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Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College

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10/21/2015

... With support from organizations including the Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corporation, professors Ray Madoff ... as a much-needed philanthropy think tank. "Philanthropy is often surrounded by a hazy glow...

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Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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05/11/2020

... 6.71 percent annually. When the RBF, a philanthropic foundation founded by the grandsons of oil titan John D. ... to withdraw their money from the fossil fuel industry. The report cites recent moves by...

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11/25/2014 - Understanding the President's Executive Actions on Immigration - Presentation

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11/2014

View presentation from the program, "Understanding the President's Executive Actions on Immigration."

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Philanthropy and the Interfaith Imperative

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05/24/2018

... M. Bordoloi Pazich, Ph.D., Program Director, The Teagle Foundation and Tony Banout Vice President of Institutional ... Interfaith Youth Core An acute question of our times is whether religious diversity will...

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Religion

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Kicks Off CityLab Paris Summit

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10/24/2017

... brighter our future will be – and that’s what CityLab is all about. This is the fifth year for the conference – ... to make efforts to help women get into politics.” Read a report...

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Community Development

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

... that would extend far beyond the health care industry. The report was released Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund and George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. It assumes...

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Health

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JPMorgan Chase Joins Second Chance Efforts to Reduce Obstacles to Employment

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10/21/2019

... public policy agenda, investing more than $7 million in community organizations, collaborating with other ... to employment October 21, 2019 (New York) - JPMorgan Chase is expanding its commitment to giving...

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NYC: The Starting Point for Critical Conversations to Address Historic Challenges

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04/21/2015

... landscape in which philanthropies and nonprofits operate is changing permanently and more rapidly than we have ... Sector and our gracious hosts and supporters at the Ford Foundation gathered...

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William T. Grant Foundation President Receives 2013 Spencer Foundation Award

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10/18/2013

... selected Adam Gamoran , President of the William T. Grant Foundation , as the recipient of the 2013 Spencer Foundation Award, which recognizes noteworthy contributions through research and analysis in...

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Education

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project The San ... than thirty-five million freely licensed media files in Wikimedia Commons , making it easier for people and...

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Communications/Media

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Michelle Knapik to Depart Surdna Foundation; Named Tremaine Foundation’s President

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04/02/2014

The Surdna Foundation announced that Michelle Knapik , director of the ... the next President of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation in New Haven, Conn. effective May 12, 2014. "The entire...

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F.B. Heron Foundation Leads Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact Investment

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07/02/2015

F.B. Heron Foundation Leads Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact ... foundations must be doing the bulk of impact investing. In fact, relatively few are actively doing it. In her ... on our core...

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New York Foundation and Brooklyn Community Foundation Lauded for Nimbleness

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05/27/2015

The nationwide trend for many nonprofits is to make their mark on just one pressing need, but two New York grant makers just got national recognition in part because they are fast on their feet and versatile. The...

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Howard Gilman Foundation and the American Express Foundation Fund "The Gospel at Colonus"

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08/03/2018

Howard Gilman Foundation and the American Express Foundation Fund "The ... Genius Grant winner Lee Breuer, "The Gospel at Colonus", is an ancient Greek tragedy turned into...

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Uprooting Racism to Advance Health Equity

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01/04/2022

... pieces originally appeared on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Blog . In 1966 our ... that of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Issue Guide: Capping the Charitable Deduction

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08/2013

Philanthropy New York's public policy issue guide on the Obama Administration's proposed percentage cap for charitable deductions.

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08 Mar 2017

Achieving Equity…How Exactly?

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The idea of incorporating equity in philanthropy is gaining traction in the field. The reasons why may be ... lens inward. What does equity “look like ” inside...

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The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough

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09/19/2017

... rumbling along New York City’s streets in the 19th century , people have sought ways to make it easier, more ... a smidge easier. (Though the viability of some of those is questionable, at...

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If You Want to Go Further – Invest in Advocacy

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03/20/2017

... I know I am not alone; in my experience, this it is what drives much of the philanthropic community. My ... workforce in New York State. Across the nation, and here...

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