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He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy

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08/22/2017

... 15 years while running the Rockefeller Brothers Fund—the foundation that David’s generation of Rockefellers created in 1940. He found that for all Rockefeller’s passions—such as business, art, ...

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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

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09/13/2017

... the city’s American Academy, and Donald Judd’s Chinati Foundation , in Marfa. To be an artist in residence means ...

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Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

... pledged more than $36 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2006, and the three friends joined forces a ... former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg comes in third for giving more than 10...

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... Seattle headquarters will incorporate a shelter for homeless families. It's an unconventional move for a tech giant, but Schoettler’s statement hit the right ... than that, in fact. With funders like the...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... few years ago, the Hudson River Park Trust floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a ... space — not the least of which seems to be a taste for order. Opinion: How Parks Lose Their...

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What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

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09/29/2017

... improve cost-effective and adaptable aid delivery. The UPS Foundation is one major funder we've written about often that's a leader in this area. It's been working for years to improve methods...

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UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift

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10/02/2017

... million legacy gift from the Jack S. & Shirley M. Silver Foundation in support of the organization's Jewish Day Camp ... Jewish day camp system in North America, through support for programming and...

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

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10/13/2017

... Megan Tompkins’s research, using the National Science Foundation ’s ADVANCE program at the University of Michigan, ... they show genuine understanding of the cost of inequality for everyone (not to mention the...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

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11/27/2017

... is based on a report commissioned by the Philadelphia Foundation and coauthored by GuideStar, Oliver Wyman, and ... into challenges that face nonprofits everywhere.” For that reason, we reprinted the report in...

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

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11/27/2017

Hungarian-American financier and philanthropist George Soros has denounced a Hungarian government campaign against him as "distortions and lies" designed "to create an outside enemy to distract citizens."

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Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference

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12/20/2017

... Conference In the summer of 2017, The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center brought together a group of ... quo is an important motivator leading youth to clamor for transformative change—if it’s harnessed...

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ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications

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03/08/2018

... on the importance of building smart communications skills for leadership. Presenters ElsaMarie D'Silva , Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) Kim Freeman Brown , Program Co...

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Carnegie Corporation's July Fourth Tribute Honors 38 Distinguished Immigrants

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06/28/2018

... lives, their work, and their example. Our philanthropic foundation , its board of trustees and staff, invite Americans ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

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11/20/2018

Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation It’s astoundingly rare for foundation leaders to make statements about national ...

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Commonwealth Fund Launches A New Tool for Comparing ‘Medicare for All’ Plans

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03/15/2019

Commonwealth Fund Launches A New Tool for Comparing ‘Medicare for All’ Plans The Commonwealth Fund, a non-partisan health care foundation , introduced an interactive tool this week that ...

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Evolution of the Work Place in Hybrid Times

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12/2022

The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) is a Philanthropy ... there is no roadmap to a hybrid workplace that will work for every organization, we can reimagine new ways of working ... together that centers humanity, equity, and makes space for experimentation. Recording Evolution of the Work Place in ...

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... Conference Facilities : Our conference rooms are available for members to reserve for free during regular business ... for reports, presentations and other materials. Family ...

The New York Environmental Funders Network

... issues in these program areas, and (2) opportunities for funding effective programs that are working to address ... Valerie Boucard, Program Officer, The Nathan Cummings Foundation Nick Sifuentes, Program...

Stephen McConnell Appointed Country Director for the United States at The Atlantic Philanthropies

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09/03/2012

... to the newly created position of Country Director for the United States. In this position, McConnell will ... & Youth and Reconciliation & Human Rights—as the foundation seeks to maximize the impact of...

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