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Conservative Activist O’Keefe Targets Liberal Foundations, Foiled By Open Society Program Staff

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05/23/2016

... a “rather quiet Wednesday.” That afternoon, she was in her cubicle at the Open Society Foundations, on West ... Street, where she helps oversee the nonprofit group ’s pro-democracy programs in...

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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence

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06/17/2016

... Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer- in -Residence In collaboration with New York’s Music-Theatre Group , Opera Philadelphia is proud to announce that Rene Orth ... chosen for the...

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Commonwealth Fund, Peterson Center on Healthcare, and John A. Hartford Foundations Combine Forces to Improve Health Care, Reduce Costs

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07/29/2016

... Forces to Improve Health Care, Reduce Costs A coalition of five national health foundations has announced the launch of a collaboration aimed at transforming care delivery for chronically ill patients with the...

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Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers

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10/07/2016

Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers A new ranking by Forbes puts Warren ... list of the fifty U.S. philanthropists who gave the most in 2015, while...

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Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism

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11/18/2016

Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism It is a truism ... are amazed that we manage to pull it off. Not perfectly, of course, but certainly better than any European or...

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City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

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12/01/2016

... Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation The City of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has been admitted to the group of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) pioneered by the Rockefeller ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities

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12/13/2016

... with high graduation rates is being announced today in an attempt to have more students from modest backgrounds ... to campuses with high graduation rates by the year 2025. A group of 30...

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With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species

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02/28/2017

... Species Fossil hunters have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to lemurs — the primitive primate group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a USC ... School of...

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Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities

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07/11/2017

... The billionaire on Monday donated about $3.17 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates ... reports. This marks his 12th annual donation to the group of charities...

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Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution

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07/20/2017

... (GAHP) at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy. These forward-thinking changemakers came together ... goal: to halve death and disability from all types of pollution by 2030. Together, the...

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A Golf Center Grows in Harlem

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08/28/2017

A Golf Center Grows in Harlem Two years ago, Juan Cortorreal had never held a ... he was, a freshman from the Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem, competing against the top player from the Bronx ... his team’s...

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Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship

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08/29/2017

Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship Around the time of World War I, two organizations set out to mold young ... into resourceful and virtuous future leaders,...

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Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

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08/30/2017

... Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a ... debates on the American left. But not long after one of New America’s scholars posted a...

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BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity

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09/06/2017

BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity The 2017 version of Leading with Intent from BoardSource is a treasure trove ...

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Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War?

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09/08/2017

Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War? Pope Francis urged Colombians Wednesday to reject ... rebel force and a ceasefire with the last active guerrilla group , the ELN. Santos won a Nobel...

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Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

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09/13/2017

... vote on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue in the western Bronx. It’s the first stage of the seven-month Uniform Land Use Review Procedure through ...

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High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant ... Award, first given in 2012, announced its second round of prizes last year. The top...

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Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way A few years ago, when Mark Zuckerberg and ... structure. The LLC is a much better vehicle for the kind of multi-faceted approach to big...

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Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum

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09/20/2017

... The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum Of all the excuses given for why a statue of three ... women, as depicted, were rather unattractive. Wages and a group ...

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