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Brooklyn Museum Receives $5 Million From Leon Levy Foundation

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05/24/2014

Brooklyn Museum Receives $5 Million From Leon Levy Foundation The Brooklyn Museum has announced a $5 million gift from the Leon Levy Foundation to create an endowment for the position of museum ... Brooklyn Museum...

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Nadia Alia Appointed Manager, Grants and Communications at The Tow Foundation

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04/20/2015

... Appointed Manager, Grants and Communications at The Tow Foundation Nadia Alia has been promoted to a newly created ... by overseeing, implementing and executing the Foundation ’ s grant and...

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Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities

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07/11/2017

Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities The billionaire on Monday ... 12th annual donation to the group of charities. Buffett’ s gift included 18.63 million Class B shares of...

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A Spectrum of Change: Why Is An Art Foundation Tackling Mass Incarceration?

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10/06/2017

A Spectrum of Change: Why Is An Art Foundation Tackling Mass Incarceration? In addition to ... in the many fields in which Rauschenberg worked, the foundation has taken the lead in the evolving and red-hot ... are...

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Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees

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02/25/2019

Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation ' s Board of Trustees The Ford Foundation has ... six-year term. He credited Darren Walker, the foundation ’ s...

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Modernizing the 990-PF to Advance the Accountability and Performance of Foundations: A Modest Proposal

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03/2011

... for promoting accountability and best practices in the foundation sector. Modernizing the 990-PF to Advance the ...

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Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Releases Final Report

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05/28/2013

The foundation ’ s $340 million graduate-level fellowship ... back to their home countries. On Thursday, May 23, Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas joined South African ... James and other...

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How One Foundation Is Making Waves With Art And Social Activism

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09/05/2013

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and its first Director of Philanthropy, Risë ... mostly under the radar since its founding in 1990. That' s about to change. Artist Robert Rauschenberg passed away in .....

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William T. Grant Foundation Website Gets New Look

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07/01/2014

William T. Grant Foundation Website Gets New Look The William T. Grant Foundation has launched a new website and logo, along with ... about their work and discussing issues that impact America' s...

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Ten Keys – Ten Years Later: Successful Strategic Planning for Foundation Leaders

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09/2014

... Keys to Successful Strategic Planning for Nonprofit and Foundation Leaders," originally published in 2004. Ten Keys ... – Ten Years Later: Successful Strategic Planning for Foundation Leaders .....

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Huffington Post Profiles Christopher Stone of Open Society Foundations

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09/26/2014

Huffington Post interviewed Christopher Stone, President of Open Society Foundations, about how OSF is different from other philanthropies.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces Retirement of William B. Petersen, CIO

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01/20/2015

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces Retirement of William B. Petersen, CIO ... in 2015. Mr. Petersen has served as the Foundation ’ s first Chief Investment Officer since 1998. He will assist the...

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MetLife Foundation and WSJ Team up for the Financial Inclusion Challenge

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03/26/2015

MetLife Foundation and WSJ Team up for the Financial Inclusion ... giant MetLife and its philanthropic arm the MetLife Foundation have always been laser focused on financial ... in on financial inclusion...

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Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69

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07/12/2016

Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69 Alison Bernstein, a longtime educator and official at the Ford Foundation , died on June 30 of endometrial cancer at her ... managing other grant...

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Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years

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05/31/2017

Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years The Ford ... in a speech Thursday at the Detroit Regional Chamber' s Mackinac Policy Conference, Crain' s Detroit Business (...

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Novo Foundation Receives Some of the Billions and Billions That Warren Buffett Is Giving Away

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07/17/2017

Novo Foundation Receives Some of the Billions and Billions That ... of those holdings would go to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the rest to the four foundations controlled by ... he held in 2006, gifts...

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Revson Foundation Report Encourages Philanthropic Support of Local Journalism

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02/09/2018

Revson Foundation Report Encourages Philanthropic Support of Local ... Journalism A new report from the Charles H. Revson Foundation makes the case for philanthropic support of ... gears unexpectedly in accordance...

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Ten Ways for Family Foundations to Consider Diversity and Inclusive Practices

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02/2010

This guide is designed to help foundations think about how more diverse and inclusive practices might advance their mission by making their work more effective and more reflective of the communities they serve. By highlighting 10 ways family foundations can approach diversity, Council on Foundations seeks to spark ideas and launch further dialogue.

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Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation

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03/2009

In 2002, Arizona’ s Flinn Foundation began implementing a strategy that focused on boosting its state’ s bioscience economy and relied heavily on building ...

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