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The Doris Duke philanthropies today announced the promotion of Zeyba Rahman to director of the Building Bridges Program. Rahman joined the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, an operating foundation that runs under the umbrella of the Doris Duke...

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MetLife Foundation, Sesame Workshop Launch Financial Knowledge Program

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11/22/2013

PND reported that the MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop have announced a five-year, $20 million partnership to improve financial knowledge and strategies among low- and moderate-income families around the world.

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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

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03/15/2014

... candidate for “scientist in chief,” he spoke of using technological innovation “to grow our economy” and ...

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Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?

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02/27/2014

What is Venture Philanthropy? Rockefeller Foundation explains in Nonprofit Quarterly.

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Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act

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06/05/2014

Health insurance premiums for people buying coverage on their own grew an average of 10 percent or more a year during the three years before the Affordable Care Act was enacted (2008-2010), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Presents Third Installment of 'Stories of Brooklyn Insights'

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06/04/2014

... East New York, a storefront gallery and neighborhood hub using the arts to create community-led change... Brooklyn ...

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Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

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06/13/2014

An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for championing climate change solutions, especially efforts to reduce the use of coal, the country’s biggest source of global warming pollution.

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Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation

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07/03/2014

Ten liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania will use an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a new consortium designed to help them save money and improve academic programs by collaborating across campuses.

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Bloggers Falsely Accuse JPMorgan Chase of Employee "LGBT Loyalty Test"

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07/07/2014

JPMorgan Chase appears to be the victim of right wing bloggers who have been making erroneous posts alleging the bank requires its employees to take an "LGBT loyalty" test.

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Weinberg Foundation To Make $700,000 in Emergency Grants to Nonprofits in Israel

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07/29/2014

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced today it will donate $700,000 to support many of its active grantees that have provided crucial social services to those affected by rocket attacks on cities in Israel.