNY Members as Area’s Most Generous Companies

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10/28/2015

NY Observer Highlights Many PNY Members as Area’ s Most Generous Companies Pfizer, Johnson&Johnson, Goldman ... Sachs and IBM named by New York Observer as region’ s most generous companies. The 10 most...

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NY State Health Foundation Sees Need to Educate Consumers on State Obamacare Offerings

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11/02/2015

... she found the $150 monthly premium unaffordable. “ It was too much for me,” Paniagua, 23, said. ... to national surveys. She values insurance but finds it too costly. . . “There is a big burden on the state ...

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New York Health Foundation

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NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability

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11/09/2015

... ago not as a sportsman or ecotourist, as most visitors do , but as a chief executive fearful that the company I led ... to encounter firsthand the land and people put in harm’ s way by the proposed Pebble Mine...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

New York Community Trust President: Donors Can Make a Difference on Homelessness, Heroin, Incarceration and Education

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12/07/2015

... During 25 years as president of one of New York’ s leading charitable foundations, I’ve overseen more than ... good intentions and charity alone can’t fix the city’ s problems: Homelessness has reached record...

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Housing and Homelessness

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The New York Community Trust

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks

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12/07/2015

... to families in need. “As much as those three food banks do , the need is huge and the problem is growing,” said Bob ...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Food Systems

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"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

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12/10/2015

... with money to pay for clean-up costs. But the bonds do not help to lessen the size of catastrophe-related losses. ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change

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04/21/2016

... social movements I learned about as a kid — from women' s suffrage to civil rights — I picture grainy, ... leaders and social reformers who paved the way for today' s activists. In Social Movements...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

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06/17/2016

... Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’ s Long-term Commitment In New York City, an unexpected fight ... Monday that the city could use a pool of state funds to do so. That has frustrated advocates...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Funds Primer to Guide Students on College Choices

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10/17/2016

... that those students most likely to default are those who do not graduate. At the same time—calling out areas of ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

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01/10/2017

Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’ s Blindness The project will, among other things, help ... Stanley Children’ s Hospital . “ It ’ s very tough losing a little...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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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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ASPCA Supports Farm Animal Welfare Certification Guide

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03/16/2017

... Certification Guide The ASPCA and Vermont Law School’ s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) are ...

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