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Noyes Foundation Urges Donors to Make More Timely Allocations From Their Donor Advised Funds

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06/29/2015

... with donor advised funds, who are interested in social justice giving opportunities. Donor Advised Funds ... There is currently more than $50 billion sitting in these funds that ultimately are to be...

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Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer

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07/15/2015

... program officer for arts and cultural heritage starting in October. Ms. Baff has led Jacob’s Pillow, established in 1933 in Becket, Mass., for 17 years, during which time it was ...

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Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant

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07/16/2015

Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant ... has committed to phase out coal use at six of its plants in the state,...

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Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured in NYTimes

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07/30/2015

Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured in NYTimes When Jim Palmer and his wife, Susan, married in 2007, they chose to have the ceremony here, where he was ... Kingfisher Tower, a miniature castle built...

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Is Travel the New Face of Philanthropy?

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09/28/2015

... most generous nations, but now there's even more evidence in a new study called "Good Travels: The Philanthropic .....

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American Express [corporate]

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Ellen Liu, Director of Women's Health, Ms. Foundation for Women, Selected as American Express NGen Fellow

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10/27/2015

Independent Sector announced the selection of the 2015 cohort of American Express NGen Fellows.

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Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director

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11/16/2015

... of David Spergel as its director. The next set of advances in astronomy will require understanding complex multi-scale ... center will be based at the Simons Foundation headquarters in Manhattan, co-located...

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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Supports NeuroBioBank for Autism Research

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11/18/2015

... psychiatric research. Multiple brain tissue repositories in the NIH NBB network, located in academic research sites across the country, have accomplished this feat by working in...

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Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit

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12/09/2015

... Summit, which will take place at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, will bring together leaders from ... of which are recognized for the leadership they provide in the fields of academic museums and...

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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

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12/16/2015

... we're faced with today, is the growing health divide in underserved communities. Right here in the United States, there are people who have lower life ... know that these figures can't be changed...

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On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)

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01/04/2016

... (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation) In the United States, nearly $1 trillion is committed to philanthropy - sitting in foundations and donor-advised funds. Donors have ... legal entities and...

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What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality

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01/05/2016

The urge to change the world has obstacles, but the grant-makers at the Ford Foundation are on a mission to conquer inequality.

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Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy

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01/12/2016

Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy If the questions that came up during oral argument in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association on Monday ... the court would...

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Surdna, Ms. Foundation Authors: Mind the Gap – How Philanthropy Can Address Gender-Based Economic Disparities

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03/08/2016

... men and women to close. The women garment workers in New York City who marched on this day in 1857 and again in 1908 demanding safer working conditions, a ten-hour day, an...

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Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes

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03/16/2016

Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes They are four relatively obscure humanitarians: an orphanage founder in Burundi who challenged a bloodthirsty mob and other dangers; the only...

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Revson Foundation Supports Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology

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03/28/2016

... Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology When Monica Rozenfeld graduated from Rutgers in 2007, she left with a degree in journalism and mass media...

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Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club

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03/30/2016

... Foundations, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world, and her organization are leaders in the recent paternity-leave movement gaining momentum at corporations large and small. Starting ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Karen Persichilli Keogh to Lead Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase

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04/06/2016

... vast resources and talented employees. Additionally, in her new role, Karen will oversee employee engagement and ... challenges around the globe. Karen joined JPMorgan Chase in 2010 as Managing Director and...

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Artstor President James Shulman Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow in Residence

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05/02/2016

... James Shulman Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow in Residence The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation today announced ... Shulman will join the Foundation as a senior fellow in residence, starting on May 16,...

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