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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 Buffett at the top the list of the fifty U. S . philanthropists who gave the...

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Anthony Bourdain and Rockefeller Foundation Partner On Food Waste Documentary

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11/01/2016

... he takes on the issue of food waste around the world in a new documentary. "Wasted! The Story of Food Waste" will be ... Zero Point Zero Production, the team behind Bourdain' s PBS series "...

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Newman's Own Names Walter Harrison to Advisory Board

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11/02/2016

Newman' s Own Names Walter Harrison to Advisory Board Newman' s Own today announced that Walter Harrison has been ... quality, finances, and fundraising have all improved. New academic...

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Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia

Release Date:

12/09/2016

... to make a significant difference in society. That’ s the good (and perhaps hardly surprising) news in a new report from our organization, the Center for Effective ...

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09 Feb 2017

Becoming a Successful Board Chair: Tips and Advice from Your Peers - Webinar

Thursday, February 9, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... successful board chairs from our network and offer new insights from the newly release Splendid Legacy 2: The ...

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SmartCEO Honors Weinberg Foundation President, Rachel Garbow Monroe, as CEO of the Year

Release Date:

12/16/2016

... Awards, held on Tuesday, November 15, at Baltimore’ s B&O Railroad Museum. She becomes the 14th SmartCEO of the ... recipient in Baltimore. Each year, SmartCEO magazine’ s editorial staff names a CEO of...

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Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality

Release Date:

12/20/2016

... Disconnected from Worker Reality Media coverage of America' s independent workers leans more positively than the ... conversation that actual workers have on social media, a new media analysis by Cision...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn

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01/04/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In ... from thriving. Last, suspending skepticism, they imagined new solutions... Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s...

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Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles

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01/31/2017

... Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’ s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles Bloomberg ... world can use to chart their own paths forward with the new technology... Five More Cities Join...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

... ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies A new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek ...

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Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/21/2017

... Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U. S . and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2017 ... are transforming their fields and opening up entirely new research horizons. We are proud...

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

Release Date:

02/28/2017

... and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U. S . to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive The ... effort established to examine the current state of U. S . language education, to...

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Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research

Release Date:

03/21/2017

... for the Developing Brain will be based at the university' s Patrick Wild Centre for Research into Autism, Fragile X ... to researchers at the center, the investment could lead to new treatments for people...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Sends Poets to Princeton Environmental Film Festival

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03/28/2017

... it is sending a few of its affiliated poets to the film’ s showing in Princeton. “It seemed like a natural fit for ... explained Martin Farawell, director of the foundation’ s poetry program, which since 1986...

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Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

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03/29/2017

... assets. The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this ... TerraCycle®, and Target Corporation. The organization’ s cistern will be located on its...

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

Release Date:

04/04/2017

Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation' s SPARK Initiative Autism has a strong genetic component. To ... from those with autism and their immediate families. That' s where SPARK comes in...

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Century Foundation Analysis Finds Millions Could Lose Health Benefits If Congress Repeals and States Replace the ACA

Release Date:

04/10/2017

... had been established in Title I of the ACA. Given this new focus on Title I, it is worth considering this part of ...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art

Release Date:

04/20/2017

... 2018. The primary focus of The Andy Warhol Foundation’ s grant-making activity is to support the creation, ... artists counter with resistance and imagination, seeking new ways of seeing, thinking and re-...

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Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs

Release Date:

05/01/2017

... as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs A new study, billed as the first of its kind, by the Ford ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

Release Date:

05/19/2017

... to say they've saved enough for retirement, a new poll found. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public ... and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401(k) s or other retirement accounts. The...

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