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More Details Emerging About Greer's Ouster from Nathan Cummings Foundation

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06/10/2014

More Details Emerging About Greer' s Ouster from Nathan Cummings Foundation A report in The ... a radical overhaul that will focus grant making on two new priorities—reducing income inequality and fighting...

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NY Times Profiles James Simons, Simons Foundation

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07/07/2014

NY Times Profiles James Simons, Simons Foundation In a New York Times profile, philanthropist James Simons is ... financing not only math teachers but hundreds of the world' s best investigators." As the...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Lead Coalition to Get Low-Income Students Through College

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10/28/2014

... now help every high school junior take the SAT. Delaware’ s governor has started a program to advise every ... from a modest background on the application process. The president of the College Board, which...

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GIH Elects Jacqueline Martinez Garcel to Board of Directors

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12/04/2014

... in March. Jacqueline Martinez Garcel is Vice President of the New York State Health Foundation and plays a central role in ... Community Voices Collaborative at Columbia University' s...

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MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa

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01/21/2015

... agriculture for their livelihoods," said Reeta Roy, President and CEO of The MasterCard Foundation. "This new Fund will stimulate private sector organizations to .....

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Rockefeller's Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience

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01/28/2015

Rockefeller' s Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience Judith Rodin’ s new book, The Resilience Dividend, begins with her surveying ... people’ s lives destroyed.”...

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Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Cancer Research

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06/11/2015

... that drive cancer drug resistance and pave the way for new treatments. “Cancer treatment has seen amazing ... progress over the past decade,” said Eric Lander, PhD, President and Director of Broad Institute. “...

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San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs

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06/22/2015

... recently, Beeta served as Senior Program Associate in the President ’ s Office at The JPB Foundation where she managed a $50 ... our fellow regional grantmaker association, Philanthropy New...

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Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty

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08/18/2015

... by the court to commission artwork to decorate its new building. At the time, some asked whether it was right to ... still facing hunger and homelessness. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker picked up this...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

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08/19/2015

... staff in the fields of classics and letters,” said OU President David L. Boren. This grant will allow OU and its ... Open Data resource for providing resources and support of new scholarly educational...

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The Century Foundation Examines Russia's Syrian Conflict Strategy

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09/24/2015

The Century Foundation Examines Russia' s Syrian Conflict Strategy Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to address the UN ... 28, on the heels of a shrewdly publicized deployment of new...

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American Express Puts Nonprofit Leadership Programs Online

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10/29/2015

... the American Express Foundation is starting an ambitious new digital effort to train aspiring charity executives. ... launch Leaderosity , a website that builds on a decade’ s worth of work to offer...

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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality

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11/09/2015

... Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality Under a new strategy announced today, the Ford Foundation will double ... evolving strategy," said Darren Walker, the foundation’ s president...

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The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation

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12/14/2015

The Nation Details Eric Holder’ s Appearance at Ford Foundation Eric Holder was the ... were at the forefront of the public consciousness, from a new assault on voting rights to the Black Lives Matter ... in the...

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

... as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide With President Obama poised to act on his own authority to try to ... to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have...

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Rockefeller Supported, ‘Futures of Work” Report Examines Global Disruptions

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01/19/2016

... ways, according to The Futures of Work, a groundbreaking new report from Foresight Alliance, a Washington DC-based ... the future of work," said Claudia Juech, associate vice president and managing...

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Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls

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02/05/2016

... renewing the conversation about feminism since becoming president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women 18 months ... was organized by NewMexicoWomen.Org, a program of the New Mexico Community Foundation...

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Morgan Stanley Renews Commitment of $8 Million to Feeding America

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09/23/2016

... its renewed commitment to hunger relief through a new $8 million, four-year pledge to Feeding America to support children’ s hunger and produce programs. This grant will build on the ... Global Head of...

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Century Foundation Fellow Asks If Trump's Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed

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11/11/2016

Century Foundation Fellow Asks If Trump' s Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed The 2016 ... the University of Texas historian Jeffrey Tulis to The New York Times, is that “no other previous major...

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24 Jan 2017

Defending ACA and Making Progress at the Same Time. Is Philanthropy Ready?

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9:00am to 11:00am

... coming down the pike that will have a huge impact on New York City, healthcare consumers across the nation and, ... the entire philanthropic sector. David Sandman , President of the New York...