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Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars

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11/03/2014

Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars The once ultrasecretive foundation funded by Chuck Feeney, who made his fortune as a founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group, is making...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

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10/16/2015

Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO Phil Buchanan and Kathleen Enright both lead organizations with similar goals — to help foundations improve their grantmaking so they have more...

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JPMorgan, Ford and MetLife Support Aspen Institute Initiative on Family Financial Security

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05/16/2016

... The Aspen Institute today launched an ambitious, first- of -its-kind project to shine light on economic forces that severely impact the ... is supported by JP Morgan Chase & Co., as well as Ford ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees

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06/13/2016

Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees ... (RPB), in partnership with the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight ... tasks easier for those...

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Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities

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09/12/2016

Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities Saying it ... of people with disabilities in revamping its programs to focus on inequality, the Ford Foundation...

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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

... Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers As a first- of -its-kind human-digital platform, eKutir Global, a finalist ... a network of licensed community agents, capturing data to recommend the...

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Food Systems

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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

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03/10/2017

Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New ... at Queens Theatre This season, Queens Theatre is able to offer affordable, high-quality performance and education ... Additional support is...

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Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California

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05/11/2017

... Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California As the NoVo Foundation gets into its grantmaking from the $90 million in funds established to support young women and girls of color, one ...

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Gender Justice

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Five Questions for Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Release Date:

07/24/2017

... for its tenth anniversary and will have given $100 million to support access and opportunity for New Yorkers by year's ... describes philanthropy as something that's in her DNA. Foundation Center...

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Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups

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09/21/2017

Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $20 million during the next three years ... said the money will support research, training, and groups of...

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In Response to TCF Lawsuit, DeVos Begins to Release ACICS and ABA Documents

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02/22/2018

In Response to TCF Lawsuit, DeVos Begins to Release ACICS and ABA ... In direct response to a lawsuit filed by The Century Foundation , the U.S. Department of...

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Closing Space for Open Society

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05/17/2018

... gotten so ugly for Open Society, which gave $3.6 million to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will relocate their ... and visible statement, but it is only...

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Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums

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06/26/2018

... Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums As the Mellon Foundation considered how best to diversify curatorial staff across the nation, Executive ... realized that first we needed hard data to...

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Interested in Working in Corporate Philanthropy?

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3:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York hosts group informational interviews to explore career paths in the philanthropic sector, as part of our " Interested in Working at a Foundation " series. This...

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Ralph Wilson's Biggest Gift Yet: $100m to Transform Lasalle Park, Trails

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10/17/2018

Ralph Wilson's Biggest Gift Yet: $100m to Transform Lasalle Park, Trails The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation on Wednesday afternoon will announce the largest ... philanthropic gift ever made in Western New...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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Community Development

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William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program

Release Date:

06/05/2019

... Scholars Program The New York City-based William T. Grant Foundation supports research aimed at improving the lives of young people between the ages of 5 and 25 in the United States. ...

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16 Moments of Pride for LGBTQ Philanthropy

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06/30/2014

By Lyle Matthew Kan, Director of Communications and Education, Funders for LGBTQ Issues ... Pride Month is a great opportunity for the LGBTQ community to reflect on just how far we've come in a relatively...

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