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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

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09/13/2017

... Hampshire, and of the Skowhegan School, in Maine. There’ s the Rome Prize fellowship, at the city’ s American Academy, and Donald Judd’ s Chinati Foundation , in Marfa. To be...

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Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts

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09/13/2017

... for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation issued a report card today meant to underscore ... objectives. The report by the nation’ s largest grant maker, which has already directed...

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Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

... pledged more than $36 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2006, and the three friends joined forces a ... the Giving Pledge, an effort to encourage the world’ s richest people to contribute...

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’ s permanent until homelessness is solved.” So remarked John Schoettler, Amazon’ s real estate and facilities VP, to the New York Times after ... than that,...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... design also accommodated three outdoor event venues; it’ s easy to imagine ticket-takers and other gate-keepers ... Trusts and Friends and Foundations and Conservancies, it’ s worth wondering what else seeps...

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What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

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09/29/2017

... improve cost-effective and adaptable aid delivery. The UPS Foundation is one major funder we've written about often that' s a leader in this area. It' s been working for years...

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UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift

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10/02/2017

... announced a $20 million legacy gift from the Jack S . & Shirley M. Silver Foundation in support of the organization' s Jewish Day Camp Centennial Signature Initiative. The gift .....

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

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10/13/2017

... change. Debra Meyerson and Megan Tompkins’ s research, using the National Science Foundation ’ s ADVANCE program at the University of Michigan, finds that ...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

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11/27/2017

... as 40 percent skirt close to the financial edge. Burnley’ s observation is based on a report commissioned by the Philadelphia Foundation and coauthored by GuideStar, Oliver Wyman, and ...

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

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11/27/2017

OSF Denounces Hungarian Government' s Attacks Against Soros Hungarian-American financier and ... The Open Society Foundations, in a note posted on Soros' s personal website, responded to a "national...

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‘White Rage’ Author Kicks Off Mellon Lecture Series Aimed At Better Understanding Racism

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12/08/2017

... said as she kicked off the first talk in Georgetown' s Mellon Lecture Series last week. The Mellon Lecture Series, ... possible by a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help...

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Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!

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02/02/2018

... 14 new play spaces for children through a Morgan Stanley Foundation grant to KaBOOM! and the hands-on efforts of hundreds of its employees throughout the U. S . this year. With our partners and volunteers we...

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ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications

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03/08/2018

... D'Silva , Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) Kim Freeman Brown , Program Co-Director .....

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Ford and PBS Partner on Documentary Series

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06/15/2018

... Series On Friday, June 15, 2018, PBS will premiere Ford Foundation funded BREAKING BIG, a 12-episode documentary ... the unexpected journey to success of some of the world' s most influential artists,...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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... Prudential Financial and Executive Director, Prudential Foundation Lakshmi Iyer , Associate Director, FSG ...

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Carnegie Corporation's July Fourth Tribute Honors 38 Distinguished Immigrants

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06/28/2018

Carnegie Corporation' s July Fourth Tribute Honors 38 Distinguished Immigrants ... lives, their work, and their example. Our philanthropic foundation , its board of trustees and staff, invite Americans .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

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11/20/2018

... the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation It’ s astoundingly rare for foundation leaders to make statements about national ...

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Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

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12/05/2018

... scholar, educator, advocate, and author, focusing on U. S . urban policy, immigration, and workers’ rights. In ... affiliations in the policy, political science, and women’ s studies departments. She is co-...

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Commonwealth Fund Launches A New Tool for Comparing ‘Medicare for All’ Plans

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03/15/2019

... Plans The Commonwealth Fund, a non-partisan health care foundation , introduced an interactive tool this week that ... hope and fear across the country depending on people’ s perspective or financial stake in...

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