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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 ... lives destroyed.” Rodin, who became president of US philanthropic organisation the Rockefeller Foundation...

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Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/21/2017

... the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. ... scientific leaders. Winners receive a $60,000 fellowship to be used as they wish to...

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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens

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04/14/2017

... Ecology Request for Applications Opens The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support research on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology. The ...

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact As more ... Council on Impact Investing is composed of 20 foundation leaders, among them co-chairwoman Julia Stasch of the MacArthur...

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High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns When the corporate foundation at German engineering giant Siemens went looking ... in infants, beat out roughly 800 other applicants to win about $53,000. "Somehow you...

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Anisa Kamadoli Costa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Tiffany & Co. Is A Vogue "2018 Game Changer"

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03/15/2018

... is also the chairman and president of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation . As the woman driving and directing Tiffany & ... for-profit and non-profit sectors. In her role, she works to minimise footprints and...

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After We Say Goodbye

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01/29/2010

By Jane D. Schwartz Executive Director, Paul Rapoport Foundation In August of 2009, Anita Nager, the former ... the Paul Rapoport Foundation had already made the decision to follow Beldon down...

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Chen, Kidvai Named First Paul Rapoport Law Fellows

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07/17/2014

... announcing the selection of the fellows, the Paul Rapoport Foundation also said the endowment for the program has been increased to $1.08 million from $560,000 to provide...

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OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

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10/03/2014

... of drug reforms ranging from medical marijuana use to the easing of sentencing for drug charges. His foundation has donated about $200 million to drug reforms since 1994,...

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Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org

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01/13/2015

Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org ... Grieving Students, convened in 2013 by the New York Life Foundation , is a collaboration among the National Center for ... families. Total...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website

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07/15/2015

... a new news site focused on education, the answer appears to be yes. The site, co-founded and edited by former CNN ... America’s education system.” The name refers to the 74 million children...

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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

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06/28/2017

Rita Allen SupportedPrize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News ... project that was selected to receive a share of a $1 million prize through the...

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Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... with its enormous wealth is criticized. The New America Foundation has received more than $21 million from Google; its parent company’s executive ... the think tank’s founding in 1999. That money helped...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts ... it would fund and help set up a new body called the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The tobacco giant plans to donate...

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National Grid Supports United Way Family Fund to Help Families in Need

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03/30/2018

National Grid Supports United Way Family Fund to Help Families in Need Since its creation. United Way’s ... now as ever, maybe even more so. The National Grid Foundation has been a steadfast partner of United Way...

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Greg Ratliff named VP at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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04/04/2019

... investing practice, he advises investors on portfolios to generate both social and financial returns. Prior to ... positions at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation , where he...

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Choose the Fund for 2025 for #GivingTuesday

... New York colleagues, who is personally donating to the Fund for 2025, told me a funny story: “When I was in high school, all I wanted was to come to New York and become a famous actor,...

Elizabeth J. Fowler to Join the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs and Melinda Abrams Promoted to Senior Vice President

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07/16/2019

Elizabeth J. Fowler to Join the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for ... for Programs on July 23. She will be based at the foundation ’s New York City headquarters. At the same time, ... years as a...

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23 Mar 2015

What’s On the Plate of NYC’s Food Workers?

Monday, March 23, 2015 -

11:45am to 2:00pm

... more than 150,000 workers in New York City and nearly 11 million workers nationwide. While typically known for low ... work hours, the industry has a well-kept secret leading to good paying jobs. This session...

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Funders Should Invest in Health Programs to End Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs

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09/15/2016

Funders Should Invest in Health Programs to End Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs gabriel ... law enforcement, racial disparity in drug arrests, and 2.3 million people being locked up, not getting the help...

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