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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 recipients of the 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships. The .....

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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

... Water Window Challenge , an international competition to address recurring flood problems in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. The ... considered for rapid scaling, with the goal of benefiting...

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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 ... the initiative would spend “more than $1 Million” in “Public and Private investment” to “provide...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia

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04/12/2017

'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia When Doris Duke first took up philanthropy as a young heiress and socialite in the 1930s and...

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Arts

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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 ... announced public and private pledges totaling $1.2 billion in support of efforts to...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

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 investors seek to use their capital as a tool for ... world of philanthropy to...

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

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08/25/2017

... for their philanthropy. But women comprise most staff in foundations, half of all foundations are run by women, and ... (WPI) suggesting that the influence of women is likely to grow greater in...

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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 profits. Newman’s Own marks its ... the world. In recognition the...

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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 depressed small rural town in that state called Monson. I've also noted that ArtPlace...

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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 for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant...

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Data-Driven Gender Equality

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09/15/2017

Data-Driven Gender Equality Closing the gender gap in agriculture, meanwhile, could have an even more profound ... productive plots of land than men, and often lack access to the best seeds, fertilizer, credit,...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board Andrus Family Fund appoints Edgar Villanueva, ... Vice President of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to...

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions

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10/2017

Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions New York, NY — October 24, 2017. ... to Drive Decisions. The new report documents $23 billion in private, public, corporate, and individual ... a new giving pattern for future years.” He added, “ As we continue to see the scope and intensity of disasters ...

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Anisa Kamadoli Costa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Tiffany & Co. Is A Vogue "2018 Game Changer"

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03/15/2018

... chairman and president of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation . As the woman driving and directing Tiffany & Co.’s global ... Costa works across the iconic company’s partnerships in both for-...

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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 ... promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today the appointment of Alisha...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life

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12/11/2018

... Limited Life A growing number of foundations are choosing to operate within a limited lifespan. While the reasons vary, in each case the organizations must address specific questions as they...

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