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Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

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11/30/2016

... Big Bet Philanthropy For the superrich and the biggest U. S . charitable foundations, donating to universities, hospitals and cultural institutions is the ... strategies are logical and realistic, the extent...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Pershing Square Foundation

Gun Violence in the United States Is a Crisis of Public Health and Public Safety – and Philanthropy Is Stepping Up

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01/14/2020

... sad reality of everyday gun violence often gets relegated to the small print. Gun violence disproportionately impacts ... forward than the fight against gun violence. In recent years , funders have stepped up...

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A Look At How Surdna Foundation is Backing Water Infrastructure in American Cities

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06/25/2018

... Surdna Foundation has a couple of options when it comes to focusing its resources. It can go deep in a particular geography, or it can hammer down on some key strategies. For Surdna’ s...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Unbound Philanthropy Adds New Staff

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07/02/2012

... promoted to Program Director for Unbound Philanthropy’ s United States Program and Will Somerville was named Program ... public policy consultant and, prior to that, worked for 14 ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Immigration

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Arcus Foundation

Unbound Philanthropy

20 Nov 2014

Today’s Libraries

Thursday, November 20, 2014 -

7:45am to 11:00am

... here . Community Anchors for Innovative Digital Media Learning , Makerspaces, and After-school Programming The ... reports that no New York City institution is doing more to bridge the knowledge gap than its...

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Communications

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Information Technology

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Communications/Media

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York State

Evaluation in Philanthropy: Perspectives from the Field

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12/2009

... explore how evaluation can help grantmakers learn and improve practices (not just "prove" results). Evaluation in .....

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Report

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Evaluation

Sunsetting the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

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10/11/2023

... have in sharing and distributing power? Does REP’ s continued existence provide our partners with unique and ... their work. And, we’ve come to recognize that—for some of our grantees—our...

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Social Justice

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Borealis Philanthropy

10 Apr 2018

Brooklyn DA Gonzalez Previews ‘Justice 2020’ Report, Talks Trends in Reform Movement

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... of associating incarceration with public safety has led to a ballooning of our jail population and increased racial ... in New York City to do the same. Philanthropy New York’ s Justice...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Civic Engagement

Justice Reform

Thousands participate in Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure

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05/11/2013

Attendance at the charity’ s signature fundraising event did decline for the second ... Nancy Brinker, sparked national headlines in February 2012 when she unsuccessfully attempted to defund...

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To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

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08/16/2012

... Department of Environmental Conservation have decisions to make: whether or not to allow hydraulic fracturing of ... was put in place by former Governor Paterson several years ago pending...

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Soros Says Attacks Won’t Alter His Charitable and Political Giving

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06/11/2018

... lamenting the turn much of the world has taken in recent years : “Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.” ... I redouble my efforts." Confronting brick walls Soros’ s willingness to...

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AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers

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04/21/2015

AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers AXA seeks to identify and reward students who, through their talent and ... discovery and general community outreach in areas such as education , the environment and disease...

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Open Society and MacArthur Foundations to be Banned by Russia Along with Many Others

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07/14/2015

... May. It includes large organizations like George Soros’ s Open Society Foundations, as well as smaller groups that ... Martyna Bogaczyk, vice president of the board of the Education for Democracy Foundation,...

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Open Society Foundations

Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector

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02/23/2016

... the new President and CEO of Independent Sector. With years of leadership in the charitable community, Dan currently serves as president of Communities In Schools , Inc., the nation’ s largest...

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Westchester Community Foundation Helps Students Turn Opportunity Into College Degrees

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06/21/2016

... Last month, Ramos and three other former Yonkers Public Schools students graduated from the private liberal-arts college in Vermont' s Green Mountains with four-year degrees partly paid for by the Yonkers...

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New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too

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09/09/2016

New York City’ s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too Setting preschoolers up for success ... sights to the home. This school year, the Department of Education...

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Children, Youth and Families

With Support From Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Encourages Participation in Arts Programs

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09/13/2016

... do not participate in related activities that help to promote and increase arts education . More than half have not taken a child to a program or event, donated or raised money, volunteered...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Arts

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500K to Support Solar Energy in Developing Countries

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10/20/2016

... past year. Funds from the new grant will support GivePower' s expansion into seven strategic sectors – education , water, health, food security, economic ... which together have brought light to...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

NPCC Announces Winners of 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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11/08/2016

... scholarships for the Columbia Business School Executive Education Programs in Social Enterprise. The three ... for their management excellence at the Awards Presentation to be held on December 2nd at the New...

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