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Critic Calls Grants Aligned With Government Programs "Crony Philanthropy"

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07/07/2014

... With Government Programs "Crony Philanthropy" Writing in Forbes, Howard Husock, vice president for policy research at the Manhattan Institute, says that a $10 million commitment...

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Systemic Racism Hurting Girls and Women Of Color, Not Just Males

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08/07/2014

Systemic Racism Hurting Girls and Women Of Color, Not Just Males I f foundations want to fully address the problems of systemic racism in the U.S, they need to step up their support for...

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Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

... Washington wonk career path. After earning a master’s in public policy from Georgetown and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was hired...

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Henry Luce Foundation Is Committed to the Art of Displaying Art (And Why That's Important)

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01/24/2017

Henry Luce Foundation Is Committed to the Art of Displaying Art (And Why That's Important) If you're ... analogy was rather forced—that presentation is critical in the curatorial space. There is an art...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

... from the European Union followed by the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has sent shock waves ... fittingly, in Greece—agreed to donate a whopping $...

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Doris Duke Foundation Awards 17 Physician Scientists DDCF’s 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/27/2017

... receiving the 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards of $495,000 each over three years. Selected from a highly ... competitive pool of 196 applicants by a panel of experts in...

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Barbara and Donald Jonas Receive Honorary Doctorates from Frontier Nursing University

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08/01/2017

... Honorary Doctorates from Frontier Nursing University In honor of their extensive support and contributions to the advancement of nursing, Frontier Nursing University awarded honorary ...

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George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

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10/18/2017

... has given $18 billion to his Open Society Foundations, one of the largest transfers of wealth ever made by a private ... Society into the second-biggest philanthropic organization in the...

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Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

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11/29/2017

... Foundation announced today they are each committing $3 million over three years to support creative solutions to ... Recent studies have shown that the staff and leadership of art museums do not adequately...

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Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

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12/12/2017

Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation ... promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today that Maya L...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants

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01/11/2018

Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants The Surdna Foundation ... to five national organizations to strengthen the field of impact investing. The five grants complete a special .....

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches #Newmanitarian Campaign Asking People to Commit Acts of Kindness

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01/30/2018

... #Newmanitarian Campaign Asking People to Commit Acts of Kindness Newman's Own Foundation, founded by the late ... as Paul Newman said, "It's just the right thing to do." In recognition...

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F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments

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02/26/2018

F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In ' with 100 percent Impact Investments Clara Miller, who has ... to go "all in ". That means moving the foundation's $300 million...

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Markle Foundation Initiative, Skillful, Is Going Coast-to-Coast

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07/03/2018

... has helped Colorado employers discover the value of workers without college degrees and now more states are joining in this effort to transform hiring practices and workforce ... states through the Skillful...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing

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07/05/2018

... Investing Impact investing is still a fledgling practice in mainstream philanthropy, but its popularity is growing in a big way. While there are lots of enthusiastic proponents out there—...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Research for Eye Implant

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07/09/2018

... developed an implantable pressure sensor that can reside in the human eye for years at a time while wirelessly sending ... The implant could make it easier to prevent one of the leading...

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Ford Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation Collaborate for Diversity in Art Museum Leadership

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07/31/2018

... Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation Collaborate for Diversity in Art Museum Leadership At a time when division is raw in ... attending them, but also who works in...

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Rockefeller Foundation Names Tariq Khokhar Managing Director and Senior Data Scientist

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09/13/2018

... attracted more than 1,000 applicants and led to over $7 million of investment in early-stage and scale-up projects to improve the way data ...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Prairie View A&M University $500,000 to Support African-American Studies Initiative

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09/14/2018

... has awarded Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) a grant of $500,000 to support its effort to establish an ... African-American Studies Initiative which will be housed in its Marvin D. and June Samuel...

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