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Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

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09/14/2017

... the Council of Foundations, Independent Sector, The Philanthropy Roundtable, and the Columbus Foundation (on ... University in Washington, D.C. The proposal argued for federal regulation of donor-advised funds...

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Cary A. Kravet Joins the Board of United Hospital Fund

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02/23/2015

Cary A. Kravet Joins the Board of United Hospital Fund Mr. Kravet is the president and chief executive ... his wife, Lisa, have two children. “We are pleased to welcome Cary Kravet to our board...

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On Earth Day, Open Society Foundations Announce Climate and COVID-19 Fund

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04/22/2020

... Open Society Foundations Announce Climate and COVID-19 Fund Scientists have long warned that the climate crisis is a ... funding is part of our ongoing commitment of standing up for human rights, social...

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Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps

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06/28/2018

Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps Emmett Carson, who in recent years ... billions of charitable dollars from some of the world’ s most powerful technology entrepreneurs, has left his...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Maintains A World Class Art Collection In a Westchester Basement

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02/05/2018

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Maintains A World Class Art Collection In a Westchester ... Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Louise Nevelson. And it' s all inside the lower level of Kykuit , also known as .....

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Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces

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10/05/2017

... Four communities in Western New York will receive up to $ 2 . 5 million in state funding apiece to enhance their assets ... was one of the recipients of...

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Tumult After AIDS Fund-Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production

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09/26/2017

Tumult After AIDS Fund -Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production In May 2015, the entertainment producer Harvey Weinstein arranged for two items to be auctioned off at a fund -...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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01/01/2015

Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost ... through Obamacare and finally coming to his office for care. But middle-class workers are increasingly...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research on Planetary Evolution

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03/16/2017

... was discovered in 2014 by a team of scientists from the U. S ., the Netherlands and Italy. It is 11 times the mass of ... extremely young by celestial standards - not more than 13 million years old, compared...

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Commonwealth Fund: The American Health Care Act: Economic and Employment Consequences for States

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06/14/2017

Commonwealth Fund : The American Health Care Act: Economic and Employment Consequences for States On May 24, 2017, the U. S . House of Representatives passed the American Health Care ...

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New York State Health Foundation Funding Holistic Health in NY State

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08/30/2017

... The New York State Health Foundation has plowed about $150 million into efforts to improve health care across the Empire State during the ... challenges. “Health happens not just in the doctor’ s...

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World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions

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10/13/2017

World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions The World Bank announced Wednesday that in ... of the Rohingya,” it will delay the release of a $200 million loan planned for...

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United Hospital Fund Honors 31 Health Care Trustees

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05/02/2017

United Hospital Fund Honors 31 Health Care Trustees United Hospital Fund (UHF) presented Distinguished Trustee Awards to 31 trustees from New York metropolitan area hospitals and ... at Cipriani...

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A Look At The Building Bridges Program, Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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04/10/2018

... Bridges is one of the arms of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, which in turn is part of the larger, New ... and medical research. Building Bridges exists, to quote its website, “ to...

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Lukas Haynes Appointed Executive Director of the David Rockefeller Fund

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11/21/2014

... Appointed Executive Director of the David Rockefeller Fund Michael Quattrone, chairman of the board of the David ... and a sustainable environment. Mr. Haynes was responsible for strategy and program...

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New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger

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01/22/2018

... face the same financial dilemma: pay rent or buy food for dinner. A team of researchers from the University of ... Dan O’Connor, HHP chair, are working with the nation’ s leading experts on food insecurity in...

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United Hospital Fund Offers New Tool Kit to Curb Antibiotic Overprescribing

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11/12/2018

United Hospital Fund Offers New Tool Kit to Curb Antibiotic Overprescribing ... said Joan Guzik, director of quality improvement for the UHF' s Quality Institute program...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board Andrus Family ... community board members, including Schott Foundation’ s Edgar Villanueva. Edgar is a nationally-recognized expert on...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Commits Funding for Ukrainian Emergency Relief

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05/17/2022

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Commits Funding for Ukrainian Emergency ... war in Ukraine has imperiled the lives of the country’ s artists and cultural workers and has rendered...

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