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Max Marmor Announces Retirement from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

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03/06/2023

... he will retire in December 2023. Mr. Marmor was recruited to lead the Kress Foundation in 2006 after a distinguished ... found that my life has been profoundly shaped by Kress, by its grant and fellowship...

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Goldman Sachs, Buying Redemption

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10/26/2013

... examined the philanthropic giving of Goldman Sachs and its foundation, while PND reported on Goldman's new $250 million Social Impact Fund . Goldman Sachs is a master at making money. Lately it ... symbol...

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Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site

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05/16/2014

... collaboratively by the Simons Foundation and Autism Speaks to collect, store and distribute brain tissue resources necessary for researchers to understand the underlying neurobiology and genetics of ... could...

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Heintz Named To NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 List

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08/01/2014

Heintz Named To NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 List Stephen Heintz, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , has been named as one of this year's Nonprofit Times ... endowed from the oil...

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Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

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10/03/2014

... ranks only 16th in assets among U.S. charities, according to the Foundation Center. She said that since her foundation can’t hope to solve society’s problems by spending lots of its own money...

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Ford Foundation Strives to Boost Medicaid Enrollment

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12/01/2014

Ford Foundation Strives to Boost Medicaid Enrollment Funds will support BeneStream's mission to enroll more low-income empoyees in Medicaid. ... investment from the Ford Foundation in support of its...

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Atlantic's Feeney Awarded Inaugural Stead Medal for International Philanthropy

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09/21/2015

... Atlantic, has made grants totaling more than $7 billion to bring about lasting change in the lives of disadvantaged ... as a limited-life foundation, Atlantic will complete its grantmaking in 2016. Atlantic...

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Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

... rebuilding, recovery, and resilience approach throughout its global network, which currently spans 67 cities. ... with community members and stakeholders when working to address the resilience challenges of...

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Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)

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02/19/2016

... Development (Rockefeller Foundation) I recently went to an event at the Center for Strategic and International ... of experts from the private and philanthropic sectors to discuss what the title implies:...

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Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)

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02/26/2016

Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB ... intake: a hormone called amylin, which acts in the brain to help control consumption. “How much a person eats is .....

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NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women

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03/29/2016

... undermines it." As Women's History Month 2016 draws to a close, some might be tempted to think that our work is done – it is not. Although ... and New York City enacted paid sick leave, strengthened...

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

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09/29/2016

Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings Southern ... city that was the first capital of the Confederacy is set to become home to a privately funded museum...

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change

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12/08/2016

... Morton feeling optimistic about the worldwide response to climate change. Morton led the Overseas Private Investment Corp. as its chief operating office before transitioning to the White...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness

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03/03/2017

... blindness. Losing sight is a horrifying fate for anyone to contemplate, and it's not surprising that blindness has ... George Gund in 1971—has raised over $600 million to fund research...

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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04/26/2017

Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities In keeping with its mission to advance and disseminate...

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F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money

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06/30/2017

... the grants they make. U.S. law requires most foundations to pay out at least five percent of their net assets to charitable causes every year. That often leaves 95 percent ... that heap of assets is managed...

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With Wallace Foundation Support, New Study Finds Principal Development Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable

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07/10/2017

... Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable It's no secret to readers of IP that the Wallace Foundation believes in the ... Wallace places school leadership front and center of its education funding. In the...

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He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy

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08/22/2017

... of his time at Chase Bank, but gave only passing attention to Rockefeller’s long and varied involvements in ... annals of modern civil society. What’s more, according to those who knew him well, philanthropy “...

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In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

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09/21/2017

... island? entertainment center? performing arts pier?) to be built over a dilapidated pier on the Hudson River, is no more. A lot of people are very upset about its demise, angry at an opposition group that hit...

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences

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04/25/2018

... in the Humanities and Social Sciences In keeping with its century-old philanthropic tradition of investing in ... extraordinary scholars and writers will each receive up to $200,000 toward the funding of...

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