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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

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03/15/2014

... Last April, President Obama assembled some of the nation’ s most august scientific dignitaries in the East Room of the ... human brain. Along the way, he invoked the government’ s leading role...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Simons Foundation

Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy

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05/29/2014

... The first section will examine changes in women’ s labor market outcomes including education, experience, ...

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Economic Security

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Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia

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06/19/2014

... employing hundreds of thousands of people, BPOs have a role to play in shifting the social landscape in emerging ...

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Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists

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09/09/2014

Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation' s Top Philanthropists Barbara Picower has resumed her role as one of the nation’ s top philanthropists, heading a new foundation...

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films

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01/22/2015

Rockefeller Foundation partnered with U.N. Women and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.

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Communications/Media

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Arcus Foundation's Stryker and Johnson & Johnson Honored by GLSEN

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05/26/2015

... Kimberly Reed (filmmaker), Maulik Pancholy (30 Rock, It’ s Only A Play), Chely Wright (Singer/Songwriter), Joe Machota ... individuals and corporations who serve as exemplary role models and have made a...

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LGBTQ

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Three Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change

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07/29/2015

... and national politics growing increasingly polarized, the role of philanthropy in combating climate change is more ... which just announced the retirement of the nation’ s 200th coal plant.... Three Important...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program

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08/04/2015

Newman' s Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program Newman' s Own Foundation announced its first formal class of Fellows. The innovative Newman' s Own Foundation Fellowship...

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The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit

Only 30 percent of C-suite roles in the nonprofit sector were filled by internal promotion in the past two years—about half the rate of for-profits. Even more concerning, this low promotion rate did not vary by the size of the organization: larger organizations, which should have more opportunities to promote internal talent, are not doing so.

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Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work

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03/30/2016

... decided to make their own gift basket to highlight the role of nongovernmental groups in the nuclear-security field. ...

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Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt

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04/29/2016

... of TIME, James Grant offered his opinion on America’ s national debt, which is at its highest level since 1950 and ... While there are many dangerous consequences of America’ s fiscal outlook, absent a...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality

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05/16/2016

... workplace equality, only 21 women helm the world’ s largest corporations today, according to a survey released ... a campaign to change that today at the Forbes Women’ s Summit. She acknowledged there’...

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Gender Justice

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Video: Rockefeller's Insight Dialogues Features Hamilton Star and Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda

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07/05/2016

Rockefeller' s Insight Dialogues Features Hamilton Star And Creator ... how we think about American history. The production’ s creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Rockefeller President Judith Rodin to...

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Staff at Open Society Foundations Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing?

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07/22/2016

... Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing? It’ s been a bumpy ride at the Open Society Foundations over the ... and expressed,” which the board had “a meaningful role in shaping.” Those may sound like...

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Salk Institute Awarded $25 Million Grant From Helmsley Charitable Trust

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11/22/2016

... a renewal of the largest research gift in the Institute’ s 56-year history — that will be used to continue exploring ... an ambitious range of projects aimed at understanding the role chronic inflammation...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

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11/23/2016

... Behind At-Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy' s role in K-12 education these days, so often it' s the big reform funders who get all the .....

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

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11/30/2016

... Big Bet Philanthropy For the superrich and the biggest U. S . charitable foundations, donating to universities, ... clarity of desired results, whether the bet offers a clear role for philanthropy to “move the...

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Commonwealth Fund Contemplates Mobile Health Apps for Patients with Chronic Illnesses

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12/07/2016

... organized medicine has largely been reluctant to take a role in evaluating or recommending specific products. We ... published an article on mobile health apps in this month’ s Health Affairs... Commonwealth...

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Talks With Bloomberg About $100M Investment in Detroit

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01/03/2017

... in Detroit The conversation features JPMorgan Chase’ s $100 million investment in Detroit’ s recovery and why business must play a leading role in creating inclusive economic growth. The...

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