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American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking

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08/11/2017

... Works supports filmmaking aimed to inspire a younger and more diverse audience to explore roles in conservation. The ... nationally. The film was created to inspire a younger and more diverse audience to...

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Arts

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American Express

Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues

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08/16/2017

... cities to build protections against stronger storms and more frequent floods, the Rockefeller Foundation is helping ... by The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Washington, D.C. More than a dozen cities have...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet

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08/21/2017

... in 37 countries. While the Gates Foundation spends more money, OSF has a larger footprint worldwide thanks to ... be around $930 million this year—which is substantially more than Ford’s total grantmaking...

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Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

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08/24/2017

Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive More and more purpose-driven social enterprises are trying their hand ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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No Room on a Bike Rack? Not a Problem for These Smart Bikes

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08/29/2017

... bike companies are vying to make riding less expensive and more convenient, competing with more established bike-share programs in the process. Instead ...

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Community Development

Creating A Positive Workplace Culture - A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

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08/28/2017

... taking a negative toll on our overall well-being. We spend more time working than we do anything else. It is becoming more important now to pay attention to how we treat each ...

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Opinion: Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

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09/05/2017

... released by flooding of chemical plants, waste dumps, and more . But it’s a good bet that more people will eventually die from the toxins Harvey leaves ...

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Community Development

Prodded by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side

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09/13/2017

... on Tuesday revealed a plan that officials hope will spur more economic diversity in Lower East Side elementary ... adding that he expects the city to eventually do even more to promote integration in that...

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Education

Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

... The three have a close association. Mr. Buffett pledged more than $36 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ... New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg comes in third for giving more than 10 percent of...

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Citi Foundation and Citi Canada Announce a $700,000 Commitment to Youth

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09/22/2017

... launched in 2014, with a US$50 millioneffort that helped more than 100,000 young people across ten cities become ... training. Through Citi and the Citi Foundation's partners, more than 7,000 Canadian...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

... Without a Woman and the Women's March. In record numbers, more and more of us are becoming engaged in the political process, .....

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Gender Justice

Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows

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10/02/2017

... haunts the vast majority of Americans over age 50. More than three-quarters (78 percent) of future retirees in ... all these people think the current situation is just fine. More than four in five future...

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Economic Security

Opinion: Take a Resistance Break

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10/04/2017

... any sign of approval or support. Instead, we saw something more powerful. Three of the restaurant’s busboys paused ... Their fists were raised in silence. Their dignity was more powerful than any lever a...

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Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch.

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10/10/2017

... crossing the river by car here can take up to 10 minutes more . Local officials had the federal and state money in ... fate. In November, voters statewide will face a more expansive question — whether to amend...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

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10/10/2017

... in CSR and the firm performs poorly, they are much more likely to be dismissed," Hubbard says. "On the other ... they'll buffer you from dismissal, do poorly and you're more likely lose...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize Support 20 Local Nonprofits with $100,000 Match on Giving Tuesday

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10/17/2017

... the #BrooklynGives campaign raised nearly $275,000 from more than 900 donors and businesses. Brooklynites are ... 24-hour boroughwide giving day on November 28, 2017. Learn more at www.BrooklynGives.org and...

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P2CP Program Is Expanding with Support from The David Rockefeller Fund, Ford Foundation, JM Kaplan Fund, Teagle Foundation and Pinkerton Foundation

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10/20/2017

... professionals, educators, students, and funders—to learn more about the impact of the ground-breaking P2CP program, ... Fund, the Teagle Foundation, the Pinkerton Foundation, and more ... P2CP Program Is...

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Justice Reform

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund

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10/27/2017

... $32 million in seed funding from JDRF, the fund manages more than $60 million and has invested more than $10 million to date in seven companies focused on ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

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12/11/2017

... Philanthropists under the age of 30 have given a total of more than $19 million since 2001 through youth grantmaking ... all leverage in our institutions." According to the study, more than eight hundred...

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