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17 Jul 2014

Pulitzer Winner Barton Gellman on Philanthropy’s Role in Better Balancing Competing Demands on Civil Liberties and National Security

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

In the wake of 9/11, government actions have led to an ongoing national ... national security in the U.S. From the swift enactment of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and creation of...

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What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics

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06/16/2014

... Climate Change Skeptics In an op-ed on Quartz, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker says recent attempts to ... Piketty's research into income inequality remind him of earlier efforts to deny that...

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Effective Philanthropy Takes Time

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06/26/2014

Effective Philanthropy Takes Time In this episode of Making Change , a podcast of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Phil Henderson, president, Surdna Foundation , discusses why...

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Target Hits $25 Million Goal For School Supply Donations

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08/04/2014

... the school supply donations through the Kids In Need Foundation , which operates a national network of Resource Centers that provide free school supplies for ...

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UJA-Federation Awarded $4 Million Matching Grant for Teen Education

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08/07/2014

... Matching Grant for Teen Education UJA-Federation of New York will receive up to $4,403,119 as a 1:1 matching grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for a new summer education initiative for NY area ...

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Viriginia "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit

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11/04/2014

... Virginia Sloane presided over the Heckscher Foundation for Children for nearly 25 years, helping to give away tens of millions of dollars to organizations serving youngsters in New York. ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New Clean Energy Initiative

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01/26/2015

... the Heising-Simons family last week announced the launch of a new Clean Energy Initiative to support state-based ... Philanthropies comprises the charitable activities of former New York City Mayor and...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Data Initiatives for Cities

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04/21/2015

... Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's charitable foundation announced the launch Monday. The program will .....

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NYCT Awards Grants Totaling $9.1 Million

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06/15/2015

... a training hub for dancers who are working with survivors of domestic violence and other hardships; the Association for ... in low-income neighborhoods; and the Computers for Youth Foundation , which was...

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Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report

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07/09/2015

Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report During my very first days as President of the Ford Foundation , I participated in a roundtable on civil society .....

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Andrew W. Mellon Study Examines Demographic Composition of Museum Staff

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08/05/2015

Andrew W. Mellon Study Examines Demographic Composition of Museum Staff Women account for a clear majority of art museum staffs in the United States, comprising ... museum demographic survey released by the Andrew...

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New York Community Trust Gives $8.7 Million to Nonprofits Across the City

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10/05/2015

... The New York Community Trust, the City’s community foundation , announces grants to improve the environment, ... and train gifted young artists. These are just a few of the dozens of projects...

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Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality

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10/30/2015

... Inequality On Wednesday Darren Walker, president of the nation’s second-wealthiest grant maker, joined ... what its new focus on reducing inequality means for the foundation and grantees. In the near future,...

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Q&A with Sreenivasan: The Met Engages Audiences with Digital Technology (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/02/2016

... The chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sree Sreenivasan joined Bloomberg Philanthropies’ ... Kate Levin for a wide-ranging conversation with the foundation ’s staff about how digital...

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With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database

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02/22/2016

... The Smithsonian American Art Museum is leading a group of 14 institutions from around the country in an effort to ... spur research and scholarship about American art. One of the first in the nation to make...

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Megan Holmes to Give Annual Italian Art Society/Kress Lecture

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04/15/2016

... in Italy, inaugurated in 2010 with the generous support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation , encourages intellectual exchange between North ... American art historians and the international community of...

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Doris Duke Teams Up With Chicago's Stomping Grounds Dance Festival

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04/29/2016

... Grounds Dance Festival STOMPING GROUNDS is a showcase of events, mini-concerts, lecture-demonstrations, and master classes celebrating the diversity of the percussive arts, highlighting some of...

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Rockefeller, Bloomberg Drive New Approaches to Urban Development

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05/03/2016

... driven by private sector actors like the Rockefeller Foundation , Bloomberg Philanthropies and Vulcan ... entities. More resources, time, and a consolidation of efforts could allow for better knowledge sharing...

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At Rockefeller, Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’

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05/18/2016

... Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’ In an interview with the Rockefeller Foundation about closing the gender gap, Wright explained ... $500,000. While it's not quite as wide a...

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Lawyer Seeking $22M in Final Dissolution of Irene Diamond Fund

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05/20/2016

Lawyer Seeking $22M in Final Dissolution of Irene Diamond Fund A lawyer is trying to siphon a $22 ... scout and her husband, the Manhattan philanthropist’s foundation charges in a new lawsuit. The Irene Diamond...

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