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Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

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03/10/2014

... for local philanthropy—the foundation is taking a new tack under the leadership of Cecilia Clarke, who began as ...

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Community Development

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Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?

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02/27/2014

... and individual philanthropists are increasingly blazing new trails in funding models designed to yield social impact ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?

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05/06/2014

... a lot of money and talent directed towards solutions. It’ s clear we desperately need new ways to solve old problems…. Investing: Can You Apply ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Impact Investing

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Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making

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05/22/2014

... team of architects and consultants is proposing to build a new neighborhood of residential towers and office buildings ... to the study expected to be released today by the city’ s Economic Development...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act

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06/05/2014

... Care Act was enacted (2008-2010), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The analysis, by Jonathan ...

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It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma

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06/09/2014

It’ s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma Writing in the ... Fund, says that the United States needs "creative new solutions to protect the avalanche of boomers against a ... ever longer lives."...

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Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies

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06/23/2014

... Arizona, Montana University System, and Purdue. The new national network, the Sloan Indigenous Graduate ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation

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07/07/2014

... Before joining the Dodge staff in 2001, she was the New Jersey Theatre Alliance’ s executive director, a position she held for 13 years. ...

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Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation

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07/03/2014

... $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a new consortium designed to help them save money and improve ...

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Commonwealth Fund Poll Shows Majority Happy with ObamaCare Plans

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09/18/2014

... discontent over how they signed up, according to a new poll. About 70 percent of people who bought healthcare ...

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Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative

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10/01/2014

Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration' s Brain Initiative The Obama administration plans to announce Tuesday that it has recruited new federal agencies and a number of universities, ... Simons...

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Wallace Foundation Announces $40 Million Initiative to Help Build Audiences in the Arts

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10/02/2014

... to build audiences through a variety of ways, including new programs as well as nontraditional venues. The ...

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Arts

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Carnegie and MasterCard Foundation Headline African Higher Education Summit

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10/06/2014

... a call to action. The summit will mark the beginning of a new agenda for higher education in Africa,” says Dr Tendai Murisa, director of the summit’ s lead organiser TrustAfrica. The African Higher Education...

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Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps

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11/03/2014

... Causes Consider Their Next Steps The Arcus Foundation’ s latest effort in support of gay and lesbian issues began ... speaks to a bubbling uncertainty among the movement’ s philanthropic vanguard. After a...

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Johnson Family Foundation

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MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa

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11/07/2014

... accelerate the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa' s (AGRA) effort to improve markets, soils, and access to ... farmers, particularly women. “We welcome this new initiative because it will enable...

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From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

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11/11/2014

... changed in 1965, when his mother, Beulah Spencer, a nurse' s aide, enrolled the 5-year-old in a new educational program called Head Start, which gave him "a .....

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Verizon Foundation to Support STEM Programs in 80 Schools

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12/05/2014

... for professional development for teachers or to leverage new technologies — like 3D printing, robotics or coding — ...

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The Commonwealth Fund Recaps Health Care in 2014

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12/23/2014

... The problem isn’t finding historic events to note, it’ s pruning the list. Here’ s a crack at some things that we at The Commonwealth Fund ... Hang on to your hat, happy holidays, and have a great new...

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Commonwealth Fund Explores the Inefficacy of High-Risk Health Insurance Pools

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02/13/2015

... Inefficacy of High-Risk Health Insurance Pools As the new Congress convenes and the Supreme Court prepares to hear ... pools are suggested as a viable alternative to the ACA' s ban on preexisting...

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