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Rockfeller Brothers Fund Weighs in on Motivation for Fossil Fuel Divestment

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05/18/2015

... every grant dollar we made," said Geraldine Watson, vice president of finance for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, said at a .....

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Open Society and MacArthur Foundations to be Banned by Russia Along with Many Others

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07/14/2015

... Wednesday, Russian lawmakers released a preliminary list of 12 nongovernment organizations that could be banned under ... like George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, as well as smaller...

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Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That Help Fight Violent Extremism

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08/03/2015

... extremism. Mr Martin Abregu, the foundation's vice president who also heads its global grant, says limited rights to access and use of natural resources to generate wealth by minorities is a key cause...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bank of America Backs Community Development and Housing Projects

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09/21/2015

Bank of America Backs Community Development and Housing Projects ... our community," Bill Tommins, Southern Connecticut market president for Bank of America, said in a statement. "We...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

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10/16/2015

... they have more impact. They both are founding presidents of their groups, the Center for Effective Philanthropy and ... And they started their jobs within a few months of each other in 2001. Now they have one...

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NoVo Foundation’s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/02/2015

... Colonialism Philanthropist Peter Buffett, co- president of the NoVo Foundation, says foundations sometimes ... solve the world's problems themselves rather than acting as facilitators...

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Luff to Leave Hess Corporation, CSR Operations to Move to Houston

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11/24/2015

... CSR Operations to Move to Houston Paula Luff, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at Hess Corporation, is leaving Hess at the end of 2015. Paula built and led the CSR group for...

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NYTimes Examines Hartford Foundation Work on Geriatrics

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01/29/2016

... She was submitting to the tender scrutiny of Dr. Elizabeth Eckstrom, who scooted her stool so close ... that she was knee to knee with her patient. . . “One of the greatest stories of the...

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Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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07/11/2016

Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors Lois Quam, until recently chief operating ... effective April 2017. Between 2011 and 2014, Quam served as special advisor to Secretary of...

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Following Ford's Lead, Another Foundation Goes All In on Equity

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08/17/2016

... Foundation declared itself all-in on equity, setting this as its exclusive focus. In this, they join the Ford ... than a year ago. The statement made by Ford Foundation President Darren Walker at the time...

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Commonwealth Fund Exec Comments on Obamacare Marketplace Pressures

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08/22/2016

... period crucial to the program that has helped millions of people gain health coverage. Sara Collins, vice president for healthcare coverage and access at The ... Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente have not...

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Supported by Ford, JPB Foundations, 'America Divided' Series Provides Dose of Reality and Hope

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10/04/2016

... JPB Foundations, 'America Divided' Series Provides Dose of Reality and Hope As we prepare for a presidential election and think deeply ... which played so prominent a role in the 2008 election...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Social Justice

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Difficulties Accessing Medical Records Will Soon Be Outdated, Says Commonwealth Fund

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10/21/2016

... said. They were hesitant to share the records for fear of malpractice, and to protect patients from bad news, but that’s changing as medical culture embraces more transparency and patient ... — appears in the...

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Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation Writes About the Syrian Civil War and Avoiding Trump’s First Big Mistake

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11/21/2016

... Civil War and Avoiding Trump’s First Big Mistake With President -elect Donald Trump’s chaotic transition underway, ... created by this transition and the potential contours of future American policy. This is...

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Ford’s Walker Talks Philanthropy in CNBC Interview

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02/07/2017

... he is. Walker grew up poor in rural Texas, became one of the first kids in the Head Start program, and made it big ... the 1980s. Yet his true calling was even bigger: He's now president at the Ford...

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Ford's Darren Walker Says Arts Are ‘The Soul Of The Country’ and Are Worth Fighting For

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03/21/2017

Ford's Darren Walker Says Arts Are ‘The Soul Of The Country’ and Are Worth Fighting For The arts spark ... creativity and soothe divisiveness, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker told a packed house at...

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Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise

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05/09/2017

Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise The nation’s ... officer, and Charles Bowman, the North Carolina market president , were part of a small group of...

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