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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Kevin Burke to Board of Trustees

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06/04/2012

... technology, economic performance and the quality of American life.” Burke has worked for Consolidated Edison ... technology, economic performance and the quality of American life. He has lived in New York City...

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Century Foundation Reports on Ways Forward on Health Care Reform

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01/25/2018

... by articles published in the January issue of The American Prospect that outlined approaches to expand ... past, present, and future. Paul Starr , co-editor of The American Prospect, reviewed the history of...

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Russell Sage Foundation Author/Grantee Edward Wolff Cited in NY Times Article About Record-setting Bull Market and Uneven Wealth Distribution

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08/23/2018

... the longest on record. It ranks among the great booms in American market history. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock ... — the most important source and store of wealth for the American middle class —...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Aligns Investments with Mission: Diversifying Investment Managers

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03/31/2020

... and under-represented people of color (defined as African American /Black, Hispanic/Latin American /Latinx, and American Indian/Alaska Native) in investment firms and ...

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Open Society Foundations Announces Camilla Croso as New Director of Education

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07/22/2020

... that reality.” Croso joins Open Society from the Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education, where she was ... implementation of the right to education in 18 Latin American countries. She sat on the...

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Dr. Christopher Howard Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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12/10/2020

Dr. Howard is the President of Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh.

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Hirokazu Yoshikawa Joins Board of Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation

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10/20/2021

... elected fellow of the National Academy of Education, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received two ... awards for mentorship of...

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Martha Matsuoka Elected New Board Chair for Noyes Foundation

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02/01/2013

... and was a founding member of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and the Asian Pacific Environmental .....

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Warhol Foundation Elects Two New Board Members

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11/01/2012

... Weinberg is currently Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he has served with distinction since ... Weinberg was the Director of the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy,...

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79 percent in neighborhoods hardest hit by Sandy say rebuild even in face of risk

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07/30/2013

A survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research examining resilience following Superstorm Sandy (and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation) also found that about 1 in 4 Americans believe they live in an area extremely at...

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Serving those who served our nation

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11/10/2013

The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence's Ret. Brig. Gen. William Bester and Darlene Curley contributed an op-ed to Politico on maintaining our nation's commitment to our veterans.

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Liza Sutherland Joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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01/15/2014

... Foundation and for three years as a Research Associate at American Institutes for Research. Liza received her B.A. in ...

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A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project

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02/28/2014

The National Priorities Project, a Rockefeller Brothers Fund grantee, has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

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04/15/2014

A new study published by the Milbank Memorial Fund's Milbank Quarterly finds the cost of health care to be a burden for most U.S. households.

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Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors

Release Date:

05/06/2014

... based in California, and the liberal Center for American Progress, based in Washington, are polar opposites ...

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It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma

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06/09/2014

Dr. David Blumenthal, president and CEO of the Commonwealth Fund, says that the United States needs "creative new solutions to protect the avalanche of boomers against a huge threat to the quality of their ever longer lives."

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Tart, Goodwin Win Carnegie Writing Awards

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06/30/2014

... Journalism." The awards, which are cosponsored by the American Library Association, Booklist and Reference and User .....

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The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge

Release Date:

07/08/2014

The Giving Pledge may be vogue today for many wealthy Americans, but as Forbes notes, the idea was first advanced 125 years ago when Andrew Carnegie, whose money endowed Carnegie Corporation of New York, wrote an essay encouraging other...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort

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07/17/2014

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help connect poor Americans with programs they may not know about but that could help lift them out of poverty.