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Ms. Foundation Returns to Martha’s Vineyard

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08/07/2017

The Ms. Foundation for Women, the country’s first women’s fund, returns to Martha’s Vineyard for its fourth annual summer celebration of feminism.

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Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet

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08/21/2017

The Open Society Foundations is bigger than you think. In fact, it may be the largest philanthropic organization ever built, with branches in 37 countries.

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At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.

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08/28/2017

As president of Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller runs one of the nation’s biggest and most unusual corporate-philanthropy operations. The charitable grant-making arm of the internet search-engine giant gives about $100 million to charity each year; in...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

Andrus Family Fund appoints Edgar Villanueva, Vice President of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to its board.

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Toward Liberation: A Staunch Social Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front

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09/29/2017

We hear a lot about the lack of diversity in philanthropy’s upper leadership, and also about the lack of support to organizations headed by women and people of color. Well, here’s one funder that’s actually walking the walk. Building on its initial...

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

With a new round of grants, the philanthropic arm of Aetna is getting out of doctors’ offices and into the neighborhoods where Americans live, work and play to improve health outcomes. The foundation pledged $2 million in grants to 25 community-...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Partners with Lumina Foundation to Address Racism on College Campuses

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12/11/2017

... inequity, and $100,000 each to the Council on Foundations, Grantmakers for Education, and Independent Sector to host ...

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Johnson Family Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director

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08/06/2018

After a nation-wide search, the Johnson Family Foundation (JFF) is pleased to welcome Frank Baiocchi as its next Executive Director.

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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million to Address Opioid Crisis in Michigan

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03/17/2019

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $10 million commitment in support of efforts in Michigan to address the large number of opioid overdose deaths in the state. Michigan is the second state (after Pennsylvania) selected to participate in a...

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Surdna Foundation Appoints Sophy Yem as Program Officer, Philanthropy

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10/01/2019

Yem will be responsible for shaping and managing Surdna’s grantmaking, engagement, and relationships with philanthropy-serving organizations, donor collaboratives, and other funders, especially family foundations.

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26 Mar 2021

Applied Financial Analysis for Program Officers: A Three-Part Series

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10:00am to 12:00pm

... a tool to identify resilience (or lack thereof), and what grantmakers can do to support nonprofits in achieving ... All interested funders in grantmaking roles, especially grantmakers who have had 2-3 years of...

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Rauch Foundation Catalyzes Local Investment with Cross-Sector Collaboration

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04/28/2021

The Foundation describes how family foundations can play a unique role as a neutral hub to forge relationships across local business, government, and media.

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25 Mar 2022

Applied Financial Analysis for Program Officers: A Three-Part Series

Friday, March 25, 2022 - 10:00am to Friday, April 8, 2022 - 12:00pm

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Sophy Yem Promoted to Senior Program Officer, Philanthropy at the Surdna Foundation

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05/11/2022

Sophy Yem Promoted to Senior Program Officer, Philanthropy at the Surdna Foundation We are thrilled to announce Sophy Yem’s promotion to Senior Program Officer, Philanthropy at the Surdna Foundation. In this role, Sophy will...

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