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🎉 Meet the 2025 #100andChange Finalists!. 100&Change is a competition for a single $100M grant to help solve one of the world's most critical social challenges. These five teams each propose a bold solution to a critical problem of our time. Learn more:.
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The infrastructure of local news, including tech, safety, and sustainability, is largely invisible but vital. To help newsrooms meet today's challenges, #PressForward is investing $22.7M in 22 infrastructure projects. Learn more ⬇️.
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After $1.1B in federal cuts, 115 public media stations serving 43 million people could be shut down. Alongside @Knightfdn, @FordFoundation, @PivotalVentures, @RWJF, and the Schmidt Family Foundation, we are giving $36.5M emergency funding to help. Learn more:.
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RT @jpalfrey: A new essay: "Future Problem-Solving: Artificial Intelligence & Other Wildly Complex Issues" in Daedalus from the American Ac….
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RT @PardonMyTake: Tuesday night max woke Big Cat up with a flashlight at 2am because he thought we were going to get sued. @forthepeople ht….
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For many people and communities in Illinois, affordable housing is a growing challenge. @HousingStudies was part of a task force that evaluated how community land trusts can contribute to meeting affordable housing needs. Read their findings ⬇️.
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ICYMI: South Side Sanctuary recently won the 2025 MacArthur Creative Places Award!. Presented at @LISCChicago's Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards, the Award recognizes projects that harness arts and culture to drive impact. More ⬇️.
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Philanthropy has a role to play in ensuring Native perspectives are reflected in policies that impact their lives. A report on Native justice from grantee @FNDI303 includes recommendations for funders to center Native people in grantmaking. Read more ⬇️.
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"Changing the Initial Appearance Process," a report from @safety_justice, shows how providing defense attorneys shortly after jail bookings can allow people to safely return to their community. Learn about the impact of early stage legal representation ⬇️.
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Six years ago, we partnered with @RockefellerFdn to launch the Zero Gap Fund. Since then, it has mobilized over $1.05B in private finance for projects that support the UN's SDGs. Learn how the Fund is enabling impact-driven investment solutions ⬇️.
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U.S. funders’ disability-related grants comprise only 2% of total grants. Yet people with disabilities make up 26% of the population. Here, Sandy Ho of @DisPhilanthropy shares why dismantling ableism is essential for a stronger democracy. Learn more ⬇️.
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RT @AspenDigital: At @aspenideas last month, @vivian moderated a panel with NPR's Jenn White, Aspen Public Radio's Breeze Richardson, and @….
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Federal funding to tackle environmental challenges was recently terminated despite Congressional directives. In response, @Earthjustice, @selc_org, and others filed a class action lawsuit challenging the termination. Learn how grant recipients could be impacted ⬇️.
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Community-based climate efforts are essential for successful mitigation strategies. "Changing the Game," a new report by the Redstone Group, showed that for every dollar invested in local efforts, one metric ton of CO2e will be mitigated by 2030. More ⬇️.
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Happening this week! Join researchers from Besa Global’s Corruption, Justice and Legitimacy Program to unpack how social, gender, and faith norms influence corruption in Nigeria's healthcare system. Register ⬇️ .
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In a recent Fellow Spotlight, we share excerpts from our interview with 2023 #MacFellow Manuel Muñoz, in which he discusses his approach to storytelling. Manuel is a fiction writer rendering with empathy and vivid detail the multifaceted lives of Mexican American communities in
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RT @pndblog: "The conclusion is clear: community-based climate strategies are indispensable to change at the state, national, and internati….
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Prepared for the Equation Campaign as well as the Marin Community and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundations, the report analyzed 15 case studies from the United States and Canada to unders...
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We brought back dire wolves. Which species are we reviving next?. Follow for updates on our progress.
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In our most recent Fellow Spotlight, we share excerpts from our interview with 2022 #MacFellow Robin Wall Kimmerer and learn more about Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Robin is a plant ecologist, educator, and writer articulating a vision of environmental stewardship grounded
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"You can actually have very significant return on investment by investing in communities.". Jorgen Thomsen, Director, Climate Solutions, spoke with @CBS at @aspen_climate about "Changing the Game," a new report on how community-based strategies can reduce emissions. More ⬇️.
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The U.S. has lost three quarters of its local journalists, and more than 1,000 counties have no one covering local news. @Rebuild_News recently shared a Local Journalist Index estimating how many journalists are in each U.S. County. Read more ⬇️ .
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Technologies and the people who control them are changing how we relate to our communities. “Ideologies of Control,” produced by @techpolicypress in collaboration with @datasociety, examines the motivations and impacts of technological influence. More ⬇️.
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