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Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness

Release Date:

02/22/2016

... to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness The majority of the alcohol industry’s actions around the world to ... lack evidence of effectiveness or haven’t...

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Bloomberg Report: 'Data Gap' at City Halls Across the Nation

Release Date:

03/10/2016

... development and affordable housing, according to a new report by the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works ... and 39 visits to municipalities in 2015—representative of about 40 percent of all...

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Community Development

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Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

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06/23/2016

... Foundation may be one of the most venerable names in philanthropy , but during her 11 years as its president Judith Rodin worked to ensure the $4.2 ... government and corporate chieftains...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Launched First Program to Accelerate Reforms in Education For Health Professionals

Release Date:

06/30/2016

... healthcare focuses on coverage and how to pay for it, as well as how to lower costs and improve quality. But ... page: how to teach medical providers. Similarly, most of philanthropy...

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Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter

Release Date:

08/08/2016

... a detailed and ambitious policy agenda, with a long list of “demands” that are attempts to match systemic problems ... planning on studying and underwriting what it calls a “ new and dynamic form of...

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Ford and #ReasonsforHope Foundations Want You To Know They Make A Difference—Not Just Write Checks

Release Date:

08/10/2016

... "HOPE." That’s the one-word message at the center of a new awareness campaign backed by 39 charitable groups in ... to give voice to a collective concern that we all have in philanthropy...

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With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... Simons Foundation Step Up While STEM giving is one of the hottest funding areas in higher ed philanthropy , most of the gifts we profile are earmarked for tangible and conventional goals—a...

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Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism

Release Date:

08/28/2017

Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its ... international expansion, is fully embracing a new moneymaking strategy in the face of...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Patrick Gaspard, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... Gaspard, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at Open Society Foundations Billionaire ... a former U.S. ambassador to South Africa will become the new acting president of...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?

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10/06/2017

... how it shows up — and how it doesn’t — in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, I wonder what’s holding us back. Improving the capacity of funders to invest more equitably will involve larger, .....

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Where You Live, How You Give: What a Fidelity Study Says About U.S. Donors

Release Date:

10/06/2017

... You Give: What a Fidelity Study Says About U.S. Donors A new study sponsored by the nation’s second largest ... Fidelity Charitable, highlights regional differences of giving in the United States. The scope...

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A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah

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01/12/2018

... Foundation’s Rajiv Shah Rajiv Shah took the helm of the Rockefeller Foundation in March 2017. He recently ... with more than $4.2 billion in assets, the role of philanthropy in times ...

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27 Jan 2021

Connected? Broadband Access Remains a Challenge - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... (AFN), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. As we continue to see a record number of COVID-19 cases ... Citi, JPMorgan Chase, and Metlife Foundation. Explore How philanthropy is...

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All Funders

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Information Technology

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Economic Security

Rahsaan Harris Named President and CEO of Emma L. Bowen Foundation

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12/16/2014

... in Media announced the appointment of Dr. Rahsaan Harris as President and CEO effective January 5, 2015. Following the ... into its 26th year with more than 15 years working in philanthropy...

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Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy

NoVo Foundation Leaders Talk About Aversion to Measurement

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12/10/2015

... Early this year, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, co-directors of the NoVo Foundation, wrote an op-ed in The Chronicle of Philanthropy , calling for a model of ...

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BNY Mellon and Ashoka Launch Social Innovation Challenge

Release Date:

05/09/2018

... and have sustainable models that mobilize resources such as funding, financing, teams, partnerships or support ... “Our company is driven by innovation and our approach to philanthropy is no different,” said...

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14 Apr 2022

Governance Practices for Better Decision Making - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, April 14, 2022 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family ... foundation staff and trustees only.* Governance practices of philanthropic families are evolving to include more ... members...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Governance

Mellon's “Humanities for All Times” Awards More Than $16 Million to Liberal Arts Colleges for Social Justice-Oriented Humanities Curricular Development

Release Date:

01/26/2022

... Social Justice-Oriented Humanities Curricular Development New York , NY – January 26, 2022 — The Andrew W. Mellon ... million have been awarded to 12 liberal arts colleges as part of...

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14 Dec 2016

Unconnected Prisoner Re-Entry Services? There’s a Collaborative Solution For That

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... the cost of this service. Watch recording here: Join us as we invite a panel of experts to share their collaborative ... solution to working with individuals in selected New...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awarded More Than $84 Million in Grants in First Half of 2021

Release Date:

07/27/2021

... Awarded More Than $84 Million in Grants in First Half of 2021 The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton ... $800,000 to support the Child Welfare Reporting Project in New...