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Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its First Decade

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02/11/2016

Friday, January 29, was Bob Woodruff's 10th Alive Day. As a reflection on the day that a roadside bomb nearly took Bob's life in Iraq, the Woodruff Foundation celebrated the impact that moment has had over the last decade.

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Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA Establishes New Center to Study Indigenous Art

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02/16/2016

... by the $886,000 in contributions by the University, the investment to the Indigenous Art Initiative totals $1.7 ...

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Artists, Investors and Innovators Join Together to Launch Upstart Co-Lab

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04/14/2016

Upstart is funded by Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Surdna Foundation with in-kind support from the F.B. Heron Foundation. Upstart is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

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F.B. Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century

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06/08/2016

For over fifty years, the global economy (and that includes the U.S. economy) has felt the effects of three related long-term trends, widely reported and acknowledged.

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City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans

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10/07/2016

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants to force employers to offer their workers a retirement plan, a move that could provide more savings options for 1.5 million people.

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Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project

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11/18/2016

The New England Foundation for the Arts released a comprehensive evaluation of the National Dance Project- backed by Mellon & Doris Duke Foundations -and new research about current needs of the dance field.

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Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition

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01/10/2017

... he describes as "giving while living." Atlantic's final investment will create the Frank H.T. Rhodes Fund for The .....

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Education

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Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress Expands Globally With $100M Commitment to 500,000 Young People

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02/23/2017

... Pathways to Progress initiative led by a Citi Foundation investment of $100 million to connect 500,000 young people, ...

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Workforce Development

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ASPCA Supports Farm Animal Welfare Certification Guide

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03/16/2017

The ASPCA and Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) are doing their part to help farmers raising animals—as well as food companies, restaurant owners and chefs sourcing animal products - understand welfare certification...

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Animal Welfare

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

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03/17/2017

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation, USAID, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), has announced the twelve winners of the Water Window Challenge.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Weinberg Foundation Announces New Chief Financial Officer

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03/20/2017

... will work closely with the Foundation's Board of Trustees, investment and finance teams, and President and CEO Rachel .....

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Featured in Study on Limited Life Foundations

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03/22/2017

Most leaders of limited-life foundations say the opportunity to achieve greater impact is the key driver for the decision to spend down, a report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds.

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Laura Walker Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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03/28/2017

... and more than $100 million has been raised for long-term investment . New York Public Radio owns and operates eight ...

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Health

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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation-A Leader in the Growth of Community Development Financial Institutions

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04/04/2017

... 21 urban areas, with additional support going to rural investment programs. Through the centers, LISC channels ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces New Board Chair

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06/02/2017

... and agenda of the Foundation— from governance and investment management to grantmaking and operations. Over the ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money

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06/30/2017

Most of their capital doesn’t wind up in grants, but in investments. Is the latter the key to maximum impact?

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Provides New Funding for Latinx Artists

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08/11/2017

The 2017 grant season for the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) comes with new investments from the Andrew Mellon Foundation towards the NALAC Fund for the Arts (NFA), the launch of new award for emerging filmmakers and status...

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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

In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization committed to transforming rural communities through the arts. Over the next five years, the foundation plans to inject $20 million—in addition...

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Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

A few years ago, when Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan created the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, they took some heat for incorporating it as an LLC—since such entities can operate with little transparency.

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