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Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity

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11/01/2013

Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation , wrote about the problems with adopting a ...

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What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics

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06/16/2014

... Climate Change Skeptics In an op-ed on Quartz, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker says recent attempts to discredit ... Piketty's research into income inequality remind him of...

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Economic Security

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Effective Philanthropy Takes Time

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06/26/2014

Effective Philanthropy Takes Time In this episode of Making Change , a podcast of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Phil Henderson, president , Surdna Foundation ,...

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Viriginia "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit

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11/04/2014

... Virginia Sloane presided over the Heckscher Foundation for Children for nearly 25 years, helping to give away tens of millions of dollars to organizations serving youngsters in New York. ...

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Bloomberg Backs Frieden’s Next Act: Heart Disease and Preparing for New Epidemics

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09/13/2017

... for Disease Control and Prevention for eight years under President Obama, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden is starting a global ... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . The program will...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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Philanthropy Should Support States and Cities to Keep Advancing the Climate Movement

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12/07/2016

... the Climate Movement by Vien Truong, National Director of Green For All President -elect Donald Trump has promised to dissolve the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, back out of the Paris...

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18 May 2017

Monthly Immigration Policy Calls: Recent Policy Developments and Their Impact - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, May 18, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:15pm

... From the Lone Star State to the White House, the month of May has seen several policy changes that will have a ... to enforce federal immigration law. In Washington, the president established a Presidential...

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Philanthropy Is the Go-To Partner for Risk

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04/18/2013

The first in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s reflections on the ...

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Governance

The Rockefeller Foundation

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

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09/28/2013

The new commitments included a call to action by the Nike Foundation , in partnership with the NoVo and United Nations ... United Nations’ Post-2015 development framework. Today, President Bill Clinton, Former...

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

Release Date:

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...

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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 ... The billionaire’s New York-based Peter G. Peterson Foundation will announce a $200 million offshoot...

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Ford Shifts Grant Making to Focus Entirely on Inequality

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06/12/2015

... against inequality will take center stage at the Ford Foundation under a sweeping overhaul announced today by the ... biggest philanthropy. Not only will Ford direct all of its money and influence to curbing...

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Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

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06/23/2016

... an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin The Rockefeller Foundation may be one of the most venerable names in philanthropy, but during her 11 years as its president Judith Rodin worked to...

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To Change The World, “Eat What You Buy, And Stop Buying More Than You’ll Eat”

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08/31/2017

... More Than You’ll Eat” Jude Medeiros, Regional Vice President for Sodexo, will be speaking at the inaugural New ... and Data (ReFED) and with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and The Fink Family ...

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New York Developer Raises Fund for Affordable Housing

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09/12/2017

... Housing New York developer Jonathan F.P. Rose, founder and president of Jonathan Rose Cos. has raised a $233 million real-estate ... commitments from about 125 investors, including the Ford Foundation...

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Johnson & Johnson Partners with Other Global Leaders to Expand HIV Treatment

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07/26/2018

... HIV Treatment Johnson & Johnson, the Elton John AIDS Foundation along with the U.S. President ’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), ... partners, MenStar will expand the diagnosis and treatment...

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RPA, Ford and MasterCard Support Bogata Convening on World Philanthropy

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03/12/2015

RPA, Ford and MasterCard Foundation Lead Committee for Post-2015 Partnership Platform ... Programme (UNDP), Foundation Center, and a committee of leading foundations guided by Rockefeller...

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Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty

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08/18/2015

Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty Art of Change Fellow and ... Court Judge Albie Sachs asked an audience at the Ford Foundation : “Is it right to fund art when there is...

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