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Rockefeller Foundation Recognizes Pioneers for Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture in Rwanda

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10/05/2015

Rockefeller Foundation Recognizes Pioneers for Innovations in Sustainable ... Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation , for his work in developing highly innovative ... subsistence...

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Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program

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10/07/2015

Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the ... Elizabeth Alexander joins Ford as director of the foundation ’ s Creativity and Free Expression program. Lauded as one of ...

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Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA

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10/26/2015

Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation , to Participate in Facebook QA Want to know more about the Ford Foundation ’ s new focus on inequality? Have questions about how we’re ...

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NoVo Foundation’s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/02/2015

NoVo Foundation ’ s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism Philanthropist Peter Buffett, co-president of the NoVo Foundation , says foundations sometimes try to solve the world...

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Indian Government to Remove Ford Foundation from Watch List

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01/08/2016

Indian Government to Remove Ford Foundation from Watch List The NDA government is all set to ease restrictions against the U. S .-based Ford Foundation and remove the international NGO from the “...

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Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings

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02/11/2016

Ford Foundation -Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly ... by the Filene Research Institute, with funding from Ford Foundation , generated $100 million in loans and nearly $1 ... families. Filene...

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Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy

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05/12/2016

Ford Foundation " s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence ... important, then we are kidding ourselves,” said Ford Foundation President Darren Walker. “We must interrogate...

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Simons Foundation Contributes to Research Outlining Cellular Communication Processes

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08/30/2016

Simons Foundation Contributes to Research Outlining Cellular ... University, done with support from the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation ... Simons Foundation...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions

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09/12/2016

Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow ... has received a $1 million gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to endow four postdoctoral humanities positions in ... of the fellows,...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues

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02/10/2017

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series continued on Feb. 8 at Columbia University’ s Faculty House in...

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Former Obama Chief of Staff Denis McDonough Joins Markle Foundation

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02/15/2017

Former Obama Chief of Staff Denis McDonough Joins Markle Foundation Denis McDonough, the last White House chief of ... staff in the Obama administration, has joined the Markle Foundation . The organization is...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Extends Scholarships for Women Exploring International Relations

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02/16/2017

Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Extends Scholarships for Women Exploring International Relations The Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women (JFEW) announced it is ... preparing for careers in...

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Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact

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03/24/2017

Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact In 1917, ... Like most wealthy philanthropists, he named his new foundation after himself — except he reversed the spelling ... of the Business of...

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Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports New Green Roof at New Jersey School

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04/21/2017

Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports New Green Roof at New Jersey School ... of sources that included grants from the Hyde and Watson Foundation , as well as a $50,000 matching grant by E. E. Ford Foundation...

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New Leader, New Era: Rockefeller Foundation Plots Its Course

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04/27/2017

New Leader, New Era: Rockefeller Foundation Plots Its Course Rajiv Shah, the new president of the Rockefeller Foundation , is no stranger to politics or philanthropy. He ... and served under President Obama as...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Provides Grant to Investigate and Conserve Art

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08/03/2018

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Provides Grant to Investigate and Conserve Art The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a $3.5 million grant to the Center for the ... and László Moholy-Nagy. With the Mellon ...

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The Covenant Foundation Announces New Grants to Support Jewish Education, to be Disbursed in 2022

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01/12/2022

The Covenant Foundation Announces New Grants to Support Jewish Education, ... in 2022 New York – Jan. 12, 2022 – The Covenant Foundation announced $1.7 million in new grants today, ... R. Finkel, Chair of the...

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9 Leading Nonprofit Groups Urge Foundations to Dig Into Endowments to Support Charities

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04/02/2020

... endowments take a big hit. "The strength of a funder’ s grantees at the end of this crisis will be a much better measure of the significance of a foundation than the size of its endowment," the...

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