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How Should Philanthropy Respond to Obama’s Speech on Black Men and Boys?

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08/15/2013

We’re pleased to have Shawn Dove, Manager of the Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement, discuss the effect of President Obama’s comments after the Trayvon Martin verdict and the steps philanthropy can take to address the...

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Community Development

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Target Hands Decision on $5-Million Schools Gift to Online Voters

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08/15/2013

For the first time, Target is letting its shoppers decide, via Facebook, how it will distribute $5 million in donations to public schools through its “Give With Target” campaign. (Target President of Community Relations Laysha Ward is also quoted in...

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How Should Philanthropy Respond to Obama’s Speech on Black Men and Boys?

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08/15/2013

By Shawn Dove Campaign Manager, Campaign for Black Male Achievement Open Society Foundations How do we as a nation now heal from the open wound caused by the Zimmerman verdict? Words from Rev...

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Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District

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08/14/2013

Goldman Sachs and the Pritzker Group will fund the expansion of an early-childhood program in Salt Lake City's Granite School District through a social impact bond.

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Red Cross Awards $1 Million to Staten Island Foundation for Sandy Recovery Efforts

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08/14/2013

The grant from the American Red Cross will be distributed through the foundation's Hurricane Sandy Nonprofit Recovery Fund and help support community-based organizations providing home repairs for seniors, mental health services and coordination of...

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Why Bring People Together In Person?

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08/13/2013

Robert Garris, Managing Director of the Bellagio Programs at The Rockefeller Foundation, answers that question while talking about Gather, the new Rockefeller guide for planners and change agents interested in harnessing the potential of collective...

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Why Bring People Together In Person?

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08/13/2013

by Robert Garris , Managing Director, Bellagio Programs , The Rockefeller Foundation With so many effective communication technologies available, it would be easy to assume that Skype, videoconferencing, webinars...

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Good Charity, Bad Charity

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08/10/2013

This op-ed by Princeton University professor Peter Singer on how to choose between different areas of philanthropy cites information from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

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Deborah McGinn Appointed Vice President for Finance and Administration at the William T. Grant Foundation

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08/09/2013

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to welcome Deborah E. McGinn as its new Vice President for Finance and Administration. In this position, she will work with the Board and its Committees to manage the Foundation's budgets, audits and...

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Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

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08/08/2013

The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation’s Jenny Rempel shares the details of Community Food Funders’ second annual gathering, where the evening’s keynote speaker, New York University professor Marion Nestle, encouraged attendees to work together to build...