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Ford’s Walker Weighs in on New Rules Allowing Pension Funds to Invest with Conscience

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10/22/2015

Ford’s Walker Weighs in on New Rules Allowing Pension Funds to Invest with ... and should be taken into account. As a society, we ’ve only begun to see the potential of impact investing ... president of the Ford...

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Arabella Advisors Noted in NPR Report: Solutions that Could Help The U.S. Slash Food Waste

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03/16/2016

Arabella Advisors Noted in NPR Report: Solutions that Could Help The U.S. Slash Food ... enough to fill 44 skyscrapers. And tons of it ends up in landfills, where it emits methane, a greenhouse gas. ... goal of...

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NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements

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03/17/2016

NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat ... Montgomery bus. Chinese student activists stand defiantly in front of a tank in...

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities

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10/21/2016

... Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced $20 ... organizations working to create economic opportunity in disadvantaged neighborhoods...

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NYTimes Examines the Legacy of Newman’s Own Foundation

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11/03/2016

... charismatic actor with the piercing blue eyes who starred in films like “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Sting” and ... has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for charity. “ We used to get stopped on the street, and...

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Stonewall Community Foundation Is Key Funder of Trans and Queer Storytelling

Release Date:

12/09/2016

... Time magazine declared a “transgender tipping point” in 2014 when it featured actress Laverne Cox on its cover. In ... There’s been increasing public outcry about the use of cisgender people...

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In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation

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09/18/2017

In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain ... Eva Moskowitz’s new book is a juicy political read. “ We never hit it off personally,” the charter school leader ... not just a hardened political...

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... has long been ocean conservation and research. But we ’ve also seen an apparent increasing interest in funding climate change work. The tech donor’s latest ... resulting in financial support...

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MetLife Foundation Creates Partnership to Innovate Financial Services for Real People

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11/28/2017

... years, they have examined the behavioral barriers standing in the way of financial health for low-income people in two pilot markets, Mexico and Chile, and designed ... insights from behavioral science...

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Ford Foundation and Leading Thinkers Discuss A New Gospel of Philanthropy

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08/10/2016

... consider the tension between its maker and its mission? In many cases, foundations wish to solve social problems like ... contradiction? How? Last week on The Development Set, we brought together several...

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Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania Provide Resources to Support Tree Of Life Synagogue Victims

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10/29/2018

... to Support Tree Of Life Synagogue Victims Like everyone in greater Pittsburgh, the GWP community is grieving for the ... fueled by hate. Together with others in the community, we offer our...

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Sunday New York Times Arts and Leisure Feature on Cultural Philanthropy Quotes Buff Kavelman on Donor Privacy Issues

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10/14/2015

From the section entitled “Donors: Why They Do It” Privacy Matters: In the age of the selfie, and large, very public donations to ... as organizations try to mine the same source. “Because we all...

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MAC Has Raised Half A Billion Dollars For HIV/AIDS and Isn't Done Yet

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05/25/2019

... he first got a very coveted job working for MAC Cosmetics. In fact, before his employment, he was something of a regular ... West Village in the ‘90s (“On Saturdays and Sundays, we ’d actually...

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Former NYC Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi to Join New York State Health Foundation as Visiting Fellow

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04/06/2022

... David Sandman, Ph.D., President and CEO of NYSHealth . “ We are honored that he has chosen to make the Foundation a next stop in his illustrious career and we ’re eager to learn from his deep...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives Grant for State-of-the-Art Computer Science Building at Ben-Gurion University

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06/29/2023

... graduates often join the workforce at companies in the Advanced Technologies Park adjacent to the campus. ... Ben-Gurion University President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz. “ We are committed to supporting Israel’s...

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14 May 2013

Service for Impact Working Group

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9:00am to 10:30am

... is a critical component to strengthening grantees in this current economic climate. A corporate volunteer ... while supporting business objectives through volunteerism. We ’ll also spend time learning more...

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Governor Andrew Cuomo Names PNY Members Among Members of a Reopening Advisory Board

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04/28/2020

... the members of the advisory board is available here . " We 've come up with a phased plan to re-open New York so every region in the state has the same opening template as we begin...

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Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... rising fast among older Americans. Their study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, compared data from a national survey ... for a woman, four such drinks in a day. And “alcohol use disorders” (...

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Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning

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12/05/2017

... learning, commissioned by The Wallace Foundation. “ We were pleasantly surprised that there are a pretty good ... RAND Education, told The 74. “ESSA doesn’t explicitly use the phrase ‘social and emotional...

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Two New Grants to Better Relate Research to Action

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04/13/2018

... of the ivory tower and into actual policy and practice. In 2016, Grant shifted its focus to grantees who were ... how to “increase routine and beneficial uses of research in deliberations and decisions that...

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