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The Daphne Foundation Appoints Yvonne Moore to Its Board of Trustees

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04/28/2016

... of Youth and Family Services.” Yvonne holds a BA from Texas Tech University and a MS in Nonprofit Management from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Century Foundation Rallies Against "Turnkey Tyranny" With Presidential Transition

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11/18/2016

... Tyranny" With Presidential Transition For six years— from 2006 to 2013—I worked inside the intelligence ... made the NSA tyrant-proof. In Snowden’s first interview from Hong Kong, warned against “turnkey...

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Public Policy

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George Soros, Mastercard to Partner to Aid Migrants, Refugees

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01/19/2017

... social status. The partnership, Humanity Ventures, stems from a pledge Soros made in September to earmark up to $500 ...

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Open Society Foundations

UJA-Federation of New York's CEO Writes Letter About AHCA to NY's Congressional Delegation

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03/24/2017

... most vulnerable. Propelled by a moral mandate stemming from both our Jewish values and our experience in supporting ... that previously covered populations would be turned away from vital services. These...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Health

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

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04/04/2017

... racial disparities in philanthropic giving resulting from a widespread practice of resourcing people of color-led ... gains for low-income white people have been gained from battles won by people of color (the...

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Groundswell Fund

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data

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04/26/2017

... Mobile's two-year-old Innovation Team, funded with a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, cross-referenced the data with ... also helping Los Angeles to clean up city streets. Teams from the city...

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Community Development

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare

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04/28/2017

... at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center will soon benefit from access to the latest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic technology made possible through a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

Ford Foundation Hires Detroit Native, Kevin Ryan, as Program Officer for its New Detroit Office

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05/31/2017

... announced Wednesday it has hired Detroit native Kevin Ryan from the New York Foundation to be its new Detroit-based program officer. “[Ryan] will be working from Detroit and working with grantee partners there...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

... To Elevate Civic Discourse Great Britain’s exit from the European Union followed by the unexpected victory of ... rebellion has assailed the establishment from the right, not the left. Suddenly, conservatives...

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Ford Foundation Suggests that It’s Time to Reboot Grantmaking

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06/29/2017

... of Columbia. Some 91 percent of these students graduate from high school, a success rate that has earned CIS ... wrenching reexamination of priorities for CIS to pull back from expansion to patch its...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy

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06/30/2017

... a combination of dogged work and stubborn will, rose from a mis-remembering of The Surprising Adventures of Baron ... Munchausen: In it, the eponymous aristocrat pulls himself from a swamp—not by his...

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Social Justice

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NoVo Foundation is Built on Partnership; Founders Champion Gender Equality

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07/19/2017

... which is to transform relationships across the globe from “domination and exploitation” to “collaboration ... philanthropy, I got them both. They spoke to me by phone from their home in the Hudson Valley,...

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Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?

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09/14/2017

... MIT, which recently announced a $240 million commitment from the company to support collaborative artificial ... an effort to plant a stake in this booming field. Aside from the amount of the funding, there’s...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Education

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IBM Corporation

Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... 100,000 Bodegas spread out, with one always 100 feet away from you.” Needless to say, this has caught the attention ... but also the urban independent mom-and-pop retailers from which Bodega derives its name...

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Food Systems

Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

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10/02/2017

... portfolio of low-cost, passively invested index funds from Vanguard, with 70 percent invested in stocks and the ... that actively managed portfolios will beat indexes from time to time... Ford Releases...

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Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery

Release Date:

10/20/2017

... care for her family. Years later, when her mom passed away from cancer, Danielle struggled to return to work. Her ... skills, and regained her confidence. After graduating from STRIVE, she was handpicked to...

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Community Development

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Arcus Funds LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants In An Under-Resourced Region

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11/02/2017

... at Funders for LGBTQ Issues, the fund has drawn support from the Arcus Foundation, the Chartrand Family Foundation, ... between them. Instead of relying on a trickle of support from national funders, Out in...

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge

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11/29/2017

... cities. "We're glad to have such a dynamic set of experts from around the United States making up this committee. ... Cities Initiative, a suite of new and expanded programs from Bloomberg...

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Community Development

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New Report Supported By The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Addresses The Future Of Undergraduate Education

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12/01/2017

... as quality, affordability, and completion. With support from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the American Academy ... income into account to help prevent the borrower from defaulting. Track students across...

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