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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing

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03/13/2018

The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that they will align 100 percent of their nearly half-billion dollar endowment with their mission.

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Doris Duke, Ford, Nathan Cummings, JPB, Open Society and Others Support Initiative to Transform Our Nation’s Cultural Landscape

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11/15/2017

The National Trust for Historic Preservation, in partnership with the Ford Foundation, The JPB Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations, today announced the launch of the African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF).

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Flexing Your Shareholder Muscle: How Foundations Can Amplify Impact with Strategic Shareholder Engagement

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Impact investing is a hot topic in philanthropy these days. Foundations of all sizes are taking a careful look at how to mobilize beyond grantmaking’s 5 percent mandatory distribution requirement and aim for greater impact by activating the 95...

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Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

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09/28/2017

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) board of directors elected new officers and welcomed five new esteemed members during its board meeting.

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Nathan Cummings, Ford, Heron & Others Are Leaders in the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

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07/27/2017

The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance announced the launch of its expanded network of impact investing leaders dedicated to advancing this growing market.

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Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings, Ford and JPB Foundation Supported Pop Culture Lab Accelerates Justice Through Entertainment

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07/25/2017

The Pop Culture Collaborative announced more than $700,000 in initial grant awards to social justice and entertainment organizations working to shift popular narratives in entertainment with regard to people of color, immigrant families and...

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Danielle Deane-Ryan Joins the Nathan Cummings Foundation as Director, Inclusive Clean Economy

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06/29/2017

The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced today that Danielle Deane-Ryan will join the Foundation as director of the Inclusive Clean Economy focus area.

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces New Fellows Tackling Inequality and Climate Change

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06/27/2017

Three innovators combatting issues of inequality and climate change were named Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows, and each will have up to $150,000 and 18-months to turn an inspired idea in the field of social justice into a world-changing reality.

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Pop Culture Collaborative Accepting Applications for 'Pop-Up' Grants

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06/05/2017

Applicants sought for rapid response grants that are available on a rolling basis throughout the year for any individual, organization or company working to harness the power of pop culture to create just, authentic narratives of people of color,...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee

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05/15/2017

The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced today that it elected Rey Ramsey to join its Board of Trustees as an Independent Trustee. He currently serves as the Managing Partner at Centri Capital, an impact asset management firm focused on investments...

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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

The Foundation’s board and staff met to consider the question: how can we stand alongside our grantees and philanthropic partners and respond to current societal challenges with leadership, urgency, and impact? Its board made the unanimous decision...

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Lisa Green Hall Joins Nathan Cummings Foundation's Investment Committee

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04/24/2017

Lisa joins John Levy (Chair), Myra Drucker and William Goetzmann, who currently serve as independent advisory members on the Investment Committee.

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Artealia Gilliard as its First Director of Communications

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03/23/2017

In this role, Gilliard will be a key member of the leadership team supporting the Foundation and the work of NCF grantees and Fellows to advance innovative and visionary solutions to the two most challenging problems of our time – the climate crisis...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellow Bridgit Antoinette Evans to Lead Pop Culture Collaborative

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03/15/2017

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is so pleased to announce the new leadership team for the Pop Culture Collaborative, which includes 2016-2017 NCF Fellow Bridgit Antoinette Evans as Executive Director.

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Revised Funding Areas

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08/02/2016

We are staying true to our roots and are clearer now about how to drive significant change on the most urgent issues of our time.

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Ten PNY Members Sign NYTimes Ad Calling for Dialogue, Promoting #ReasonsForHope

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08/01/2016

The recent killings of people and police officers in communities across the country have stirred feelings of discord and despair, and left Americans wondering how we'll find a way forward.

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"Culture Changes Us" Campaign and Retreat Series Launches with Support from Nathan Cummings Foundation

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05/20/2016

NCF Fellow Bridgit Antoinette Evans announced the inaugural class of movement leaders from across the United States who will take part in a first-of-its-kind retreat series exploring the power and potential of culture change and pop culture strategy...

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Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures

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05/06/2016

Nathan Cummings Foundation: Firstenergy's "expenditures are high and transparency is low."

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Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings Explore the Promise and Potential of Pop Culture for Social Change

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05/04/2016

Recently, pop culture has been “like an injection of hi-octane fuel into the engine of public discourse about institutional racism, gender identity, immigration, pay equity, and other issues of social justice.

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