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Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

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05/02/2013

The third in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s ... so successful, I highlighted the role of philanthropy as field-builder, drawing from the stories...

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$15 Million Gift and New Name for Community College

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04/29/2013

The Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation is giving $15 million to New Community College, one of the largest donations ever for a public two-year college. The foundation is giving an additional $...

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Inaugural Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Announced

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08/07/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation and PopTech have announced the inaugural recipients of the Bellagio/PopTech Fellows program, a collaborative ... The Bellagio/PopTech Fellows program will also serve as...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Boys & Girls Clubs of America Receives $1 Million for High School Success Campaign

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08/06/2013

The New York Life Foundation ’s four-year grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America will strengthen the organization's academic ... a four-year, $1 million grant from the New York Life Foundation...

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The Charitable-Industrial Complex

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08/26/2013

An op-ed by Peter Buffett, Co-Chair of the NoVo Foundation . I HAD spent much of my life writing ... television and knew little about the world of philanthropy as...

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The Possible Philanthropic Response to Trayvon Martin

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08/19/2013

... from the Open Society Foundations and the Schott Foundation for Public Education are cited in a Nonprofit ... on the possible philanthropic response to the death of Trayvon Martin. Initially angered and...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Philanthropists Lay Out Education Priorities

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11/21/2013

Philanthropy New York President Ronna Brown, Ford Foundation Program Officer Fred Frelow and New York Community ... 1. The Road to City Hall’s Errol Louis got a preview of the Education Funders Research Initiative...

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The New York Community Trust

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B. Altman, a Store From Yesteryear, Still Makes Its Presence Felt in the City

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11/28/2013

The New York Times examined the history and work of the Altman Foundation and spoke with its president, Jane B. O'Connell, ... Avenue department store still had a certain specialness as it...

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Who's Been the Biggest Superstar in the Fight for Health Reform?

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05/28/2014

... [Atlantic Philanthropies] A few foundations stand out as heroes in the saga of health reform. Remember when Atlantic Philanthropies ... the Affordable Care Act? Or when the Robert Wood Johnson ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Private Funding Provides Lifeline For Stem Cell Researchers

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07/07/2014

... Provides Lifeline For Stem Cell Researchers Some of the most exciting research in medicine is taking place at the New York Stem Cell Foundation , and almost all its work is being paid for by ... said Susan...

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Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color

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07/23/2014

Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color The William T. Grant Foundation has made $1.6 million in grants to improve the use ... between education...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Former Atlantic Philanthropies CEO LaMarche Questions the Power Philanthropy has over Policy

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09/25/2014

... cites the tax breaks for endowments and charitable giving as one of the benefits that philanthropists have been fighting to ... benefactions,” this has led to a decrease in criticism of the...

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NYSCF Initiates Collaboration to Advance Neuropathies Research

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12/11/2014

... to Advance Neuropathies Research The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute, a non-profit ... Association (CMTA), a patient-led disease foundation with the mission to advance research on...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

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First Payment Made Toward Detroit's 'Grand Bargain'

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12/12/2014

... dollars — was sent to two retirement systems this week as part of the city’s exit from bankruptcy. The Foundation for Detroit’s Future, a nonprofit created ...

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American Express Awards $5 Million to Boost Volunteering

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03/18/2015

... Volunteering American Express and the American Express Foundation have announced a four-year, $5 million grant to the National Park Foundation in support of an effort to increase voluntarism...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Conservative Publications Accuse OSF of 'Bankrolling' Ferguson Protests

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03/30/2015

Right Wing Publications Accuse OSF of 'Bankrolling' Ferguson Protests New tax filings from Soros’s private foundation link donations and funding for groups in ... latest tax return by Soros’s Open...

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RPA Forms Partnership to Combat Poverty in Indonesia

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04/14/2015

... More than one billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty during the period of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which end this ... a project of the United Nations...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Freezes $4 Million in India Funding Amid Clampdown

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07/15/2015

... $4 Million in India Funding Amid Clampdown The Ford Foundation is holding up aid to organizations in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government scrutinizes ... Reuters reports. New Delhi has...

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Carnegie-Backed Teacher Training Program Shows Early Signs of Success

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08/12/2015

Carnegie-Backed Teacher Training Program Shows Early Signs of Success A program intended to boost student achievement ... of New York, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation , and the...

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