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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing

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03/13/2018

... and growing inequality – and is one of the largest foundations to commit 100 percent. “Our decision reflects ... that change to happen.” NCF joins a growing number of foundations aligning their investments in...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Backs Inclusive Innovation in a “Transitioning” Region

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03/30/2018

... best-known philanthropies, the Kellogg and Kresge foundations among them, the Midwest and the Great Lakes ...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently

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04/13/2018

... a “radical departure” from the way other community foundations operate, is emblazoned on the wall right outside ... locally and throughout the world.” Many top community foundations focus on large and...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Official Sees Opportunity Zone Program Role

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11/02/2018

... official of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation says foundations could provide loans to make new funds attractive ... at least 10 years. Feuss said institutional investors like foundations can play a role...

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Melissa Beck Steps Down as Executive Director of The Educational Foundation of America

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05/20/2020

The Educational Foundation of America (EFA) announced today that Melissa Beck, its Executive Director since 2013, has stepped down.

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The Educational Foundation of America

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Adds Finance Veteran Marc Chennault to Its Board

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06/23/2020

The Joan Mitchell Foundation announced the appointment of Marc Chennault to its Board of Directors for a three-year term.

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Weinberg Foundation Names Jonathan D. Hook Their First Chief Investment Officer

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04/17/2014

... Jeanette Weinberg Foundation , one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has named Jonathan D. Hook ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Ford Foundation Appoints Bess Rothenberg as Director of New Office of Strategy & Learning

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01/08/2016

Bess Rothenberg had been named as director of Strategy and Learning at the Ford Foundation. The new division reflects the foundation’s commitment to continuous learning as it refines its approach to challenging inequality in all its forms.

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Doris Duke Foundation Welcomes Brooke Jones to Board of Trustees

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09/06/2023

Jones Currently Serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Bryn Mawr College

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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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Aetna Foundation's Garth Graham honored for Philanthropy Leadership by National Medical Fellowships.

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04/16/2014

Aetna Foundation President Garth Graham honored for Philanthropy Leadership by National Medical Fellowships. He was recognized for his continuing leadership in advancing community and national health initiatives that aim to improve health equity in...

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Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions

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06/03/2014

In partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago, Northwestern University has announced grants totaling nearly $1.3 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a program designed to advance the study of...

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Voices Of Brooklyn Communities Helping Refine Foundation's New Strategy

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07/02/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation, which already gets high marks for putting residents' voices at the forefront of its work, is taking that commitment to a new level.

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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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NYCT and Tiger Foundation Among Funders of Single-Sex Education

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10/28/2014

... Family Trust, the Charter School Growth Fund, and the two foundations of retired financier Julian Robertson, the ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Simons Foundation Initiative Provides Support for Early Career Scientists

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03/25/2015

The Faculty Scholars Program will award $148 million in research support over the next five years.

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Health

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Sloan Foundation Awards $3 Million for Minority PhDs in STEM Fields

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03/27/2015

The main goal of the initiative is to increase the diversity of graduate education in the sciences, mathematics and engineering.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

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03/30/2015

William T. Grant funds research to help society develop in ways that enable more young people to reach their full potential.

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

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JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities

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06/02/2015

“These grants allow cities, systems, and non-profit partners to test interventions and help us develop best practices for encouraging more people to use bike share."

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