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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Engaging Future Philanthropic Leaders: An Innovative Model from WRAG

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02/26/2013

... and culture, works with UMD to identify students for the foundation to consider. Once the fellows are selected, WRAG ...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience

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01/28/2015

... president of US philanthropic organisation the Rockefeller Foundation in 2005, had already made building the resilience of cities and communities one of the foundation ’s key objectives. But Sandy confirmed to...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Try it, You’ll Like It: The Promise of Digital Media

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07/26/2012

... how and why social media are essential elements of a foundation ’s advocacy strategy. My co-panelist Marcia ... an “echo chamber”). Simply put, what does a foundation , or its grantees and partners, need to...

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Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing

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06/09/2015

... in their communities. Other partners include the Ford Foundation , The Annie E. Casey Foundation , and MetLife Foundation , each of which is providing philanthropic support ...

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Community Development

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Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana

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07/09/2015

... — a project of the United Nations Development Programme, Foundation Center, and a group of leading foundations guided ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Bronfman Cultivates Programs for Next Generation Donors

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08/20/2015

... initial financial support from ACBP, the Samberg Family Foundation , Righteous Persons Foundation , and the Nathan Cummings Foundation , I helped to launch a next generation giving ...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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The Samuel Bronfman Foundation

Philanthropy Leaders Call for Greater Role in Tackling Global Challenges Defined in New Sustainable Development Goals

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09/25/2015

... A partnership of the United Nations Development Programme, Foundation Center, and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Environment and Climate Change

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NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High

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11/02/2015

... some of the nation’s largest philanthropies. The Ford Foundation , with its $10 billion endowment, said this year ... annually — to combating inequality. The Rockefeller Foundation , with an endowment of more...

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Getting Your Board on Board with Impact Investing

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... 2016-17 PNY Core Curriculum : February 10 – Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map April 14 – Active ... versus Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well? May 18 – Can Failure...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition

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01/10/2017

... Cornell Tradition The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur Charles F. Feeney '56, ... Atlantic's board decided in 2002 to disburse the foundation 's assets by the...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference

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01/18/2017

... poverty-fighting organization, and the Russell Sage Foundation , the nation's premier foundation devoted to social science research, will host .....

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Economic Security

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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens

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04/14/2017

... Ecology Request for Applications Opens The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for postdoctoral ... on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology. The foundation is particularly interested in...

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RFPs Etc

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

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08/25/2017

Even though the influence of women in philanthropy is not a novel idea, this new study shows that this influence will only continue to grow.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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 ... founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization...

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Data-Driven Gender Equality

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09/15/2017

... (SDG 1). To help fill data gaps, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has created a three-year, $80 million initiative ... and policy interventions. As part of that effort, the foundation recently launched...

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Gender Justice

Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

... Vice President of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to its board. For the first ... selected three community board members, including Schott Foundation ’s Edgar Villanueva...

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Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

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09/26/2017

Over the past year, the Skoll, Draper Richards Kaplan, Ford, and Porticus Foundations, working with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, have partnered to investigate how to more effectively apply their resources toward large societal problems like...

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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

... is also the chairman and president of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation . As the woman driving and directing Tiffany & ... footprints and environmental impact via the brand’s foundation , looking mostly...

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