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Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... When it comes to new products and services, this design- based approach is reflected in the search for the intersection of desirability (do people want it?), ... the possibilities of technology, and the...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names Second Class of Doris Duke Impact Award Recipients

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06/16/2015

... Charitable Foundation (DDCF) announced today the second group of individuals to receive Doris Duke Impact Awards. The ... jazz, dance and theatre. Ben Cameron, program director for the arts at the Doris Duke...

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Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

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11/24/2014

... Next Mission Peter Peterson, the Blackstone Group LP co-founder who has championed the cause of U.S. debt ... health-care system. The billionaire’s New York- based Peter G. Peterson Foundation will announce a...

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Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That Help Fight Violent Extremism

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08/03/2015

... world, with East Africa bearing the brunt of the Somalia- based terror group Al-Shabaab.... Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Luff to Leave Hess Corporation, CSR Operations to Move to Houston

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11/24/2015

... Hess at the end of 2015. Paula built and led the CSR group for over eight years. In light of the shift in the ... to Houston, the CSR function will be smaller and based in Houston. Paula will...

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Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

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04/19/2016

Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign The John S. and James L. ... fields. Alberto Ibargüen, President & CEO of the Miami- based Knight Foundation, announced the campaign Monday...

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Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

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11/30/2016

... and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy For the superrich and the biggest U.S. charitable ... are on the rise. Philanthropy consulting firm Bridgespan Group researched social-change gifts...

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John A. Hartford Foundation Supports Report on Disconnect Between Docs and Patients On Advance Planning

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12/08/2016

... their 20s and 30s -- yet, some patients in an online focus group described these starter conversations as "brief and ... the John A. Hartford Foundation, a private New York City- based philanthropy.....

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Caroline Anstey Named COO of the Open Society Foundations

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04/21/2017

... announced that Caroline Anstey , formerly of UBS Group and the World Bank, will assume the role of chief ... technology, real estate and facilities, and security. Based in the New York office, she will report...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals

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09/25/2017

... Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals Many discussions about ... NGOs or social entrepreneurs should do. But this week a group of foundations turned the...

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Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty

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10/04/2017

... conference in Omaha. Buffett supports the Atlanta- based nonprofit group that helps communities come up with holistic plans to ...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

Why We Support Media

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07/05/2018

... Chairman of the Board of the Edwin Gould Foundation For the last two decades or so, the Edwin Gould Foundation ... a residential incubator in lower Manhattan where emerging education -related nonprofit...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 33 Winners of Its Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows

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04/19/2016

... one or two years of scholarly research in areas including education , law, technology, business and public policy. The philanthropic foundation selected the winners based on the originality and potential impact...

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Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization

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11/23/2016

... Fund. The Global Rapid Response Fund (GRR Fund) allows for All Hands Volunteers to pilot an innovative approach to the way disaster relief is paid for in order to increase resilience in affected communities...

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Funded by Teagle Foundation, Comparative Assessment Project Demonstrates Enduring Power of a Core Curriculum

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01/26/2017

... Project Demonstrates Enduring Power of a Core Curriculum Based on hundreds of interviews with faculty members, ... cultivated in these courses provide a key resource for subsequent professional and personal...

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Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?

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10/04/2017

... across the country are about to be held accountable for student attendance — attaching stakes to a measure that ... game the system,” said Phyllis Jordan of the Georgetown- based think tank FutureEd. She...

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Spending Down the Family Foundation

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03/10/2014

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors CEO Melissa Berman and Arabella Advisors Managing Director Elliot Berger share their thoughts in a Wall Street Journal article on the growing spend-down trend at family foundations.

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Airbnb Touts A 'Pivot,' But Its Fate In New York City Remains Uncertain

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12/08/2016

In some cities, Airbnb is making a dramatic about-face in a belated effort to work with regulators rather than against them and, presumably, bolster its $30 billion valuation.

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Casey Family Programs Addresses Links Between Food Insecurity And Child Welfare

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02/27/2017

At a special joint session of the National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting including governors and their spouses, Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and NGA Vice Chair Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval co-moderated a session on ending...

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