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Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality

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10/07/2014

... Marriage Equality It's always hard to pinpoint the role of philanthropy in bringing about big changes in society and, to be sure, ... philanthropy that got results, this is it. For...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare is Expanding Partnership with Hearst Foundation

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02/24/2015

... and Veterans Healthcare today announced an expansion of its partnership with the Hearst Foundations to provide ... these nurses will complete nearly 100,000 patient visits in their careers. This number...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Congress Returns from Recess, Resumes Work on Tax Issues

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04/13/2015

... floor votes scheduled to coincide with tax day on April 15 . In the House, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has ... this week, including H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015, which...

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AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers

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04/21/2015

... awareness, discovery and general community outreach in areas such as education, the environment and disease ... Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico - college scholarships of $10,000. Of those...

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Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Backs Community Development in Baltimore

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05/11/2015

... Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Backs Community Development in Baltimore The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation ... grants to thirty-one Baltimore nonprofits as part of a joint $1.5 million Summer Youth...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants

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05/28/2015

... TheDream.us has announced pledges totaling $30 million in support of its national scholarship fund, which aims to provide ... action for childhood arrivals) status. Commitments of $ ...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing Virtual Labor Organizing

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06/10/2015

... Virtual Labor Organizing Joining a labor union is one of the best financial decisions a worker can make to boost ... individual and family wealth—worth up to $1.5 million in additional earnings over a lifetime...

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Technology

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The Century Foundation

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

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07/14/2015

... Wednesday, Russian lawmakers released a preliminary list of 12 nongovernment organizations that could be banned under ... a “patriotic stop-list” signed into law by Mr. Putin in May. It includes large...

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Ford, Atlantic Philanthropies Bring U.C.L.A. Center on Police-Community Ties to John Jay College

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03/22/2016

... they serve will open this summer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, with the college’s first endowed ... the Center for Policing Equity at the University of California, Los Angeles, a decade ago, and it...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Justice Reform

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Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked Data for Enhanced Information Access

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04/28/2016

... library initiatives that develop and advance the use of linked open data. Stanford Libraries will coordinate a team representing Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Library of Congress and Princeton to upgrade the...

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality

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05/16/2016

... to Achieve Workplace Equality Despite some strides in achieving workplace equality, only 21 women helm ... by the Rockefeller Foundation. Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, announced a...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

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06/23/2016

... With Judith Rodin The Rockefeller Foundation may be one of the most venerable names in philanthropy, but during her 11 years as its president ... also on the cutting edge. Ms. Rodin, who announced on June...

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Tiffany & Co. Supports Ocean Conservation

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09/26/2016

... Co. Supports Ocean Conservation Tiffany & Co. and its head of philanthropy, Anisa Kamadoli Costa, are two names that ... Among foundations like Packard, Moore and Walton that were in the mix at the most...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative

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10/13/2016

Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative The Wallace Foundation has selected seven ... The University Principal Preparation Initiative builds on 15 years of Wallace-...

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Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem

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02/16/2017

Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem Early in his career as a cardiologist, Garth Graham treated a ... point that good health starts well beyond the four walls of...

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After Cuts in Funding from DoE, Learning Leaders Shuts Down Despite Support from Funders Like NYCT, Pinkerton

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02/17/2017

... Leaders, a nonprofit that trains volunteers to work in hundreds of low-income schools across the city, will shut down next ... and community engagement in city schools, will close March...

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The New York Community Trust

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Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation

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02/22/2017

... the nation better understand and address its legacies of slavery, racism and discrimination. The five-year Mellon grant will assist the university in establishing a center for racial justice, hiring faculty...

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Social Justice

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Capital One, Howard Gilman, and Doris Duke Support City Parks SummerStage 2017 Season

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04/11/2017

... Parks Foundation is excited to announce the 2017 season of SummerStage, New York City's largest free outdoor ... bringing more than 100 performances to Central Park and 15 neighborhood parks throughout...

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Arts

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Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds

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05/04/2017

Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded ... who left school are living informally with a man. And only 15 percent of Mexican girls who dropped...

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