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Bill Gates: 'Philanthropy Should Be Taking Bigger Risks Than Business'

Release Date:

09/25/2013

... Initiative. If problems that charities tackled were easy, business and government could step in and solve them, Bill ... So "philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks than business ," the...

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Minority Business Accelerator Gets Another Big Boost from Surdna Foundation

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08/19/2016

Minority Business Accelerator Gets Another Big Boost from Surdna Foundation Cincinnati's Minority Business Accelerator has again gotten national recognition. ... $700,000 to the Cincinnati program since 2013...

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Surdna Foundation

Citi and Goldman Sachs Launching Projects with NYC to Boost Women Business Owners

Release Date:

03/12/2015

... the goal of connecting 5,000 of them to free training and business services over the next three years. Here’s Deputy ... NYC, dubbed WE NYC, the city’s Department of Small Business Services (SBS) will provide...

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Shake Shack Founder on Changing The Way Restaurants Do Business

Release Date:

10/10/2017

Shake Shack Founder on Changing The Way Restaurants Do Business If you've eaten out in the past couple of decades, ... if successful, may radically alter the way restaurants do business . . . Shake Shack...

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Food Systems

12 Sep 2018

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Presentation of the Analysis and Recommendations from the Workforce Agenda Report

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... November 2014 Mayor De Blasio released the Career Pathways report , with ten recommendations including adopting a Career ... the analysis and recommendations from the Workforce Agenda report that has been...

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The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs

Release Date:

06/30/2011

How has the increasing influence of business techniques affected the world of philanthropy? Can ... The Pinkerton Foundation, share his thoughts with us. The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former...

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The Wallace Foundation

Three Named Winners For Best Green Business Ideas In Western Balkans

Release Date:

07/31/2014

Three Named Winners For Best Green Business Ideas In Western Balkans The Rockefeller Brothers ... Ideas competition, a program it co-sponsors to encourage business ideas that will contribute to a better, more .....

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New York Business Coalition Denounces Trump Move On DACA

Release Date:

09/06/2017

New York Business Coalition Denounces Trump Move On DACA The ... by Kathryn Wylde, its president and CEO. . . New York Business Coalition Denounces Trump Move On DACA ...

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

Release Date:

09/09/2014

Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists ... grant-making foundations.... Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists .....

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Freedom Together Foundation

Businesses Donate Over $157 Million to Harvey Relief Efforts

Release Date:

09/05/2017

Corporate giants are making big contributions to disaster relief organizations to help victims of Tropical Storm Harvey. The storm is expected to leave behind billions of dollars in damages.