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Staying Power: Our Foundation at 75 Years

Release Date:

06/06/2013

... horizon, we experienced that familiar celebration anxiety. What and how much should we do? Who would be involved? Recovering from the global economic downturn, what was possible, cost-effective and appropriate...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names The 2019 Doris Duke Artists

Release Date:

07/09/2019

Six performing artists in the fields of Jazz, Dance and Theater receive up to $275,000 each, totaling $1.65 Million in Doris Duke Artist Awards.

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Peterson: With Primaries Near, Majority Of Voters Want Leaders To Focus On Fiscal Future

Release Date:

01/26/2016

... Expectations about whether the debt situation will get better or worse in the next few years. The survey ...

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Economic Security

Public Policy

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

William Penn and Mellon Foundations Give $8 Million to Philly Arts and Culture Groups Hit by COVID-19

Release Date:

12/02/2020

... annual programs and also on our ability to not just get to the light at the end of the tunnel but also past ... and concert halls — and drained coffers. The goal was to get funding into the hands of groups...

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Mellon Foundation

Racial Justice and Eviction Prevention Dominant Themes in $15 million in Grants Awarded by Trinity Church Wall Street

Release Date:

06/17/2021

Funding supports 100 grantees, most with strong focus on criminal justice and keeping people stably housed

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Housing and Homelessness

Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

Julie Peterson and Danielle Pulliam Join Pinkerton Program Team

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... Pinkerton Foundation President Rick Smith. “We couldn’ t be happier about their joining the team.” Danielle ...

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United Way of New York City

The Century Foundation Adds Senior Fellow Barton Gellman

Release Date:

04/01/2013

The Century Foundation, one of the nation’s oldest think tanks, announced the addition of Barton Gellman as Senior Fellow.

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Jane Levikow Joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors as Director of Sponsored Projects

Release Date:

12/03/2012

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, one of the world’s leading nonprofit philanthropic consulting services, announced that Jane Levikow has joined its team of seasoned philanthropic consultants.

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12 Jan 2012

A Conversation with Jennifer Buffett and Robert F. Sherman

Thursday, January 12, 2012 -

11:00am to 2:00pm

As President of the NoVo Foundation, Jennifer Buffett is responsible for the day-to-day creation and oversight of its vision, strategy, and program development, and also serves as NoVo's chief liaison in its partnership building with other...

16 May 2012

Love Free or Die - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

Please join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary Love Free or Die , and a brief discussion to follow. Love Free or Die, Official Trailer (2011) Love Free or Die is about a man whose two defining passions are...

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04 Jun 2013

Collective Giving: Your Personal Philanthropy

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Please join us for a panel discussion on collective giving and giving circles with EPIP-NY. This skills-building program was designed for foundation staff and the general public and will focus on: The basic definition of a giving circle. The current...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Invests in Venture to Install 1.3 Gigawatts of Renewable Electricity across Africa by 2018

Release Date:

01/20/2017

... the 54-member African Union, was started in 2015 and is targeting $20 billion of investment to develop at least 10 ...

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Environment and Climate Change

International/Foreign Affairs

A Look At Bloomberg's Latest Move on Public Art

Release Date:

02/26/2018

... "beneficial cross-sector dialogue and work that wouldn’ t happen in other ways," according to Bloomberg's Kate D. .....

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Bloomberg Report Shows Mayors Concerned About Budget, Infrastructure

Release Date:

04/11/2018

Mayors across the United States increasingly are feeling pressure to address policy and funding issues that once were the purview of federal or state governments, a report from Bloomberg Philanthropies finds.

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Community Development

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IFC, Mastercard Foundation Extend Financial Inclusion for Millions in Africa

Release Date:

05/16/2018

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, together with the Mastercard Foundation, today released a new report documenting the transformation underway in financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa. The findings are based on lessons learned from joint...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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MasterCard Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gifts Landmark Grant to Stimulate Greece’s Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector

Release Date:

05/24/2018

The three-year project is spearheaded by Rutgers University¬–New Brunswick in partnership with the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) and American Farm School (AFS).

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Education

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Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Genetic Link to Extinct Relative of Humans in Four Modern West African Populations

Release Date:

02/13/2020

... evolutionary history in Africa, where the picture hasn’ t been as clear,” said Sriram Sankararaman , the ...

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Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Aligns Investments with Mission: Diversifying Investment Managers

Release Date:

03/31/2020

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has set a new goal to invest 25 percent of its endowment holdings with firms majority-owned by women and/or people of color.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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MetLife Foundation Provides Millions in Grants to Support Ongoing COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Release Date:

11/18/2020

MetLife Foundation is providing $4 million in grants to support COVID-19 relief efforts for low-income people and small businesses across the United States.