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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

Release Date:

10/13/2017

Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public? ... Yet being in groups often inhibits action... Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public? ...

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Gender Justice

The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy

Release Date:

10/30/2017

... down to The Battery and then up to East 42nd Street. There are three distinct parts of the project that would then work ...

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The Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Reaches 95 Participants With New Additions

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... to improve city services and guide leaders in decision making . With the addition of the localities, Bloomberg ...

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Research Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads To Passwords In Clothing

Release Date:

11/02/2017

UW scientists can weave digital passwords and IDs into the threads of your clothing.

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Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

Release Date:

11/13/2017

With a new round of grants, the philanthropic arm of Aetna is getting out of doctors’ offices and into the neighborhoods where Americans live, work and play to improve health outcomes. The foundation pledged $2 million in grants to 25 community-...

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19 Apr 2018

Civil Conversations in Uncivil Times - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, April 19, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Is this role appropriate for family foundations? What are the biggest mistakes that funders make when trying to ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico

Release Date:

11/30/2017

The “Resilient Puerto Rico Advisory Commission”—announced on November 16, 2017—will be an independent and inclusive body led by Puerto Ricans and designed to offer recommendations for how to use private, philanthropic, local government, and federal...

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Disaster Relief

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Open Society Foundations

The Rockefeller Foundation

Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term

Release Date:

12/11/2017

The report, "Degrees of Difficulty: Boosting College Success in New York City," which was funded by The Clark Foundation, urges Mayor Bill de Blasio to make boosting community college graduation rates a key part of his second term agenda.

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Education

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NYS Health Foundation Challenges Philanthropy to Do more to Fix our Flawed Health Care System

Release Date:

01/12/2018

... and transparent, so that community residents are in the room and able to comment when the state ... so that they can have a greater voice in their care. We are supporting a project that trains ombudsmen,...

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

Release Date:

01/23/2018

JPMorgan Chase today announced a $20 billion, five-year comprehensive investment to help its employees, and support job and local economic growth in the United States.

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Economic Security

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President of Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird, on Gender Imbalance at WEF

Release Date:

01/26/2018

... in Davos, Switzerland. Most of the panels at the summit are also dominated by men. The stark gender imbalance has ...

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Gender Justice

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How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility

Release Date:

02/09/2018

Ms. Foundation for Women has outlined how to make children at work day a success, so we should use it and tailor it to our local economy.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... from ordinary Americans is on the decline. There are a number of reasons for that, including secularization ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Salesforce

Eight Programs Receive Grants for Equitable Bike Share and Related Research Funded by the JPB Foundation

Release Date:

03/12/2018

... bike share operators, and community-based partners are eager for best practices and support to make bicycling ...

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Community Development

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Freedom Together Foundation

Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners

Release Date:

03/23/2018

... on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the ... to customers who have not passed a background check or who are younger than 21. It also bars...

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New York Foundation Releases New Video in the Ongoing Series "In Their Own Words"

Release Date:

03/29/2018

... eye for politics, and the ability to spot strong leaders are necessary, but these alone are not sufficient. Follow the video series, “In Their Own ...

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Video

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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New York Foundation

The Aetna Foundation Launches Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge to Empower Local Group Efforts

Release Date:

04/06/2018

The Aetna Foundation, together with the American Public Health Association and the National Association of Counties, has launched the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge – an ambitious nationwide effort that empowers local groups to tackle...

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Health

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Aetna Foundation

Nina Stack Joins Champlain Foundation as Executive Director

Release Date:

04/17/2018

... said of the announcement in prepared remarks: “We are thrilled to have Nina joining us as our new executive ... and understanding of the best practices in grant making will enable The Champlin Foundation to...

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JPMorgan Chase Releases 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report

Release Date:

04/26/2018

... Through our proven model for driving inclusive growth, we are taking a strategic, data-driven approach to doing just ... Detroit, Chicago and Washington, D.C. – the conditions are right for it to extend its...