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Atlantic Philanthropies Announces Full Cohort of Atlantic Fellows

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07/24/2018

... operating across five continents. This first full global cohort of changemakers includes advocates, lawyers, ... than US $660 million to seed and support the work of the global network of thousands of Atlantic...

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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Names New Executive Director

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01/15/2014

... part of life, a lifelong experience, and a benefit to society ,” he said. “I am delighted that David Addams ... the New York Urban League, Deputy Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union and a Director...

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Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian Returns to Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees

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06/09/2022

... issues, events, and trends that impact U.S. policy and global stability. Ambassador Djerejian’s career in the U.S. ... high points: at the onset of the Iraq War, Secretary of State Colin Powell appointed...

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OSF Leaving Hungary Under Government Pressure

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05/15/2018

... and the threat of legal sanctions, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations said on Tuesday that it had become ... foundations, which promote democracy, free expression and civil rights, have come under growing...

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Russia Bans Soros-Backed Foundations as Security 'Threat'

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12/02/2015

... George Soros from the country, saying its work undermined state security, Reuters and CNBC report. The office of Russia's top prosecutor said Monday that the Open Society Foundations and the Open ...

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Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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07/11/2016

... and 2014, Quam served as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, focusing on global health partnerships, and launched President Barack ... Obama’s Global Health...

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The New York Community Trust Awards $14.6 Million in Grants to 86 Nonprofits

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06/14/2022

... spay and neuter clinic. [BROOKLYN] New York City Audubon Society : $100,000 to support changes in building design and ... that will reduce bird-building collisions. New York State Animal Protection Federation...

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MetLife Releases New Corporate Responsibility Report

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09/25/2014

... report highlighting the positive impact it makes on society while achieving its core business goals of managing ... long-term financial commitments. The report, titled Global Impact, includes information on...

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Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties

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02/05/2015

... evolved from an obscure Defense Department project to a global communications phenomenon. Now, say a group of ... including the Ford, Knight, MacArthur, Mozilla, and Open Society foundations, has formed a...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Launch US 2050

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11/29/2017

... and technological changes will reshape the domestic and global economy, and the nation’s fiscal condition will face ... resulting from a range of factors, including an aging society and a structural mismatch...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New Grants for Immigrant Families Facing Deportation

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06/21/2017

... long-term needs, and Action Fund grants of $2,500 for civil resistance trainings and events. Sustained Response ... $2,500 are considered on a rolling basis, and can support civil resistance and organizing...

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Siegel Family Endowment Announces New Whitepaper: "Schools as Community Infrastructure"

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09/29/2022

... role in creating a just foundation for all people in society to thrive. Since then, we’ve seen both the devastating impacts of a global pandemic that hit hardest in the places where ... place-based...

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For the Success of Boys and Men of Color, A Call to Action

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02/14/2014

by Kenneth H. Zimmerman , Director, U.S. Programs, Open Society Foundations In the State of the Union address, President Obama opened the door ... in fostering black male achievement. The Open Society...

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Women 4 Health Care: Helping Uninsured Women Get Covered

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10/01/2013

... many uninsured women, including 960,000 here in New York State . New health insurance marketplaces open around the ... . The Raising Women’s Voices website has some helpful resources , including fact sheets...

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Bloomberg and CDC Foundation Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World's Population

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06/01/2015

... which presents tobacco use statistics drawn from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). "The GATS Atlas ... resource," said Samira Asma, D.D.S., M.P.H., chief of the Global Noncommunicable Disease...

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University of San Diego Chosen for The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student Social Innovation Challenge

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09/19/2019

... 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of San Diego's Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge announced today that it ... Student Social Innovation Challenge, the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Cities of Service Announces Engaged Cities Award

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11/06/2017

With the Engaged Cities Award, Cities of Service, a Bloomberg Philanthropies Grantee, looks to recognize the impact of creative citizens and mayors—and to inspire more engagement.

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Six Reasons Funders Should Increase Support for People Of Color-Led Work

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04/04/2017

... have been gained from battles won by people of color (the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or Affirmative Action) or from those ... supremacist administration by awarding the majority of resources to white-led...

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Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity

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12/12/2013

... subject to market norms. Markets prioritize return for the resources invested and use competition as the mechanism for ... the largest and most intransigent challenges we face as a society . But given the...

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