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Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors

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05/06/2014

... opposites in terms of political leanings. But according to a first-of-its-kind survey of the world’s most prominent ... earned just one star out of a possible five in the survey, to be made public on Wednesday...

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Heintz and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash

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06/20/2014

Heintz and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash Rockefeller ... Valerie Rockefeller Wayne pay tribute in a message on the foundation 's website to Dr. Richard...

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

... with mission, cross-pollination between programs and the foundation 's recent launch into the impact investing world. .....

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Nick Hodges Named COO and Senior Vice President For Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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07/09/2014

... Advisors. Hodges, who had been COO of the Tides Foundation , will be responsible for oversight of the ...

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No Stories Without Numbers; No Numbers Without Stories

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08/04/2014

... well as individual donors how they can take their giving to the "next level." Bessemer Trust is a 100 year-old private ... For example, we recently facilitated a board retreat for a foundation client...

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Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors

Release Date:

08/13/2014

... Medals and the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize have been awarded to Simons Foundation grantees Manjul Bhargava, Maryam Mirzakhani and ... the promise of future achievement. Medalists are early- to mid-...

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The Simons Foundation

Financing the Social Sector

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09/15/2014

... media sites, what the nonprofit sector really needs is to grow the overall funding pie from its current 2 percent of GDP to 3 percent of GDP. In order to do that, nonprofits will need...

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Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality

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11/13/2014

by Pooja Joshi O'Hanlon, Executive Director, The Elmezzi Foundation Recently, funders and practitioners gathered at Philanthropy New York (PNY) to discuss Collective Impact , an approach to...

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Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators

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12/04/2014

... The Fund for the City of New York and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation gave the winners an individual prize of $5,000 and ...

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All Investing is Impact Investing

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01/12/2015

... In the United States, nearly $1 trillion is committed to philanthropy — sitting in foundations, donor-advised ... Donors have transferred ownership of these funds to separate entities and received their tax...

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Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free

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01/16/2015

Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free Cybersecurity ... reliant on information systems that could be vulnerable to attack. That’s why Microsoft is volunteering its ... a non-...

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Launches Innovation Prize, Seeks Applicants

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01/29/2015

... of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation . In 2015 up to ten Prizes will be awarded to U.S.-based individuals or teams addressing our country’s ...

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25 Mar 2015

Beyond Gender Equity: How Philanthropy is Taking Gender Norms into Account

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

Is your grantmaking responding to new understandings of the importance of addressing gender ... Ana Oliveira, President & CEO, The New York Women's Foundation Scyatta A. Wallace, Ph.D., Associate...

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OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

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02/12/2015

... Accessibility Wor k Mayor Bill de Blasio spurred foundation leaders Wednesday to invest in projects and technology tools that protect and ... agilely than most governments ever could, and we need you ...

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Effective Journalism Is Now Part of Our College Completion Mission

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03/17/2015

by Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, President and CEO, Edwin Gould Foundation For many years, The Edwin Gould Foundation has awarded grants to programs that promote low-income college completion. But ...

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OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug

Release Date:

03/25/2015

... known under the brand name Narcan, it is an antidote to heroin overdoses. It reverses the effects of heroin and ... countries, naloxone costs less than $1 per dose, according to Daniel Wolfe, director of the...

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Deeper Than Political Sound Bites on Economic Inequality

Release Date:

04/15/2015

... York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof. One, he agreed to be the moderator for Philanthropy New York’s 36th Annual ... leaders are: Jane Waldfogel , who is the Compton Foundation Centennial Professor at...

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PNY's 36th Annual Meeting Will Be a Critical Conversation on International Grantmaking

Release Date:

05/05/2015

... interests ranging from local youth development to international democracy-building, and everything in ... relevant insights for every member, regardless of their foundation ’s focus. Many members fund...

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How The Atlantic Philanthropies Changed Lives Through Building

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05/18/2015

... Lives Through Building Imagine having the resources to build something that can dramatically alter the lives of ... even nations. Conversely, imagine an unassuming man coming to you and asking what you could...

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Ford and RBF Lead Charge to Publicize Diversity Data

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07/01/2015

Ford and RBF Lead Charge to Publicize Diversity Data The heads of the Bullitt, ... Brothers Fund said they had provided their diversity data to GuideStar, an organization that compiles data on ... groups on the...