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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

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03/15/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies and Simons Foundation profiled in New York Times article on billionaires privatizing American science research. Last April, President Obama ... “to grow our economy” and unveiled “the next...

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Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

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03/24/2011

... sector. In addition to several specific legislative issues on the Council’s agenda, we focused on enhancing ... among the sea of voices in order for the importance of our issues to be understood and considered...

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Lorelle Espinosa to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Director of Programs for Diversity in STEM Higher Education

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06/11/2020

Lorelle Espinosa to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Director of Programs for Diversity in STEM ... mentoring, and networking and professional development resources aimed at helping graduate students from .....

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New Member Spotlight: Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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09/11/2009

... newest members, the Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS), in our Member Spotlight. We asked ... The film is now in the editing phase, and completion funding is needed, but excerpts have been...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Organizations Building an Inclusive Conservation Movement

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04/13/2021

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Organizations Building an ... conservation organizations will each receive $300,000 in funding over three years in recognition of and contribution .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Robertson Foundation Names Richard Barth President

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08/19/2021

Robertson Foundation Names Richard Barth President New York, NY , ... members of Teach For America. Mr. Barth earned a B.A. in American History from Harvard University, and is an Aspen ... transformative grants...

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Henry Luce Foundation Emergency Grants Support Underserved Communities in the US

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06/05/2020

Henry Luce Foundation Emergency Grants Support Underserved Communities ... from the Foundation ’s Asia Program to the Asian American Writers Workshop will fund creation and ... students. This...

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The Long Island Sound Funders Collaborative has granted $377,250 in 2020 to nine nonprofits through its Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund at the Long Island Community Foundation

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12/29/2020

... Island Sound Stewardship Fund at the Long Island Community Foundation Melville, NY (December 29, 2020) –$377,250 has ... working to restore and protect the health and living resources of Long Island Sound. The...

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, MetLife, Bank of America Partner to Provide $30M Social Impact Loan Fund

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11/17/2015

Atlantic Philanthropies, Ford Foundation , JPMorgan Chase Foundation , MetLife, Bank of America Partner to Provide $30M ... impact investors -- Atlantic Philanthropies, the Ford Foundation ,...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints New Managing Directors

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02/01/2012

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced that Nancy Kete, Scott Leeb, and ... was Director of Tax and Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress, where he directed and organized tax ... expanding it.” Dr...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services

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07/13/2018

Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for ... relies far too heavily on recommendations submitted by the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Scale Update ... and other...

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Funded by the Educational Foundation of America, New Study Finds Potential for High-Impact Philanthropy Untapped in South

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04/07/2017

Funded by the Educational Foundation of America, New Study Finds Potential for ... Philanthropy Untapped in South Funded by the Educational Foundation of America and the Kresge and Mary ... with additional support...

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Open Funding Opportunity for the Justice Fund at The New York Women's Foundation

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01/07/2020

Open Funding Opportunity for the Justice Fund at The New York Women's Foundation The Justice Fund at The New York Women’s Foundation is excited to announce that we are seeking grant .....

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Leon Levy Foundation Funds Civil War Brooklyn Historical Research via the BAM Online Archive

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08/14/2017

Leon Levy Foundation Funds Civil War Brooklyn Historical Research via ... always a cause for celebration when new archival history resources go online — especially for the enthusiastic ... was part of a four-year...

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Surdna Foundation & Andrus Family Fund Pledge $800,000 to Next-Generation Social Justice Philanthropy

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02/06/2018

Surdna Foundation & Andrus Family Fund Pledge $800,000 to ... the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund are providing resources for family foundations, community foundations and ... on...

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A New Way to Sustain the Campaign: Foundation Center and Open Society Foundations Launch BMAFunders.org

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03/28/2013

... and educational exclusion of black men and boys from American society. When I consider the upcoming five-year ... CBMA staff with much-needed breathing room, increased funding and an opportunity to exhibit...

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Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population

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08/04/2016

... ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population The American Civil Liberties Union is retooling an ambitious, ...

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Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... Darren Walker became the tenth president of the Ford Foundation . Before coming to Ford, where he was vice ... a long-distance runner when it comes to addressing social issues like poverty. Today, we face some...

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Research Funded by Leon Levy Foundation Finds Climate Change Is Leading to Unpredictable Ecosystem Disruption for Migratory Birds

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03/06/2019

Research Funded by Leon Levy Foundation Finds Climate Change Is Leading to Unpredictable ... for Migratory Birds Ithaca, NY–Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the eBird ... of their annual...

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