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Long Island Community Foundation Appoints New Advisory Board Members

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04/02/2012

... Washington, NY. Edward C. Palleschi is Vice President of Investment Management for First Long Island Investors (FLI), ... with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment advisor and broker-dealer...

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Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.

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04/15/2014

... Michael R. Bloomberg, making his first major political investment since leaving office, plans to spend $50 million ...

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Financing the Social Sector

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09/15/2014

The American Express Corporate social Responsibility Blog explores the top 10 things foundations and corporations should do when considering whether to support nonprofit organizations.

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PNY Members Among Top Ten Funders of LGBTQ Education and Safe Schools Work

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09/18/2014

Ford, Open Society and Arcus are among the top funders for LGBTQ education and safe school works.

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RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund

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10/29/2014

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is partnering with a coalition of NGOs as part of a new grantmaking collaborative, the Ebola Survival Fund.

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Rockfeller Brothers Fund Weighs in on Motivation for Fossil Fuel Divestment

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05/18/2015

One reason for instituting the change was to lead to ethical and financial consistency.

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PIMCO Foundation Director Explores Impact of Corporate Giving

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08/31/2015

... Foundation, the charitable arm of the Newport Beach-based investment firm, has seen a shift in the world of corporate ...

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Bank of America Awards $1 Million to Nonprofits Tackling Poverty in Detroit

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12/08/2015

... grants are a part of the bank’s broader philanthropic investment to improve housing, hunger and jobs in communities ...

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Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News

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05/03/2016

After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner Aaron Koch would be doing in the newly created job.

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Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

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06/23/2016

Critics have suggested Rockefeller is more interested in cultivating ties with corporations than nonprofits.

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Ford Foundation Appoints Gabrielle Sulzberger to Board of Trustees

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07/08/2016

... its Board of Trustees. Sulzberger is a general partner and investment manager of Rustic Canyon/Fontis Partners, L.P., a ...

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Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter

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08/08/2016

The Ford Foundation is planning on studying and underwriting what it calls a “new and dynamic form of social justice leadership and infrastructure,” by investing in the Black-Led Movement Fund.

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New Study Examines How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities

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11/04/2016

As interest in measuring and understanding the impact of arts investments in community development continues to grow, a new study released today, Setting the Stage for Community Change: Reflecting on Creative Placemaking Outcomes , offers insights...

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Arabella Advisors Report Finds Divestments from Fossil Fuels Top $5.2 Trillion

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12/13/2016

Investing heavyweights are moving their assets and funds out of fossil fuels at a record pace.

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

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03/01/2017

... committed $10 million, of the total $30 million project investment , to build or transform up to 24 Baltimore City ...

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Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact

Release Date:

03/24/2017

In 1917, businessman John Andrus decided to give away half his self-made fortune, built in part on developing the peptonoid elixir that was the precursor to Pepto-Bismol.