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Critic Calls Grants Aligned With Government Programs "Crony Philanthropy"

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07/07/2014

... "To the extent which government directs philanthropy, we are at risk of compromising its originality and creativity. ... government, business and philanthropy in the United States have operated...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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UBS Financial Services Inc.

Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project

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07/09/2014

... criminal justice advocacy institution in the United States . The Innocence Project works with people who have ... to prove their wrongful conviction. Most often they are poor and forgotten by the justice system...

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Ford Foundation's Tellado Named CEO of Consumer Reports

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07/15/2014

... advocacy on a range of social justice issues in the United States and around the world, including such issues as ...

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Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation

Rauch Foundation Strives to Restore Long Island's Water

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10/08/2014

... our water: drinking water, ponds, bays and shorefront. All are being damaged by pollution, yet the political will to ... have now joined them in this partnership. Together they are leading a public awareness...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rauch Foundation

NoVo Executive Director Finds Correlation Between Domestic Violence and Other Violent Crimes in NYTimes Editorial

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02/04/2015

... in NYTimes Editorial The pattern is striking. Men who are eventually arrested for violent acts often began with ... more than half of the 110 mass shootings in the United States between January 2009 and July...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Citi Foundation Expands Summer Jobs Connect to New Cities

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03/05/2015

... commitment to connect low-income youth in the United States with opportunities to develop the workplace skills and leadership experience that are critical to compete in a 21st century economy. Building .....

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Workforce Development

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Vic De Luca Will Retire as President of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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03/16/2015

... a key supporter of social change work across the United States .” “It has been my privilege to have worked with ... of people I’ve met over the last quarter century who are engaged in the struggle for justice...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Suzanne C. Sousa Named Program Officer at Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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04/21/2015

Sousa was previously the Director of Development and Special Projects at New York City's Administration for Children's Services.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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Eighteen Cultural Institutions Receive Support from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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05/07/2015

... from Carnegie Corporation of New York The recipients are well-established institutions with distinguished ... and performing arts and science centers. The organizations are : American Museum of Natural History...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals

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08/04/2015

... the biggest challenges facing people living in poverty who are struggling to find employment is a lack of education and ... school. We've found a way to help close this gap-and we are seeing it bear fruit...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

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25 Aug 2015

Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape - Webinar

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 -

1:15pm to 2:45pm

The opening webinar to the Global Climate Security series will examine the security implications of climate risk to provide a context for the subsequent place-based and sector-based webinars to follow. This webinar will address climate risk and...

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The Century Foundation Welcomes New Trustees Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers

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09/25/2015

Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers will be joining The Century Foundation board of trustees. Together they bring decades of rich experience in public service, social innovation, and economics to TCF.

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Economic Security

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Is Travel the New Face of Philanthropy?

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09/28/2015

... Air Lines, Hostelling International USA and the United States Tour Operators Association. It is the first holistic ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Dodge Foundation: Arts Funding That Bolsters N.J. Cities

Release Date:

10/28/2015

... revitalization, arts districts in New Jersey cities are gaining momentum, thanks to a mix of public and private ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit

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12/09/2015

... on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential ... Vassar College, and Yale University; all of which are recognized for the leadership they...

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

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Mellon Foundation

New York Community Trust Gives $5.1 million to 42 Nonprofits in the City, Nation

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12/11/2015

... make sure students get in, enroll and succeed.” These are a few highlights from the 42 grants approved at the ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The New York Community Trust

Study Reveals The Hidden Lives of America’s Poor and Middle Class (Citi and Ford Foundations)

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01/06/2016

... technology, and financial products. We all know things are different. But we don’t know enough about how these changes are playing out in the financial lives of lower- and ... households from four different...

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Economic Security

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Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students

Release Date:

02/12/2016

... Stoner and five teammates were representing the United States in the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad. They ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

Release Date:

04/01/2016

... in the world, approximately half — some 900 million — are adolescent girls and young women. In the developing ... in seven girls is married before the age of 15, 38 percent are married before the age of 18,...

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