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Mellon Grant Aims to Raise $75 Million for National Gallery

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03/18/2016

Mellon Grant Aims to Raise $75 Million for National Gallery The National Gallery of Art announced a $30 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Thursday that could bring the...

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Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists

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04/08/2016

... Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists Winners of the 2016 Whiting Awards , given annually to ... bout of inchoate elation. The Doris Duke...

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Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

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04/19/2016

... States Artists Campaign The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will contribute $1 million to a new $20 million operations endowment campaign in support of United States Artists (USA), a...

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How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s

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06/03/2016

... Orgs" in the 1970s The Crips, Black P. Stone Rangers, Sons of Watts, Young Lords Party, Brown Berets and the Vice Lords, to name a few, formed to challenge severe macrostructural .....

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Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

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06/23/2016

... an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin The Rockefeller Foundation may be one of the most venerable names in philanthropy, but during her 11 years as its president Judith Rodin worked to...

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With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

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06/29/2016

... Development Fellowship Launches The National League of Cities (NLC), PolicyLink and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) are convening today in Portland, Oregon to launch the first-ever Equitable Economic...

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Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

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07/15/2016

Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments The Rockefeller Foundation is aiming to connect social entrepreneurs with capital to finance an ...

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing

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07/27/2016

Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing ... attend industry conferences, they can usually expect to be swimming in a sea of white males,...

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Applications Invited for Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media

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09/21/2016

... Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media A program of the Open Society Foundations, Soros Justice Fellowships support outstanding individuals working to implement innovative projects that advance reform...

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The Latest Nutrition Grantmaking From Newman's Own

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11/28/2016

... Grantmaking From Newman's Own Paul Newman was a man ahead of his time. While everyone now grasps the idea of social ... away its profits. It's since distributed over $475 million to...

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Princeton Project Funded by Two PNY Members Reveals Insight into Behavior-Change Campaigns

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01/20/2017

... into Behavior-Change Campaigns The William T. Grant Foundation 's Scholars Program and the Russell Sage Foundation fund a project that asked students to report who they socialized with on...

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Three PNY Members Join GCIR Board

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01/30/2017

... Program Officer, Youth Opportunity and Learning, Ford Foundation Shawn Morehead , Program Director, Promising ...

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Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival

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04/20/2017

... and Nari Kye began developing the documentary, they wanted to reach as wide of an audience as possible, they said. A partnership between Zero Point Zero and The Rockefeller Foundation helped...

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New York Developer Raises Fund for Affordable Housing

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09/12/2017

... York developer Jonathan F.P. Rose, founder and president of Jonathan Rose Cos. has raised a $233 million real-estate fund dedicated to affordable housing, the company’s largest such fund in a ... commitments...

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Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money

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09/14/2017

Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money The Walton Family Foundation , the philanthropy governed by the family behind ... the foundation expect the initiative...

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Ford Funds at the Crossroads of Immigration and Artistic Activism

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09/29/2017

Ford Funds at the Crossroads of Immigration and Artistic Activism The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has received a two-year grant from Ford Foundation to support the...

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New York Charity With Large Stake in China’s HNA Group Rethinks Tax Status

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10/02/2017

... Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. is rethinking whether to seek tax-exempt status for a New York foundation that the company said would become its biggest ... which HNA this summer said would own nearly 30%...

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Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field

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11/09/2017

... named a Sloan Scholar, and said the funding will allow him to expand his research and networking opportunities in the ... Sloan Scholars program, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , provides funding...

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Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India

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12/08/2017

Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India The Nudge Foundation , which is backed by Infosys co-founder Nandan ... $250,000 (Rs 1.6 crore) from The Rockefeller Foundation to expand its operations...

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