New Ford CEO Understands What Triggers Social Change
Release Date:
07/26/2013
Center for Effective Government President and CEO Katherine McFate praises the Ford Foundation’s selection of Darren Walker as its next President.
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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
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Businesses With a Social Conscience Reach a Tipping Point
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08/01/2013
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Penn Announces $1.28 Million Grant for Digital Archaeological Archive
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08/01/2013
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William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth
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08/03/2013
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Underwater Mortgages, Drowning Cities, and Rogue Financiers
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08/06/2013
A blog post by Robert C. Hockett, Fellow at The Century Foundation.
NYC losing small hospitals as money woes mount
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08/06/2013
This article on the increasing closure of small, independent hospitals in New York quotes James Tallon, President of the United Hospital Fund.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Receives $1 Million for High School Success Campaign
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08/06/2013
The New York Life Foundation’s four-year grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America will strengthen the organization's academic programming for high school students.
New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million for Sandy Relief
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08/07/2013
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Atlantic Philanthropies to Award €15 Million to Address Child Poverty
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08/07/2013
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Inaugural Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Announced
Release Date:
08/07/2013
The Rockefeller Foundation and PopTech have announced the inaugural recipients of the Bellagio/PopTech Fellows program, a collaborative incubator that works to foster ideas for improving the lives of poor and vulnerable populations.
Talking Optimism and Opportunity With New Ford Foundation Head
Release Date:
08/08/2013
A profile of Darren Walker as he prepares to assume the role of President of the Ford Foundation.
Good Charity, Bad Charity
Release Date:
08/10/2013
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Red Cross Awards $1 Million to Staten Island Foundation for Sandy Recovery Efforts
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08/14/2013
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08/19/2013
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COF 2.0: Is This What The Field of Philanthropy Really Needs?
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08/21/2013
An op-ed by Doug Bauer, Executive Director of The Clark Foundation, in NCRP’s Summer 2013 issue of Responsive Philanthropy.
Art Groups Fear Losing a Mayor, and His Money
Release Date:
07/01/2013
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