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Edwin Gould Foundation Helps Present 2016 Blackboard Awards For Teachers

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07/08/2016

... honoring seventeen of the finest teachers from around New York City. The event was sponsored in part by the Edwin Gould Foundation, Kumon, Manhattan Media and New York Family... Edwin Gould...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust's Rural Healthcare Program Gives $400K to Community Hospital

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04/12/2017

... Community Hospital Pender Community Hospital has received a $400,000 grant to be used to purchase a new CT scanner. The grant comes from the Leona M. and Harry ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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The State of Philanthropy: How to Maximize Impact

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03/26/2014

... President Dr. Judith Rodin on the state of philanthropy in Huffington Post. When I took the job as the president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2005, philanthropy was facing a kind of...

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Three Will Share $625,000 From Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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06/09/2014

... people. The three award recipients will receive a total of $652,000 over two years to work on advancing their ...

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Disabilities

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Number of Latinos with Insurance Surges with Affordable Care Act, According to Commonwealth Fund Report

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09/25/2014

... 23% between summer 2013 and spring 2014. That parallels a broader increase in coverage that has taken place since insurance marketplaces ... rate for U.S. adults under 65 plummeted from 20% to 15% in...

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Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

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10/03/2014

Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek Judith Rodin is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, which means she’s in charge of giving away one of America’s historic ... “impact investing”—...

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OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

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10/03/2014

OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States Financier George Soros has become ... in 1992, into his Open Society Foundations. It’s now a...

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NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning

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01/12/2015

NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning Self-control, curiosity, “grit” — these ... than intelligence when it comes to students’ success in school. But critics worry that the...

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Winning Young Innovators Announced for 2015 Moody's Information to Innovation Challenge

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06/03/2015

... which ran the competition. There were two categories in the initial 2015 Challenge: Social Media Savvy Quiz ... and social good. Two prizes of $5,000 each were awarded in each category – four prizes total – to...

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OSF Grants $8 Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs

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06/09/2015

... Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs Advocacy groups in the country feel that the administration will win at the court proceedings. “There is a sense of being undeterred, that we are going to continue .....

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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Arcus Releases Statement Responding to United States Supreme Court Marriage Ruling

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06/26/2015

The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, today released the following statement in response ... same-sex marriage nationwide. "...

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OSF to Continue Grantmaking in Russia

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08/10/2015

OSF to Continue Grantmaking in Russia In a statement on the foundation's website, president and CEO .....

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Prevails in Property Demolition

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10/19/2015

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Prevails in Property Demolition Stating that the once-iconic and ... to one to allow the Duke Farms mansion, which was built in 1893, to be razed, much to the dismay of more than...

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NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability

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11/09/2015

... on Environmental Sustainability There are few places in the world more beautiful than the landscape of salmon-rich ... Bay, Alaska. I arrived there seven years ago not as a sportsman or ecotourist, as most...

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UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy'

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02/18/2016

UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy' My grandfather, may his memory be for a blessing, used to receive hundreds of envelopes from .....

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Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)

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02/19/2016

Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation) I recently ... Opportunity for Development?'. The event brought together a diverse panel of experts from the private and...

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Microsoft Joins Bloomberg, JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American History

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03/25/2016

Microsoft Joins Bloomberg, JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American ... Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens this fall after five years of...

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Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services

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05/24/2016

Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services The national effort spearheaded by ... housing could change the trajectory of families facing a number of destabilizing factors that can...

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F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact

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06/10/2016

... maximum profits” (investment side) as embodied in most foundations is mirrored in society: poverty is made more searing by economic ... of poor people and of antipoverty work from the economy as a...

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