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What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality

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01/05/2016

What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality The urge to change the world is normally thwarted by a ... to world-changing purposes. This is the way of...

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2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth to the Public Good

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08/25/2015

2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth ... generosity has also influenced a wide range of issues , including education...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students

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05/02/2016

... Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students Legacy preference is the practice of providing qualifying students who have some sort of family ... Foundation...

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Guttman Foundation Leads Funder Collaborative All About Child Care in New York City

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07/25/2016

... All About Child Care in New York City Early childhood education has been getting tons of attention lately, but what about support for kids a little ...

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World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions

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10/13/2017

... The World Bank announced Wednesday that in response to the “violence, destruction and forced displacement of the Rohingya,” it will delay the release of a $200 ... loan, specifically designed...

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The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2023-2024 African Fellows

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03/13/2023

... YORK) – The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2023-2024 HFG African ... The fellowship provides each recipient with a research grant and support on...

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Sheldon H. Danziger Named New President of the Russell Sage Foundation

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02/01/2013

... , the principal American foundation devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences, has announced the appointment of Sheldon H. Danziger, the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished ... social science research...

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Harvard University, Wildlife Conservation Society Launch ‘Planetary Health Alliance’ with Support from Rockefeller

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12/14/2015

... University, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and a range of other partner organizations are launching the Planetary Health Alliance, a new effort to dramatically improve our understanding of...

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Nathan Cummings, Ford, Heron & Others Are Leaders in the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

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07/27/2017

... Alliance (“Alliance”) today announced the launch of its expanded network of impact investing leaders dedicated to advancing this growing market. The Alliance was founded ... growth and...

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"Be the Change" an Interview with Arabella Advisors' Eric Kessler

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11/21/2017

... Kessler Eric Kessler’s family built and operated one of the country’s most attractive places to work for five generations. He grew up alongside machinists ... Democratic Institute , was selected to...

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Morgan Stanley Foundation Launches Alliance for Children's Mental Health

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02/03/2020

... a suicide attempt or worse. In fact, suicide is now one of the leading causes of death in children. Let me repeat ... that: in children! Childhood and adolescence are meant to be times for...

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The Helmsley Charitable Trust Appoints Kevin Cavanaugh Director of Communications and Public Affairs and Ryan Kelsey Program Officer for New Programs

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01/01/2013

... Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced the appointments of Kevin Cavanaugh as Director of Communications and Public ... well as the various program directors. Mr. Cavanaugh comes to the...

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Germany Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison

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04/18/2017

Germany Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison By Steven Pacheco, inaugural John Jay College of ... Council. Mental illness and substance abuse are also major...

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Kristen Ruff serves as the Senior Vice President of Philanthropy New York, a trusted community of nearly 300 ... forward-thinking guidance, programming and advocacy to address the unique...

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Announces Spring 2022 Grantees

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06/29/2022

... 2022 grants. A total of $3.9 million will be awarded to 50 organizations from 18 states and the District of ... large and small by permitting up to 50% of...

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RPA, Ford, MasterCard Foundation Among Funders Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development

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11/20/2014

... As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) come to a close and the global aid community embarks on the ... insight into the way we address the world's most pressing issues . Against this backdrop, the...

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RPA, Ford and MasterCard Support Bogata Convening on World Philanthropy

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03/12/2015

... Programme (UNDP), Foundation Center, and a committee of leading foundations guided by Rockefeller Philanthropy ... The event is the second in a planned series of workshops to facilitate an...

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Why Should Climate Philanthropy Care About Energy Access?

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07/02/2015

... Investing in clean energy access provides a disruptive opportunity to revolutionize electricity systems and get on the right side of the politics of development --...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Aligns Investments with Mission: Diversifying Investment Managers

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03/31/2020

... Managers The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has set a new goal to invest 25 percent of its endowment holdings with firms majority-owned by women ... in investment firms and venture capital and private ...

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