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Bronfman Cultivates Programs for Next Generation Donors

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08/20/2015

... would have new ideas about Jewish life and new energy to contribute to it. One strategy they supported began in 2002, when Jeff Solomon, president of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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Philanthropy Leaders Call for Greater Role in Tackling Global Challenges Defined in New Sustainable Development Goals

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09/25/2015

... Defined in New Sustainable Development Goals Ahead of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, where member states are expected to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the SDG ... A...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Environment and Climate Change

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NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High

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11/02/2015

... for Democrats. They are also, increasingly, the focus of some of the nation’s largest philanthropies. The Ford Foundation , with its $10 billion endowment, said this year ... direct all its...

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Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference

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01/18/2017

Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference On Monday, ... poverty-fighting organization, and the Russell Sage Foundation , the nation's premier foundation...

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Economic Security

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Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/21/2017

... the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the ... scientific leaders. Winners receive a $60,000 fellowship...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners

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03/17/2017

... The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation , USAID , and the Swedish International ... Water Window Challenge , an international competition to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants

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03/30/2017

Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense ... to “provide services to meet the urgent legal needs” of New York immigrants. In fact...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens

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04/14/2017

... Ecology Request for Applications Opens The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support research on fundamental problems in marine ... want to apply...

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio

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06/13/2017

Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio The Global Polio Eradication Initiative ... and private pledges totaling $1.2 billion in support of efforts to eradicate polio,...

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Health

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact As more ... to use their capital as a tool for social change, a group of asset managers and nonprofit leaders is working...

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The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy

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08/25/2017

The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy ... (WPI) suggesting that the influence of women is likely to grow greater in coming years as a younger...

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Newman's Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is

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08/30/2017

... common phrases, a joke between friends led Paul Newman to sell his homemade salad dressing in 1982 and give away the ... that the philanthropic company shipped its first bottles of olive oil and vinegar salad...

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Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

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09/06/2017

... the Arts Not long ago, I wrote about the Maine-based Libra Foundation betting big that the arts can transform a ... that ArtPlace America has been ramping up its commitment to rural communities to...

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High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns When the corporate foundation at German engineering giant Siemens went looking ... Award, first given in 2012, announced its second round of prizes last year. The top winner...

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Data-Driven Gender Equality

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... world. Today, for example, women make up nearly half of the agricultural workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, ... productive plots of land than men, and often lack access to the best seeds,...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

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09/26/2017

... Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less Over the past year, the Skoll, ... with grantees make those goals a challenge.” This group of...

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Alisha Williams to Join Arcus as Program Officer of Social Justice Program

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06/19/2018

Alisha Williams to Join Arcus as Program Officer of Social Justice Program The Arcus Foundation , a global foundation promoting respect for ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life

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12/11/2018

... Publication on Operating for Limited Life A growing number of foundations are choosing to operate within a limited lifespan. While the reasons vary, ... Living approach to philanthropy and...

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