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Burman, Viera Named to Board of Funders for LGBTQ Issues

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08/14/2014

... president of Philanthropic Services at The Philadelphia Foundation , have joined the board of Funders for LGBTQ ... at JP Morgan Chase Philanthropic Services and the MetLife Foundation . Rohit serves on the...

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Try it, You’ll Like It: The Promise of Digital Media

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07/26/2012

... how and why social media are essential elements of a foundation ’s advocacy strategy. My co-panelist Marcia ... an “echo chamber”). Simply put, what does a foundation , or its grantees and partners, need to...

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Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing

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06/09/2015

... in their communities. Other partners include the Ford Foundation , The Annie E. Casey Foundation , and MetLife Foundation , each of which is providing philanthropic support ...

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Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana

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07/09/2015

... — a project of the United Nations Development Programme, Foundation Center, and a group of leading foundations guided ...

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Philanthropy Leaders Call for Greater Role in Tackling Global Challenges Defined in New Sustainable Development Goals

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09/25/2015

... A partnership of the United Nations Development Programme, Foundation Center, and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High

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11/02/2015

... some of the nation’s largest philanthropies. The Ford Foundation , with its $10 billion endowment, said this year ... annually — to combating inequality. The Rockefeller Foundation , with an endowment of more...

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01 Nov 2016

Getting Your Board on Board with Impact Investing

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

... 2016-17 PNY Core Curriculum : February 10 – Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map April 14 – Active ... versus Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well? May 18 – Can Failure...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition

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01/10/2017

... Cornell Tradition The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur Charles F. Feeney '56, ... Atlantic's board decided in 2002 to disburse the foundation 's assets by the...

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Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference

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01/18/2017

... poverty-fighting organization, and the Russell Sage Foundation , the nation's premier foundation devoted to social science research, will host .....

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Economic Security

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Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/21/2017

... the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. ... A full list of the 2017 Fellows is available at the Sloan Foundation website at ... says Paul...

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Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners

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03/17/2017

... Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation , USAID , and the Swedish International ... challenge, a partnership between GRP and the Z Zurich Foundation , which backed it with a commitment...

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'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia

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04/12/2017

... Bridges grants program, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) is committed to finding common ground ... the four-year-old program is a project of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA) , a...

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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens

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04/14/2017

... Ecology Request for Applications Opens The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for postdoctoral ... on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology. The foundation is particularly interested in...

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Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio

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06/13/2017

... including $450 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . The commitment from the foundation includes $300 million for a two-to-one match of ... convention on Monday include $30 million from the...

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

... Council on Impact Investing is composed of 20 foundation leaders, among them co-chairwoman Julia Stasch of the MacArthur Foundation and the heads of the Case, Ford, Heron, Kresge, ...

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Newman's Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is

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08/30/2017

... the world. In recognition the anniversary, Newman’s Own Foundation announced that it would award grants of $35,000 to ... approximately $30 million being donated this year by the foundation and Newman’s Own...

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Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

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09/06/2017

... the Arts Not long ago, I wrote about the Maine-based Libra Foundation betting big that the arts can transform a ... founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization...

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High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns When the corporate foundation at German engineering giant Siemens went looking ... to do that," says Rolf Huber, managing director of the foundation . "The prize was...

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