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Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report

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07/09/2015

... During my very first days as President of the Ford Foundation , I participated in a roundtable on civil society ... in civil society - citizens coming together to insist that a better life is possible, pushing...

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New York Community Trust Gives $8.7 Million to Nonprofits Across the City

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10/05/2015

... The New York Community Trust, the City’s community foundation , announces grants to improve the environment, ...

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Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality

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10/30/2015

... about what its new focus on reducing inequality means for the foundation and grantees. In the near future, Ford plans to ... Here are some of the questions readers asked, edited for clarity...

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Economic Security

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Q&A with Sreenivasan: The Met Engages Audiences with Digital Technology (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/02/2016

... Sreenivasan joined Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Kate Levin for a wide-ranging conversation with the foundation ’s staff about how digital technology is changing ...

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With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database

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02/22/2016

... effort to build a shared, and searchable, online database that could spur research and scholarship about American art. ... (or LOD), SAAM received a grant from the Andrew M. Mellon Foundation to create the...

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Doris Duke Teams Up With Chicago's Stomping Grounds Dance Festival

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04/29/2016

... is made possible by major support from the Chicago Free For All Fund atThe Chicago Community Trust, Engaging Dance Audiences funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation , and Joyce Chelberg with additional...

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Rockefeller, Bloomberg Drive New Approaches to Urban Development

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05/03/2016

... driven by private sector actors like the Rockefeller Foundation , Bloomberg Philanthropies and Vulcan ... time, and a consolidation of efforts could allow for better knowledge sharing across cities globally,...

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Community Development

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At Rockefeller, Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’

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05/18/2016

... ‘House of Cards’ In an interview with the Rockefeller Foundation about closing the gender gap, Wright explained that she made the move after learning she was earning ...

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Gender Justice

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Lawyer Seeking $22M in Final Dissolution of Irene Diamond Fund

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05/20/2016

... scout and her husband, the Manhattan philanthropist’s foundation charges in a new lawsuit. The Irene Diamond Fund ... Aaron Diamond — wants to give $40 million to programs for the aging. But the money is tied...

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Ford, Rockefeller, Mellon, Bank of America Are Just a Few of the Donors to New African American Museum

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05/25/2016

Ford, Gates, Rockefeller and Mellon foundations, General Electric and Walmart, Oprah Winfrey and Samuel L. Jackson, the NBA and the NFL donated to the new museum in Washington, D.C.

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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How Much Is 1 Percent of Your Bottom Line?

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06/01/2016

... edition. Last month, 22 national nonprofit organizations that work with philanthropists came together with a single ... to thrive,” states the letter distributed by the Center for Effective Philanthropy. “A...

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Capital One Is A Supporter Of Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program

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06/30/2016

... D.C., and it’s supported and hosted by AOL Charitable Foundation , AT&T, BSA, Capital One, Lockheed Martin... ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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How Philanthropy Can Help Achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the U.S.

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07/2016

This report from the Council on Foundations examines how U.S. funders can view their work in the global development framework and contribute to the success of the goals in the United States.

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Doris Duke Environmental Program Director Comments on Global Poo Menace

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08/08/2016

... program director at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation ... Doris Duke Environmental Program Director ...

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Health

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How to Recruit Panelists for Your Next Program

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09/22/2016

How to Recruit Panelists for Your Next Program Brian Byrd, program officer at the NY State Health Foundation , explains how he chose the panel for the PNY Program, "Intersections of Health...

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New York Health Foundation

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Rockefeller Leads Initiative to Help Young People Without College Degrees Land First Job

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09/21/2016

... at ways the country can create economic opportunity for more Americans. It's part of a national conversation with NPR and other member stations for the series "A Nation Engaged." Abigail Carlton...

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Workforce Development

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With the End Near, Atlantic Makes a Big Move on Racial Justice

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11/01/2016

... but Atlantic Philanthropies has been a leader in this area for a number of years now. Back when Gara LaMarche was leading the foundation , he gave a much-discussed speech on race and philanthropy in 2008, in...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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New Director of Anti-Human Trafficking Fund Announced at NEO Philanthropy

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11/03/2016

... Scholar with extensive senior level work in fighting for the rights of sex workers and survivors of trafficking, ... Fund. The Fund is a partnership with the Oak Foundation and housed at NEO Philanthropy. It...

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Gender Justice

The Commonwealth Fund Analyzes Trump and Clinton on Health Care

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11/04/2016

... Clinton's plan by the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that supports independent health care research, concludes it ... as $90 billion. The Commonwealth analysis doesn't account for...

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