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

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06/30/2016

... First Program to Accelerate Reforms in Education For Health Professionals Most of the unending debate about healthcare focuses on coverage and how to pay for it, as well as how to lower costs and improve...

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Co-Sponsored by Simmons Foundation, New Report Examines Immigrants, Refugees and the Future of Texas

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07/11/2016

One in three children in Texas—most of whom are U.S. citizens—has a foreign-born parent.

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Carnegie Corporation Names Robert Rosenthal Director of Information Technology

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08/01/2016

... at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, responsible for strategic and operational leadership of all aspects of ...

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Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter

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08/08/2016

... Underwriting Black Lives Matter Last week, the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) published a detailed and ambitious ... donor fund designed to support the work of the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), and led by...

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

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08/10/2016

The #ReasonsForHope campaign is trying to make people understand the powerful work of philanthropic foundations.

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Tiffany & Co. Supports Ocean Conservation

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09/26/2016

... We unpack this luxury retailer’s surprising support for oceans and coral reefs. Among foundations like Packard, ... corporation has been involved in ocean protection work now for 15 years... Tiffany & Co...

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U.S. Trust Study Finds that Wealthy Individuals Give and Volunteer at Higher Rates

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10/28/2016

The study finds that Ninety-one percent of high-net-worth households donated to charity last year and 50 percent volunteered, compared to 59 percent of the U.S. general population who donated to charity and 25 percent who volunteered.

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Q&A: Judith Rodin Makes An Impact On Investing And Giving

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11/02/2016

How important is Judith Rodin? Ask one of the 20,000 New York public school students who got to see the Broadway hit "Hamilton" because of her and they might say she is life-changing.

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Arabella Advisors Report Finds Divestments from Fossil Fuels Top $5.2 Trillion

Release Date:

12/13/2016

... of local governments, pension funds, faith organizations, philanthropies and wealthy individuals representing $5.2 ... a report released on Monday. That’s a huge sum of money for a movement that started just...

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Edgar Villanueva of Schott Foundation Says Less Than .3% of Funding Goes to Native Communities

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02/02/2017

Less than .3% of funding goes to native communities. What are ways funders can be creative in engaging native communities?

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NY Community Trust Is Raising $1M to Combat President Trump’s Policies Of ‘Fear’

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03/06/2017

... philanthropy is raising $1 million to fund programs for New Yorkers under siege from President Trump’s new ... — and a new immigration policy that could spell doom for undocumented settlers from coast to coast...

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Ford to Dedicate $1B of Endowment to Mission Related Investments

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04/05/2017

... to $1 billion of its endowment, phased in over ten years, for mission-related investments (MRIs).   For the better part of two decades, the world of philanthropy ...

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Podcast: Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities

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04/10/2017

Podcast: Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities When President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 law that created the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, one of the people at his .....

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Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11

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05/07/2014

Hate rallies, political witch hunts, discriminatory policing - together, these activities send a message that Muslims should be feared.

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PhilTalks

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Immigration

Nonprofits Likely to Receive $700 Million From Rockefeller Estate

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04/24/2017

Nonprofits are likely to receive as much as $700 million from the estate of David Rockefeller, Sr., the former chair and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and renowned philanthropist, once his assets have been liquidated, Forbes reports.

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New Leader, New Era: Rockefeller Foundation Plots Its Course

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04/27/2017

... under President Obama as director of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which distributes money to ... important in his new role, however, will be his reputation for having worked with Republicans...

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A Q&A with Sampriti Ganguli, Arabella Advisors’ CEO

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07/18/2017

We are on the cusp of philanthropy’s next big wave. The charitable sector is no longer limited to just giving grants to organizations and wishing them well.

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Arcus and Novo Foundations' Global Trans Initiative Share U.S. Narratives

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07/25/2017

... and learn how philanthropy can play a supportive role for improving the lives of trans people in the United States. ...

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Philanthropy’s Best

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LGBTQ

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

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... philanthropy, most of the gifts we profile are earmarked for tangible and conventional goals—a new science building, ...

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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

... — or even corporate foundations and think tanks — for financial help to report on issues including human rights ... the nonprofit’s charitable status would make it easier for more organizations and private...