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Penn Announces $1.28 Million Grant for Digital Archaeological Archive

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08/01/2013

The grant from the Leon Levy Foundation to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will support a collaboration with the British Museum to create a digital archive of archaeological excavations of the ancient...

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Businesses With a Social Conscience Reach a Tipping Point

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08/01/2013

An op-ed by Phillip Henderson, President of the Surdna Foundation.

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Better Prepared for Tomorrow: Youth, Media, Technology and the Future of Education and the Workforce

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08/01/2013

by Hollis Headrick, Program Consultant, Hive Digital Media Learning Fund, The New York Community Trust The new media ecology can be overwhelming, with a growing array of digital devices, the proliferation of massive open online...

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Resilience Begins at Home

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07/30/2013

Rockefeller Foundation Vice President of Global Communications Neill Coleman discusses the findings of a recent survey exploring the resilience of people and neighborhoods directly affected by Superstorm Sandy.

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79 percent in neighborhoods hardest hit by Sandy say rebuild even in face of risk

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07/30/2013

A survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research examining resilience following Superstorm Sandy (and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation) also found that about 1 in 4 Americans believe they live in an area extremely at...

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Why Impact Investing Is An Emerging Paradigm Shift In Philanthropy

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07/30/2013

An op-ed by Amy Bell, Executive Director and Head of Principal Investments for JPMorgan Chase’s Social Finance business unit.

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Resilience Begins at Home

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07/30/2013

by Neill Coleman , Vice President, Global Communications, The Rockefeller Foundation Family, neighborhood and community are vital components of responding to shocks and stresses and bouncing back stronger. The...

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ASPCA Awards $8.9 Million to Animal Welfare Organizations in First Half of 2013

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07/29/2013

Altogether, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals made 847 grants to 636 organizations in 49 states during the first six months of this year. (ASPCA Vice President of Grants Management Michael Barrett is also quoted in this...

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Schools Rake In Private Funds

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07/28/2013

This article on the record $47 million in pledges that the fundraising arm of the New York City public-school system received this past year quotes Rick Smith, president of the Pinkerton Foundation, which helped fund the Summer Quest academic summer...