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High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... went looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant ... for foundations: a prize competition. The Empowering People Award, first given in 2012,...

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The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.

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09/21/2017

... up and running. In between, politicians had to think hard about how they wanted the system to work: how money would be ... how markets should be used to distribute coverage, whether people who didn’t buy...

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Health & Human Services

Bloomberg and Gates Back A $225 Million Effort to Save 100 Million Lives Over Five Years

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09/26/2017

... cause of death worldwide. In 2015 alone, nearly 18 million people died from CVDs which accounts for 31 percent of all ... diseases (NCDs) like CVDs, cancer, and diabetes represent about 70 percent of all...

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Arcus Foundation Releases Social Justice Program Strategy Evaluation Report: 2021

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01/23/2023

... focus on work supporting increased safety for LGBTQ people across the Global South and the southern United ... come from grant reports submitted by our grantees; our ongoing engagement with grantees, colleague...

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26 Jun 2014

Foundations for Social Impact Bonds

Thursday, June 26, 2014 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... through which foundations can spur demand and support ongoing projects: Working directly with state and local ... which foundations can spur demand and support their ongoing projects. Presenters Paul Bernstein...

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Hirokazu Yoshikawa Joins Board of Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation

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10/20/2021

... Raising Citizens: Undocumented Parents and Their Young Children (2011). “As the Foundation enters its eighth ... year of funding for studies on reducing inequality among young people ,...

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21 May 2014

Change the Story, Change the World - A Workshop on Storytelling

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... began talking to each other, telling stories has been a powerful way to capture attention, engage an audience, and motivate them to act. As we learn more about how our minds work, we’re also discovering that...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy

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06/30/2017

... Perils of Meritocracy American culture nurtures many myths about the moral value of hard work. The phrase “by the ...

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Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population

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11/29/2018

... for the United States. “I said ‘I’m really worried about this,’” said Dr. Prewitt, now a professor of public ... at Columbia University. He added, “Statistics are powerful . They are a description of who we are...

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Simons Foundation Gifts UC San Diego Funds to Operate Simons Observatory in Chile to Explore Early Universe

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07/09/2019

... the science goals we are uniquely capable of.” UCSD has about 250 collaborators, and partnerships with UC Berkeley, ...

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Kimberly Walker Appointed as First Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Arabella Advisors

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03/11/2020

... capacity and in an area that I am personally so passionate about ,” says Walker. “I see commitment at every level of ...

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Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund

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04/11/2012

... museums’ strategic retrenchment and acclimation to fewer resources . When the AARF initiative concluded , 85 of the ... of typical requests for programmatic support), our ongoing communication with the field...

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McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign From Bloomberg Over Coal Policy Stance

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08/14/2014

... and campaigning as pro-coal, responded to a question about whether his wife would resign from the foundation ...

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Global Companies Like Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs Join Climate Change Efforts

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09/23/2015

... suggesting that corporations are becoming more serious about battling global warming. In addition, backers of a ...

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NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders

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06/22/2017

... Their Clout: Empower Community Funders Some who worry about the rising influence of billionaire philanthropists, ... a tiny sliver of the population—which is already hugely powerful in U.S. society—is set to...

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Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies

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07/06/2017

... Tillerson's former employer, ExxonMobil, misled investors about the impact of climate change. Schneiderman's office .....

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28 Jul 2022

Funder Briefing with the Energy Foundation

Thursday, July 28, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... us for a discussion with the Energy Foundation as we learn about their work in continuing to position New York as a ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation has Announced the Launch of The Communities Thrive Challenge

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04/05/2018

... approach to helping low-income and financially insecure people find and keep well-paid, meaningful work and achieve ... of the Rockefeller Foundation and CZI will visit about a dozen communities, where they...

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Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest

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05/12/2016

... It's part frustration, part anger, but mostly anxiety about the economy and our economic future. Where have good ... will new good jobs — the kind that make it possible for young Americans to pay off...

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