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Despite Gridlock In Washington, Funders See Enormous Potential to Move the Needle on America’s Gun Crisis

Release Date:

11/15/2016

... short overview of the Joyce Foundation? Nina Vinik: Our grantmaking is driven by a set of core values flowing from a ... Urban Institute and several other organizations in spring 2015 to launch the Engaging...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Investment Policy

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04/2011

Innovative strategies and new investment opportunities can be used to align investment practices with mission objectives to sustain the public good. Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation offers a look at their investment policy which can be used as a template for others.

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Rita Allen Foundation Joins Science Philanthropy Alliance

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04/06/2018

... Foundation, have become members. As members, the foundations will be represented on the Alliance’s board of ...

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Staying Power: Our Foundation at 75 Years

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06/06/2013

We’re pleased to have Michael Gilligan, President of the Henry Luce Foundation, share the details behind his foundation’s 75th anniversary celebration — and what it taught his staff and board about their ongoing work.

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

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11/04/2016

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is accepting applications for the fourth cycle of the Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship, which provides three individuals with up to $150,000 each to pursue a visionary social justice, economic justice and/ or...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Focuses on Impact Investing

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04/28/2017

The $400 million Nathan Cummings Foundation has engaged San Francisco-based impact investment advisory firm Sonen Capital to guide the foundation’s impact investing strategies.

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Ford Foundation Launches 'Art of Change' Fellowship Program

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04/10/2015

The initiative is designed to explore the roles art and culture play in illuminating and addressing urgent issues of equity, opportunity, and justice.

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Asia Foundation and Lotus Circle Honor Carnegie’s Gregorian

Release Date:

05/09/2016

... The Lotus Circle, a community of U.S. individuals, foundations , and corporations who raise private capital to ...

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Weinberg Foundation Hires New Program Director

Release Date:

12/11/2015

... Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has hired a new program ...

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Jewish Interests

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Hyman & Marjorie Weinberg Foundation

Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

Release Date:

11/04/2016

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the fourth cycle of the Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship, which provides three individuals with up to $150,000 each to pursue a visionary social justice...

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Talking Optimism and Opportunity With New Ford Foundation Head

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08/08/2013

A profile of Darren Walker as he prepares to assume the role of President of the Ford Foundation.

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Ford Foundation Names Darren Walker as New CEO

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07/25/2013

The Chronicle spoke with Walker and several other philanthropic leaders about his new appointment.

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Weinberg Foundation Announces New Chief Financial Officer

Release Date:

03/20/2017

... Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has named Craig ...

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Ford Foundation Pours Millions into Net Neutrality

Release Date:

12/16/2014

Net neutrality plan would restrict providers from blocking or slowing online traffic.

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Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments

Release Date:

04/13/2017

Xavier de Souza Briggs , the foundation’s vice president for Economic Opportunity and Markets, discusses the foundation's work on mission-related investments with Lenora Suki , head of sustainable finance product...

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Study Cites Rockefeller Foundation Contribution to PRI Evolution

Release Date:

08/04/2014

An evaluation of its Program-Related Investment Fund finds that “the Rockefeller Foundation has contributed to the rapid evolution of the PRI field for the last two decades.”

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Mellon's New Leader Reshaping Foundation's Public Face

Release Date:

06/29/2014

Under the leadership of Earl Lewis, who was named president in March 2013, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is reviewing how it presents itself to the world and positions itself in public debates.

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Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach

Release Date:

09/02/2014

Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, plans to refocus grant distribution to sectors the foundation is not currently funding, but has supported in the past.

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Artist Catherine Opie Elected to Warhol Foundation Board

Release Date:

12/15/2015

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts today announced the election of artist Catherine Opie to the Warhol Foundation Board of Directors.

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William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research

Release Date:

05/04/2018

The foundation will award grants of up to $600,000 over two or three years in support of research designed to build, test, and increase understanding of approaches to reducing inequality in youth outcomes on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic...

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