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Sloan Foundation Announces 2013 Research Fellowships

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02/22/2013

Awarded annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1955, the 2013 class of fellows includes 126 researchers from 61 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada.

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Ravi Venkatesan Joins Rockefeller Foundation Board

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07/07/2014

Ravi Venkatesan, former chairman of Microsoft India, has been appointed to the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation.

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Bloomberg Foundation Launches Public Art Challenge

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10/15/2014

... art projects. The program could help city leaders see their creative communities as partners and problem solvers ...

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Ford Foundation Hires Michelle Obama’s Aide

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04/17/2015

Kristen Jarvis worked for the First Lady for seven years.

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What the Brooklyn Community Foundation is Looking for in Grantees

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04/23/2015

Director of Communications, Liane Stegmaier, details the qualities the foundation seeks in potential grantees.

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Clinton Foundation Spinoff Reverses on Refiling Tax Forms

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11/06/2015

The Clinton Health Access Initiative has again reversed itself on fixing errors on its federal tax filings and now says it plans to submitted amended returns.

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Ford Foundation Supports Cultural Mission to Cuba

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04/15/2016

Less than a month after the historic visit by President Barack Obama, a U.S. government cultural mission to Cuba will take place from April 18-21, 2016.

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1.5M To Conserve African Art Collection

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07/07/2016

The significant award will help launch VMFA’s newly conceived center for advanced study in art conservation.

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Simons Foundation Provides Funding for Autism Family Biobank

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09/16/2016

New York City-based Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative is providing funding to support Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Division of Research in building the Autism Family Biobank, a study surrounding the cause and new treatments for...

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Dyson Foundation Contributes to Longform Nonfiction Work

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11/10/2016

I have good news for all of the journalism purists out there. Funders continue to see the value of deep and transformative investigative work in an age of 140 characters.

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MetLife Foundation and Special Olympics Announce International Partnership

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04/28/2017

Special Olympics and MetLife Foundation, the philanthropic arm of global insurer MetLife, announced a $1.5 million, three year international partnership to expand Special Olympics Young Athletes across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (“EMEA...

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The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced

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06/05/2017

... in the brain. These Scholars are distinguished by their bold approaches to basic scientific questions that address problems of global concern, as well as their potential for learning, leadership and...

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What Does it Mean to ‘Do’ Policy Work in a Foundation?

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”Public Policy Work” in foundations is like the proverb of the elephant being ... has a very different description of what it is based on their personal experience of it. Is it government relations? ... program is...

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Yifei Li Joins The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees

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11/01/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation, celebrating 100 years of global innovation, has announced the appointment of Chinese businesswoman Yifei Li to its Board of Trustees.

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Endowed private foundations that have been designed by the IRS as a "private ... operating foundation" calculate membership dues based on their total net assets instead of their...

Richard Correia Named as Surdna Foundation’s Assistant Controller

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10/14/2013

The Surdna Foundation has announced the appointment of Richard Correia, an experienced operations and fund accountant, and C.P.A. candidate, as Assistant Controller.

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Ford Foundation Appoints Amy Falls to Board of Trustees

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11/01/2013

... Academy), where she was chosen as a Rising Star of Foundations and Endowments by the publishers of Institutional ...

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Newman's Own Foundation Announces New Class of Fellows

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06/06/2018

... development training and coaching to help them shape their professional paths. Each Fellow is paired with a nonprofit, matching their skills and interests with the needs of the ... organized by Newman's...

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