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New Commitments Totaling $10.8 Billion Announced During 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

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09/28/2013

... United Nations’ Post-2015 development framework. Today, President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton closed ...

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Bloomberg Lured Donors for New York Programs

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11/29/2013

... for NYC programs over the past 12 years. (Ford Foundation President Darren Walker is also quoted in this New York Times ... gaps in the city’s resources, whether spending millions of dollars to renovate Gracie...

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Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

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01/03/2014

... for Crain's New York Business, Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin says that the de Blasio Administration ... de Blasio can accomplish both. Resilience is the ability of people, communities and...

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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

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03/15/2014

... privatizing American science research. Last April, President Obama assembled some of the nation’s most august scientific dignitaries in the ... the moon to creating the Internet. The Brain initiative, ...

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Aetna Foundation's Garth Graham honored for Philanthropy Leadership by National Medical Fellowships.

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04/16/2014

Aetna Foundation President Garth Graham honored for Philanthropy Leadership by ... the hospital industry, the deans and diversity officers of New York's medical schools, and the New York philanthropy .....

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Brooklyn Community Foundation names Tynesha McHarris Director of Community Leadership

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05/29/2014

... Community Foundation names Tynesha McHarris Director of Community Leadership Tynesha McHarris will be joining the Foundation next week in a new position as Director of Community Leadership...

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

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06/04/2014

... Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector. Judith Rodin, president of Rockefeller Foundation, is taking risks with philanthropic ...

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It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma

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06/09/2014

... Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Dr. David Blumenthal, president and CEO of the Commonwealth Fund, says that the United States needs "creative new solutions to protect the avalanche of...

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Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane Crash

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06/13/2014

... Killed in Plane Crash Dr. Richard Rockefeller, son of philanthropist David Rockefeller, was killed Friday ... after takeoff. Dr. Rockefeller, an advisory trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and a past...

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

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06/20/2014

... Who Died in Plane Crash Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz and Chair Valerie Rockefeller Wayne ... write: "Richard was an exceptional human being—a person of great intellect and curiosity...

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Mellon's New Leader Reshaping Foundation's Public Face

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06/29/2014

... Reshaping Foundation's Public Face Under the leadership of Earl Lewis, who was named president in March 2013, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is ... itself in public debates. "If we believe in the...

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Gifts From Buffett Include $150 Million For NoVo Foundation

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07/15/2014

... million to the NoVo Foundation, where his son Peter serves as co- president . The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the biggest recipient of Buffet's latest gifts, received more than...

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Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative

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10/01/2014

... that it has recruited new federal agencies and a number of universities, foundations and businesses to help pursue the goals of the Brain Initiative, which the president started in 2013. Tom...

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MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa

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11/07/2014

... help uplift them from poverty,” said Dr Agnes Kalibata, President of AGRA. The programme has a strong emphasis in developing and scaling up innovations, such as the use of...

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Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

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11/24/2014

... Group LP co-founder who has championed the cause of U.S. debt reduction, is now taking aim at some $800 ... and big goals. Peterson and his son Michael Peterson, the president of the...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn Accelerator

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02/06/2015

... Today, Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the launch of the Brooklyn Accelerator, a unique component of its new ... from the community,” said Brooklyn Community Foundation President...

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New York Community Trust Launches 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Competition

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03/05/2015

... we need well-run nonprofits,” said Lorie Slutsky, president of The New York Community Trust, one of the region’s leading funders of nonprofits. “Our ...

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

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03/30/2015

... we think about a crucial problem. The recent publication of Robert Putnam’s Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis ... and help fuel changes in public policy. Putnam is one of many researchers now grappling...

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Ford Foundation Provides $500 Thousand for Relief Efforts in Nepal

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04/30/2015

... 60 years. "We are deeply concerned for the well-being of millions of Nepalis whose lives have been so profoundly affected by this disaster," said Darren Walker, president of...

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