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Critic Calls Grants Aligned With Government Programs "Crony Philanthropy"

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07/07/2014

Writing in Forbes, Howard Husock, vice president for policy research at the Manhattan Institute, says that a $10 million commitment from UBS to help underserved students attain a college education is an example of corporate leaders using...

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Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project

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07/09/2014

... Project's efforts to establish a $20 million reserve fund . OSF support and future grants its challenge helps .....

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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

... senior researcher to the president, The Commonwealth Fund , on the foundation's blog. The two write that "if .....

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Ernest Tollerson Interim CEO

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07/31/2014

... the affinity group for U.S.-based foundations that fund environmental NGOs and projects, and a former member of ...

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Nonprofit Excellence Awards Application Process Helps Organizations Improve Management Practices

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09/09/2014

... Foundation, Google, Taconic Foundation, McGladrey LLP, Fund for the City of New York, and Programs in Social ...

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Rockefeller's Edwin Torres Joins the de Blasio Administration

Release Date:

09/16/2014

Edwin Torres departs the Rockefeller Foundation to join Mayor de Blasio's Administration as Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Affairs.

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Rauch Foundation Strives to Restore Long Island's Water

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10/08/2014

... campaign, which the Rauch Foundation is helping to fund , to fix this problem once and for all.... Rauch ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Comparing Spending Down and Perpetuity - Should Charity Go on Forever?

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10/09/2014

The strategic process ofprominent foundations, such as Atlantic Philanthropies and Carnegie Corporation, are examined to outline the major differences in spending down and perpetuity.

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Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool

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10/24/2014

"Grads for Life" program specifically targets youths ages 16 to 24.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer

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10/29/2014

... the Arts. Tina has been a volunteer CFO for the Rosa Vera Fund since 2009 and the volunteer Co-Treasurer for 2013 and ...

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Rahsaan Harris Named President and CEO of Emma L. Bowen Foundation

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12/16/2014

... with a wide variety of philanthropic organizations to help fund Emma Bowen’s programs, Dr. Harris will bring his ...

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Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy

Women on the Front Lines of ACA Implementation

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03/28/2014

In honor of Women’s History Month, and the fourth anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Ms. Foundation for Women Director of Women’s Health Ellen Liu talks about the lessons her foundation has learned during its advocacy outreach to...

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Pfizer and the Avon Foundation for Women Support Patients Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Release Date:

01/21/2015

The two organizations have awarded 23 grants totaling $1 million.

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Health

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Uniting Around a Shared Vision: Philanthropy and Citizens United

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10/04/2012

By Becky Rafter , Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Funding Exchange As Ai-Jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance always says: “We’re in a fight for the soul of our country.” Such an epic struggle calls for big ideas...

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A New Funder Embrace for Workforce Development

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04/18/2012

By Patricia Jenny, Executive Committee Chair, New York City Workforce Funders & Program Director, The New York Community Trust and Bret Halverson, Staff Consultant, New York City Workforce Funders The loss of...