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Tisch Fund, NY Community Trust, Bloomberg & United Way of NYC Leaders Named Among the Most Powerful Women of 2017

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06/26/2017

... of the city’s most powerful businesswomen, we chose a more nuanced approach. Rather than measuring just Twitter ... For starters, our editors whittled down the list to more than 100 contenders whom we...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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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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Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids

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08/29/2017

... Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids Each year, more than 300 patients with chronic pain take part in a ... off pain medications during their time at Mayo. Still, more than 80 percent of the patients...

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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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Corporate Social Responsibility

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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

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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Advancing The Mental Health And Well-Being Movement Through Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy

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10/02/2017

... and if it is improving health? The United States, now more than ever, needs clear direction to create more comprehensive solutions to fragmented problems. ...

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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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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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The David Rockefeller Fund

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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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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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Children, Youth and Families

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth

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01/23/2018

... recent changes to the U.S. corporate tax system and a more constructive regulatory and business environment. ... inclusive economic growth and help create opportunity for more Americans. The $20 billion...

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Economic Security

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... tumors. Together, these findings could lead to new ways to more effectively screen for and ultimately prevent colon cancer, a disease that kills more than 50,000 people each year in the U.S. and is on the ...

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How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving

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03/09/2018

... is leading Silicon Valley’s charge toward more integrated models of corporate philanthropy. This ... relationship management products to make employee giving more personalized, networked, and generally...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supported Study Finds Trump Immigration Policies Take Mental Toll on Latino Parents

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03/22/2018

... parents about mental health from six focus groups and more than 200 surveys. Researchers found that although 30 percent of the parents sampled were undocumented, more than two-thirds of parents were worried...

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