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The Next Generation in Philanthropy: From The Rockefeller Foundation To The Zuckerberg Chan Initiative

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01/05/2016

When $45 billion dollars is pledged to charity, it’s bound to start a lot of conversations. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan's announcement has received a lot of attention and has started discussion about the next...

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Q & A with Anisa Kamadoli Costa, President of Tiffany & Co. Foundation, about Sustainability Initiatives and Goals

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01/04/2016

Anisa Kamadoli Costa, CSO of Tiffany & Co. and president of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, provides insight into the sustainability initiatives and goals of the premium jewelry retailer, including a strategy based around the SDGs

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

With tens of millions of dollars to spend thanks to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere.

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On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)

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01/04/2016

Philanthropic and investment leaders have come to recognize that grants and investments can have both financial returns and social impact - and that strategic alignment and integration with mission is important to maximize real change.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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F.B. Heron Foundation

HSBC Cuts Links With Big Muslim Aid Charity

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01/04/2016

Global bank HSBC has halted services to international humanitarian agency Islamic Relief, allegedly over concerns that the nonprofit's funds could end up in the hands of terrorist groups, Economic Times writes, citing reporting by London's Sunday...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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HSBC Bank USA

Financial Times Cites Atlantic Philanthropies, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers in 'How to Give Away $1 Billion'

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01/04/2016

For the 1,826 billionaires in the world, disposing of their fortune is more difficult than it might seem.

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Rippel Foundation: What We Discovered at “The Frontiers” about Financing and Leading Improvements in Health

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12/18/2015

Laura Landy, founder & chair of ReThink Health and president & CEO of the Rippel Foundation, writes about understanding the frontiers of health policy and practice, while boldly pursuing a vision: a United States in which all the sectors...

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Health

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New York Women’s Foundation Joins Collaborative to Advance Equity through Research

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12/18/2015

The Center for Research and Policy in the Public Interest (CR2PI), at The New York Women’s Foundation (NYWF) will work with the “Collaborative to Advance Equity through Research” to advance a research and policy agenda focused on empowering and...

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Gender Justice

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces More Than $1.1 Million in Grants to Promote Early-Stage Approaches in Government and Journalism

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12/18/2015

Recent grants from the Rita Allen Foundation support emerging efforts to expand opportunities for civic participation and knowledge sharing.

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Civic Engagement

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Aetna Foundation Awards Grants to Support Healthy Eating and Exercise in Local Communities

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12/18/2015

More than $3 million will go to 75 nonprofit organizations as part of GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities, a program that helps healthy food choices and active living take root in underserved communities.