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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... a role in which she will oversee all of the foundation' s programs in the US and globally. Previously, Pennington served as vice president for the foundation' s programming on Education, Creativity,...

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Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize

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01/25/2018

... Fund has teamed up with AcademyHealth to establish a new annual award that recognizes state and local efforts to ... improvements in the health of a population. The recipient( s ) of the inaugural award will be...

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Health

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Milbank Memorial Fund

JPMorgan Chase to Increase Its Philanthropic Investments to $1.75 Billion Over Five Years

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01/31/2018

... has emerged as one of its leading players. The bank’ s philanthropy, which we explored in a recent deep dive , ... there with many large foundations. Now, JPMorgan Chase’ s corporate responsibility arm is...

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Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity

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02/01/2018

Newman' s Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity Newman' s Own Foundation, founded by the late actor and ... around the world. And he would be gratified to see a new...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

... Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body New scientific research has revealed how a small part of the ... a two-step, kneejerk response that first widens the animal' s center of gravity...

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Science

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The Tow Foundation

"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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02/16/2018

... Vivien Hoexter and Linda C. Hartley interviewed for their new book, Big Impact: Insights & Stories from America’ s Non-Profit Leaders. Among other topics, he addresses ... advice and we might make an...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Philip Li, President & CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Joins the Board of Directors at GEO

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02/21/2018

... at GEO GEO is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to our board of directors: Daniel Lee, ...

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

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Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability

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02/23/2018

... success and thriving communities, nine of the nation’ s largest private foundations have joined forces to create ... to four grantees over the next three years. Members of the new collaborative include: The...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Housing and Homelessness

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Freedom Together Foundation

Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers

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03/30/2018

... Foundation Brooklyn-based 651 ARTS and RestorationART’ s have collaborated to present a history-making presentation ... choreographers as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’ s Robert Battle and Dianne McIntyre...

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Con Edison

Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launch a Writing Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund

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04/06/2018

... recipients. Four months later, we're seeing the fund’ s vision play out through its support for one of its ... recipients, PEN America, which recently announced a new Writing for Justice Fellowship. The...

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Justice Reform

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The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently

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04/13/2018

... is emblazoned on the wall right outside of Carson’ s office, and says that its goal is to “partner with donors ... he said he encountered a very different situation at a new foundation aiming to work across...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America

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04/17/2018

... to make myself feel better,” he says. “I swiped the new fall colors off the Clinique counter at Macy’ s . . . it was an emotional emergency.” This surface-level ... “When Andrew [Garfield] appears in full drag...

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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08 Nov 2018

Tech Tools: Virtual Site Visits, Data Analysis, and Board Activities - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... to improve our philanthropic work. Every day there are new inventions that you can use to engage further with your ...

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Family Foundation

Darren Walker to Hamilton Graduates: Lead the Way Forward With Empathy, Courage, Compassion

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05/21/2018

... Empathy, Courage, Compassion In his address at Hamilton’ s commencement, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker ... Watch full speech ] Walker gave the address at Hamilton’ s commencement on Sunday, May 20,...

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Salesforce.org Launches Philanthropy Cloud That Could Transform Corporate Giving

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05/31/2018

... there be a better way to engage with your company’ s CSR initiatives? Now there is. Meet Salesforce.org Philanthropy Cloud, a new social impact network built by Salesforce.org in ...

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Salesforce

With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies The 9/11 Memorial is Evolving to Honor Those Sickened

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05/31/2018

... and relief efforts following the 9/11 attacks. This new dedicated space, which will be integrated within the memorial’ s design but will be distinct, is centered on the grassy area ...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Bloomberg Philanthropies is Helping Bring Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Narcissus Garden’ to the Rockaways

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06/18/2018

Bloomberg Philanthropies is Helping Bring Yayoi Kusama’ s ‘Narcissus Garden’ to the Rockaways Art lovers and ... to head to the Rockaways this summer: Yayoi Kusama’ s shimmering “Narcissus Garden” will be...

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Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps

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06/28/2018

... billions of charitable dollars from some of the world’ s most powerful technology entrepreneurs, has left his job as ... statement released midday Wednesday, the foundation’ s board said that a recent...

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