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Robert G. Ottenhoff Stepping Down as President and CEO of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy

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09/05/2019

... and president and CEO of the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation . “He has given us a solid foundation to build upon and we are fortunate that Bob will participate in our seamless transition to a ...

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The Center for Disaster Philanthropy

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Robert Wood Johnson joins JP Morgan Chase and Others as Partners in the Opportunity Finance Network's Finance Justice Fund

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05/25/2022

... and Others as Partners in the Opportunity Finance Network 039 ; s Finance Justice Fund OFN is pleased to announce two longtime OFN partners have joined as new investors in the Finance...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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17 Mar 2016

Changemakers: National Networks Engaging Next Gen Philanthropic Leaders - Webinar

Thursday, March 17, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* Family foundations are ... roles. The National Center for Family Philanthropy 039 ; s 2015 Trends...

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30 Mar 2022

Trust is Everything: Moving CSR from Transparency to Accountability to Trust

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... and learn from a diverse set of experts in the corporate foundation /CSR realms as to how the drive for greater ... trust. What will you learn? How are corporate foundation /CSR teams addressing transparency to...

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Comparing Spending Down and Perpetuity - Should Charity Go on Forever?

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10/09/2014

... certainly won’t find his name on any buildings. Yet his foundation , Atlantic Philanthropies, will soon become the ... give away all its money--seeded by almost Feeney’ s entire fortune, which was worth about $...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund Launches at the Aspen Institute

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07/10/2018

... Fund Launches at the Aspen Institute The McNulty Foundation announced the inaugural recipients of the McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund, a new fund at the Aspen Institute to support innovative social ... McNulty,...

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John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation

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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

This program is hosted by our partner, Asset Funders Network ... and left behind. This webinar is part of AFN 039 ; s COVID-19 related series generously sponsored by Citi, ... digital divide...

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Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller 039 ; s 100 Resilient Cities Initiative 100 Resilient Cities ... to address the resilience challenges of cities. This new structure also combines two powerful...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

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09/28/2016

... the appointment of Camille Ann Brewer as the museum’ s first full-time curator of contemporary textile art. This new curatorial position is supported by a $500,000 ... five-and-a-half year grant from the...

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Arts

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NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member

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10/31/2016

NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’ s Walker as Pepsi Board Member With a compelling personal ... the needy, Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation , has emerged as a prominent voice of morality. So .....

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... ago, the Hudson River Park Trust floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a ... design also accommodated three outdoor event venues; it’ s easy to imagine ticket-takers and other gate-...

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PNY Community Poem

On June 3rd, more than 200 Philanthropy New York members gathered for our 42nd Annual Meeting. Aracelis ... With every breath closer to death The unafraid warrior women who insist on battling but...

79 percent in neighborhoods hardest hit by Sandy say rebuild even in face of risk

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07/30/2013

... following Superstorm Sandy (and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation ) also found that about 1 in 4 Americans believe ... natural disasters, all in the past year, illustrate a new challenge facing policymakers...

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North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform

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03/24/2015

... Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform Mayor de Blasio has a new police problem on his hands — only this time from his ... on the left. The North Star Fund, a liberal activist foundation with ties to de Blasio, has...

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Justice Reform

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Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley

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08/03/2016

... has been working to preserve land for decades, but a new grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is earmarked for specific kinds of land "that are .....

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Russell Sage Survey Finds Fear of Other People Is Now Primary Motivation for American Gun Ownership

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09/19/2016

... themselves to protect against attack by other people, a new survey of U. S . gun ownership by researchers at Harvard and Northeastern ... major findings, set for publication by the Russell Sage ...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Finds Americans’ Salaries Can’t Keep Up With Rising Medical Costs

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10/26/2016

... keeping up with spiraling medical costs, according to a new study . A report being issued Wednesday by The Commonwealth Fund, a nonpartisan research foundation , found that premiums and deductibles grabbed 6.5...

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Open Society Awards $8 Million to Physicians for Human Rights

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04/19/2017

... disbursed over four years, the largest contribution in PHR 039 ; s thirty-year history will provide a dollar for every two dollars the organization raises for investments in new technology...

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Health

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Russell Sage Research Examines Social Consequences of Recessions

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05/26/2017

... Consequences of Recessions The Great Recession, as a new collection of research papers from the Russell Sage Foundation shows, generated a great deal of sadness. In ...

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