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Unbound Philanthropy Welcomes Elyse Lightman Samuels

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04/18/2014

... external relations at EngenderHealth and American Jewish World Service. She has also spent extensive time working in ... generation of women leaders in Cambodia and the developing world . Elyse earned a MPA in...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker On His First Six Months

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06/09/2014

... Walker says, “It is deeply gratifying to travel the world and experience the impact of the Ford Foundation because there is no corner of the world where this institution’s rich history has not been ...

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Warren Buffett Honors His Hero, The Billionaire Who Secretly Gave It All Away

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06/18/2014

... Bill Gates, two of the most iconic philanthropists in the world , say their role model is Chuck Feeney, founder of The ... education, human rights, science and healthcare around the world . No one has ever given...

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Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology

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07/07/2014

... will support research and education programs at one of the world ’s leading independent biomedical research ... molecular biology and one of the first institutions in the world to recognize the importance of...

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NY Times Profiles James Simons, Simons Foundation

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07/07/2014

... financing not only math teachers but hundreds of the world 's best investigators." As the article notes, working ... esoteric projects as well as retail offerings like the World Science Festival and a...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

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03/19/2015

... and then distribute a portion every year. But in today’s world , this structure faces some challenges. The intersection ... is more complicated, prompting many in the foundation world to operate in new ways —...

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NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability

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11/09/2015

... Sustainability There are few places in the world more beautiful than the landscape of salmon-rich rivers ... streams and thousands of wilderness acres that sustainthe world ’s largest sockeye salmon fishery,...

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Funded by Soros and Mastercard, New Human Ventures Project Seeks to Help Refugees

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02/01/2017

... the United States moving to ban refugees from around the world , efforts to help these people where they are will now ... Toward the end of last year, Soros declared that the world 's “collective failure”...

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

Release Date:

03/21/2017

... arts, and service to humanity. He taught us to leave the world a better place than we found it through hard work, ... committed to a more just, creative, and flourishing world ...” Statement on the Passing of...

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Chef Massimo Bottura's First U.S. Project Will Be a Rockefeller-supported Bronx Soup Kitchen

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05/30/2017

... Francescana, the Modena, Italy restaurant that topped the World ’s 50 Best List in 2016, was planning to open one of ... going to grow, and they’re going to expand all over the world . . . Chef Massimo Bottura...

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A Better Gala—Here's How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone

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06/19/2017

... more interesting new funders to emerge from the finance world in recent years. IP has covered it often. Unlike many, ... my hands as I was guided to a portrait-laden room of old- world elegance. I’d have to...

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A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative

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06/23/2017

... Philanthropies, in partnership with the World Health Organization and Vital Strategies, will be ... initiative launched just last month, just before the 70th World Health Assembly. The program will see...

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Artists Behind ‘Tribute in Light’ 9/11 Memorial Continue to Inspire: ‘People Could Start Looking Up Again’

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09/11/2017

... an ashy and gaseous cloud formed over the remnants of the World Trade Center. The lights that illuminated Ground Zero ... most recognized and unique public art installations in the world since its unveiling on...

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Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks

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09/27/2017

... evoked Emmett Till’s mutilated corpse. Typically the art world holds its ground, emerging bruised but resolute. But in ... over the show “Art and China After 1989: Theater of the World .” This, together with...

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

... so many jobs. The unemployment rate in the developed world is down to 5.5 percent and approaching a 40-year low. ... a low unemployment rate? One answer is demographics: The world is aging, and the number of...

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Announcing the 2019 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Recipients

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08/12/2019

... mission to achieve “real and permanent good in this world .” The nine medalists embody the spirit of giving set ... the most charitable and visionary philanthropists in the world , the medalists’ generosity has...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

29 Sep 2015

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Pros & Cons of Performance Evaluations

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with peers about ... Cell Foundation, Inc Oscar De La Cruz , Manager, Human Resources & Benefits, The Andrew W...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Investment Policy

Publication date:

04/2011

Innovative strategies and new investment opportunities can be used to align investment practices with mission objectives to sustain the public good. Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation offers a look at their investment policy which can be used as a template for others.