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... a 100‐year‐old family foundation focused on fostering just and sustainable communities throughout the United ... all operations of the nearly $1 billion organization. She was the lead architect of Surdna’s...

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Is Travel the New Face of Philanthropy?

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09/28/2015

... money, time or goods while on a recent vacation. Not only was some kind of giving surprisingly prevalent, the care and ... support for the communities where the travelers visited was especially important for...

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New Leadership at the Pershing Square Foundation

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10/08/2015

... the Innocence Project and Measures for Justice to give just a few examples. Our work with organizations like the ...

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... for parents and children to solve together. Bedtime Math was founded in 2012 by Laura Overdeck, a trustee of the ... Family Foundation. The results found that within just one school year, children who did...

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Aetna Foundation President Writes on Turning the Clock Forward on Health Disparities, City Block by City Block

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10/20/2015

... can vary as much as 25 years between neighborhoods just a few miles apart. . . Aetna Foundation President Writes ...

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Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism

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11/19/2015

... through movement. In 2013, Wideman/Davis Dance was awarded a Map Fund Grant (provided by the Doris Duke ... its fiscal partner Columbia Music Festival Association, was one of just ten dance...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: What C40's Report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, Means to Paris Climate Summit

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11/25/2015

... progress. The report, released on November 23, comes just weeks before world leaders gather in Paris to try and ...

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Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case

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12/11/2015

... of Texas to admit as many blacks as possible.” He was addressing Gregory G. Garre, the lawyer defending the ... In asking such a pointed question, Mr. Scalia was stepping into a long debate over what has been...

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When a Child Grieves, We All Should Help (New York Life Foundation)

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01/08/2016

... When it comes to the grieving experience, children are not just miniature adults. Their situations are different and ...

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The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down

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01/15/2016

... One of the many consequences of the Great Recession was its effect on foundations whose endowments were heavily ... foundation’s executive director. “The most we ever had was back in around 2000, and it...

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Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors

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02/03/2016

... surgeons how to be warmer so patients don't feel they're just a number to be checked off. With physicians, whose .....

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NYS Health Foundation, Advocates Weigh in on Immigrant Health Care

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03/01/2016

... Weigh in on Immigrant Health Care Ana Rodriguez was thrilled when she first received health insurance through ... New York state's Medicaid program. It made her feel just like everyone else, said...

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Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies

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03/28/2016

... as a grocery store clerk. One of John’s first jobs was in a summer camp in a high-needs community in Boston. It ... he became a school teacher. Particularly when you’re just starting off in the workforce, the...