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Ford Foundation Appoints Gabrielle Sulzberger to Board of Trustees

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07/08/2016

Ford Foundation Appoints Gabrielle Sulzberger to Board of Trustees The Ford Foundation announced today that ... Canyon/Fontis Partners, L.P., a private equity fund based in...

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Inside Pinkerton, a Low Profile Anti-Poverty Foundation

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12/21/2016

Inside Pinkerton, a Low Profile Anti-Poverty Foundation What's in a name? Well, the Pinkerton Foundation in New York City ... started by his great-grandfather, established...

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Rajiv Shah on Rockefeller Foundation Priorities, Multilateralism and Philanthropy

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04/20/2017

Rajiv Shah on Rockefeller Foundation Priorities, Multilateralism and Philanthropy Amid ... by partnering together and taking risks, said Rajiv Shah in some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of...

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Chapter 2: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Take a dive into what is a 501(c)3. Identify to whom philanthropy is accountable, understand foundation board responsibilities, and review key legal and ethical issues in grantmaking through scenarios and guiding principles. ...

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World Bank Looks to Leverage Partnerships With Foundations

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06/02/2013

The World Bank is looking to increase the number of such partnerships — which include ... effort with the Ford and Open Society foundations — to help reduce global poverty and boost incomes for the bottom 40...

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Duke Foundation’s Islamic Center Gets New Leadership

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11/20/2015

Duke Foundation ’s Islamic Center Gets New Leadership Konrad Ng will lead the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation ’s Shangri La, a center for the study of Islamic arts and cultures, in March. Mr. Ng...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Is Writing Snowden Biography

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08/04/2016

Century Foundation Senior Fellow Is Writing Snowden Biography Barton Gellman, currently a senior fellow at The Century Foundation , was a key figure in The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize-winning...

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Educational Foundation of America Seeks Proposals for Website Redesign

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08/30/2016

Educational Foundation of America Seeks Proposals for Website Redesign ... assumed a low profile as the Foundation is not interested in touting its own achievements. We are, however, interested...

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Obama Speaks at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

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11/16/2016

Obama Speaks at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Initially, Obama planned to deliver a public speech on Wednesday from the Pnyx, a ... The initial setting was highly symbolic, as the hill in...

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Mellon Foundation President Explores The Haunting Shadow of Slavery

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04/13/2017

Mellon Foundation President Explores The Haunting Shadow of Slavery ... of the first Africans into colonial Jamestown approaches in 2019, Earl Lewis — president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation...

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Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others

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07/15/2016

Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others The billionaire investor gave away $2.9 billion worth of stock in his holding company Berkshire Hathaway ( BRKA ), ...

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26 Jan 2022

Flexing Your Biggest Muscle: Shareholder Engagement for Foundations

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2:00pm to 4:00pm

... a common lack of collaboration between program staff and a foundation ’s investment advisors or asset managers. Come and learn from diverse set of experts in the sector about what shareholder engagement is,...

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Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative

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10/01/2014

Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative The Obama administration plans to announce Tuesday that it has recruited new federal ... goals of the Brain Initiative, which the president...

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Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow

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10/07/2015

Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow Legal scholar and author ... Alexander joins Ford as a senior fellow, contributing to the foundation ’s work on democracy, rights, and...

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Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace

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10/13/2015

Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace What are the top five challenges you face ... will be very different. New research from The Rockefeller Foundation and Thomson...

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Simons Foundation Gives $40M for Astronomy Facility in Chile

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05/12/2016

Simons Foundation Gives $40M for Astronomy Facility in Chile The Simons Foundation has given $38.4 million to establish a new astronomy facility in Chile’s...

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality

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05/16/2016

Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality Despite some strides in achieving workplace equality, only 21 women helm ...

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Russell Sage Foundation Celebrates 110th Anniversary

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04/20/2017

Russell Sage Foundation Celebrates 110th Anniversary April 19, 2017, marks ... the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Russell Sage Foundation by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828–1918), ... Russell Sage...

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Caroline Anstey Named COO of the Open Society Foundations

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04/21/2017

... chief operations officer starting June 2017. As the first to serve in this newly created position, Anstey will provide ... real estate and facilities, and security. Based in the New York...

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The Mellon Foundation Unveils New Visual Identity

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03/28/2022

The Mellon Foundation Unveils New Visual Identity (NEW YORK, NY — ... palette and sonic elements. Led by Eddie Opara, a partner in the New York office of renowned design consultancy ... are, help us make sense of...

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