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Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting

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09/05/2017

... Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting Scores of the nation’ s major philanthropists will gather in New York next month to ... all on stage together, which produced more than $85 billion in aid pledges. Other...

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Whatsapp Co-Founder Brian Acton Is Leaving The Company To Start His Own Foundation

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09/13/2017

... who started at Facebook when WhatsApp was acquired for $19 billion in 2014, is the lesser-known of WhatsApp’ s two co-founders. (CEO Jan Koum is the other, and he’ s not leaving the company...

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As the Clintons Step Back From Global Stage, Bloomberg Steps Up

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09/20/2017

... the end of their signature conference during last year’ s presidential campaign, Michael R. Bloomberg, the former ...

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Clinton Global Initiative

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases YieldWise: Cutting Food Loss in Half for World Food Day

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10/17/2017

... than enough to feed our entire global population of over 7 billion people. Yet at the same time, approximately 815 ...

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How Foundations Can Grapple With the Reality That Their Wealth Was Accumulated Unjustly

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12/05/2019

... in place in some foundations, that can put philanthropy’ s often-stated commitment to racial equity and social justice ... and beyond. They connect to the work of the foundation’ s partners not from an...

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Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families

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06/25/2013

Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas describes the Work Supports Strategies (WSS) initiative — an Urban Institute-directed project to design, test and implement operating changes to public work support systems — and what WSS has taught funders...

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Racial Equity Working Group

... and Co-create original programming for the funding community that centers equity and inclusion ... and mission to reflect the need to revisit PNY’ s role as a change agent in the sector. The new mission read:...

Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice Welcomes Joy Chia as New Executive Director

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07/20/2021

... being put into practice across all aspects of Astraea’ s work. As Astraea enters our 45th year in 2022 – and ... grantee partners, supporters, and allies. Joy’ s commitment to social justice is rooted in her...

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11 Feb 2016

National Leadership as Diverse as the U.S. - Philanthropy Can Make It Happen

Thursday, February 11, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... materials and recording here. Foundations often provide funding to mitigate socio-economic and political inequities ... sectors? For example, we know people of color in the U. S . represent more than a third of...

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Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg Philanthropies Make $10M Commitment for Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses in Baltimore

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08/15/2017

... great program chose to invest in Baltimore, and today’ s graduates chose to invest in themselves.” The Goldman ... will continue to be hosted on Johns Hopkins University’ s campus. Additionally, 10,000 Small...

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Community Development

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An Update on Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's Limited Life

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10/23/2018

An Update on Edna McConnell Clark Foundation 039 ; s Limited Life "Today Blue Meridian Partners is announcing ... and final stage of our limited-life strategy. But EMCF’ s work is not yet...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $2.5 Million to Help Sheridan Memorial Hospital Bring Innovative Behavioral Health Model to Wyoming

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08/27/2023

... for patients and staff, and to help lower Wyoming’ s consistently high suicide rate, which is double the ... Pediatric units. Sheridan Memorial Hospital also received funding through a matching grant from...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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08 Oct 2024

Reimagining Access: Philanthropic Leadership in the Post-Affirmative Action Era

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 320 East 43rd Street

... Recording Over a year has passed since the Supreme Court 039 ; s decision to overturn Affirmative Action reversed decades of ... this, we also mark the 10th anniversary of President Obama...

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Macquarie Group Invites Nominations For Social Innovation Fellowships

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08/08/2014

... which was established in the memory of the foundation 039 ; s founding chairman, provides the recipient 039 ; s organization up to $20,000 to cover airfare, accommodation...

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Russell Sage Study Shows Average Americans Get Poorer as Per Capita Wealth Reaches New High

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10/01/2014

... Get Poorer as Per Capita Wealth Reaches New High While America as a whole is getting wealthier, the average American’ s share of those assets is declining. Despite a near doubling of total wealth in ...

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Social Justice

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Peterson Foundation's Fiscal Summit Convenes Leaders To Discuss Economic Priorities for Next President

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05/11/2016

Peterson Foundation 039 ; s Fiscal Summit Convenes Leaders To Discuss Economic ... to solve our long-term fiscal challenges and secure America 039 ; s...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Peterson Foundation on National Debt Surpassing $21 Trillion

Release Date:

03/19/2018

... our flexibility to deal with future crises, and diminishes America ’ s role in the world. During a time of low unemployment and ... there are many solutions from across the spectrum to cure America...

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