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The 2012 Election with MSNBC's Chris Hayes: Power Tools to Build a Better Democracy

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09/2012

... focusing on how foundations can support the creation of tools and knowledge that can strengthen the ability of citizens to perform their civic duties and the role ...

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Live From Independent Sector Conference: Innovation Coming Faster, Needs Collaboration

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09/30/2013

Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin and New York Community ... CEO Lorie Slutsky were among the speakers at the opening of the Independent Sector annual conference. Innovation ... and since life is...

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Peter Buffett Takes to Twitter to Advance Critique of Philanthropy

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09/19/2013

In this episode of the Social Good podcast, the NoVo Foundation Co-Chair discusses why he decided to write his New ... are helping to spread a thoughtful debate about the future of philanthropy...

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Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?

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09/18/2013

An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation . Last fall in California, a broad coalition of community organizations, faith-based groups, advocates and ...

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The Mismeasure of Poverty

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09/17/2013

Russell Sage Foundation President Sheldon Danziger talks about the flaws ... than it was in 1973, when it reached a historical low of 11.1 percent.... The Mismeasure of Poverty ...

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Giving Circles: More Impact to Go Around

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11/07/2013

Ana L. Oliveira, President of the New York Women's Foundation , is quoted in a New York Times examination of the rise of giving circles. INSIDE the red-brick St. .....

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George Soros receives 2013 Freedom Award

Release Date:

11/06/2013

... its 2013 Freedom Award to George Soros in recognition of his constant advocacy and support for human rights and democracy worldwide. Soros, the Founder of the Open Society Foundations , received the award at...

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Edgar M. Bronfman, Who Built a Bigger, More Elegant Seagram, Dies at 84

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12/22/2013

The New York Times examined the life of Edgar M. Bronfman, President of The Samuel Bronfman Foundation . Edgar M. Bronfman, the billionaire businessman ...

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A Nonprofit Trendsetter Becomes 4th CEO in 4 Years at Tides

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02/09/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy profiled Kriss Deiglmeier, the new CEO of Tides. Over the past two decades, Kriss Deiglmeier has helped start some of the biggest trends in the nonprofit world. In...

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12 Mar 2014

Executive Assistants Network: Identifying Your Role

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 -

12:15pm to 2:00pm

This program is being offered as part of the Executive Assistants Network, but is relevant to all ... the numerous, contemporary (post-Mad Men!) fundamentals of the Executive Assistant’s role, and how they vary...

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Robin Hood Gala Brings in $60-Million for Antipoverty Groups

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05/14/2014

New York’s Robin Hood Foundation raised $60-million for poverty-fighting efforts ... immigrants and their families, will get $35-million of Monday’s take. The fundraising total fell from the ...

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Investing for Real and Permanent Good

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06/06/2014

... for Real and Permanent Good Carnegie Corporation of New York's co-Chief Investment Officers Kim Lew and ... Real and Permanent Good,” they discuss how they got into foundation investing, and explain why...

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Fate of Detroit’s “Grand Bargain” In Hands Of City Workers, Pensioners

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06/20/2014

Fate of Detroit’s “Grand Bargain” In Hands Of City Workers, Pensioners The fate of Detroit’s ... from the auction block — and to which the Ford Foundation has pledged $120...

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Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators

Release Date:

07/25/2014

... Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators The Simons Foundation has selected 16 scientists as the Simons ... theoretical computer science and the mathematical modeling of living systems. The Simons...

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Comparing Spending Down and Perpetuity - Should Charity Go on Forever?

Release Date:

10/09/2014

... Go on Forever? Chuck Feeney, the 83-year-old co-founder of the pioneering retail business Duty Free Shoppers (the ... certainly won’t find his name on any buildings. Yet his foundation , Atlantic Philanthropies...

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Judith Rodin Profiled in NYTimes

Release Date:

12/21/2014

... Rodin Profiled in NYT Judith Rodin has been president of the Rockefeller Foundation , one of the world’s leading philanthropic organizations, since ...

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The Stanford Prison Experiment Wins the Alfred P. Sloan Film Prize at Sundance

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02/02/2015

... received a $20,000 cash award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation .... The Stanford Prison Experiment Wins the Alfred ...

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U.S.-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits

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06/04/2015

... coastal and marine grant making at the MacArthur Foundation , which has made $17.9 million in Cuba-related ... diplomatic relations, Cuba "has a really good history of protecting its natural resources, and...

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TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal Featured in Profile Magazine

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07/06/2015

Mittenthal outlines TCC strategies on helping clients deepen social impact.

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NJ Residents Concerned About Doris Duke Mansion Demolition

Release Date:

10/14/2015

NJ Residents Protesting Possibility of Demolishing Doris Duke Mansion Residents are preparing ... be allowed. Residents have formed DORIS, Demolition of Residence is Senseless, to protest the proposed demolition...

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