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Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies

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02/21/2018

Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World' s Most Innovative Companies The Ford Foundation funds ... spend just 5% of their endowments, putting 95% back into fund -related investments. In 2017,...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty

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05/07/2018

... black colleges and universities. The grant will fund a five-year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, ...

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Social Justice

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Arcus Opens Call for Social Justice Grant Applications

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12/04/2018

Arcus today publishes a Request for Concepts, the initial step in a streamlined process for organizations to apply for Arcus funding to support LGBTQ social justice work. The deadline for responses to this open call is January 22, 2019. Subsequent...

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Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress Expands Globally With $100M Commitment to 500,000 Young People

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02/23/2017

Citi Foundation’ s Pathways to Progress Expands Globally With $100M Commitment ... largest philanthropic commitment in the Citi Foundation’ s history. Pathways launched in 2014 with a $50 million ... that helped...

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Workforce Development

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Effective Philanthropy Takes Time

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06/26/2014

In "Making Change," a podcast of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Phil Henderson, president, Surdna Foundation, discusses why effective philanthropy is about working toward a long-term goal.

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Century Foundation Releases New Report on Reproductive Health Care

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01/19/2017

... Molly Bangs analyzes growing state restrictions on a women' s right to choose, such as limits on late-term abortions, .....

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Gender Justice

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The Century Foundation

29 Sep 2023

2023 Philanthropy 101 - So You're Working For A Foundation... Power and Your New Community

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10:00am to 12:00pm

... will you learn? Understanding Philanthropy New York’ s role in the sector: who we are, what we do, and what the ... information, please email register@philanthropynewyork. org .** 2023 Philanthropy 101 - So...

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Kiva City Launches in Washington, D.C.

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01/11/2013

... owners in the D.C. region access to capital through Kiva’ s proven crowd-funded microloan program. Sponsored by Capital ... Washington, D.C.-area small businesses with Kiva’ s global network of 870,000-plus...

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Economic Security

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Capital One Foundation

Education Tech Nonprofit Launches with Gates, Carnegie Support

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02/06/2013

... “to make personalized learning a reality for every U. S . student by improving the effectiveness, variety and ... “to make personalized learning a reality for every U. S . student by improving the effectiveness...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill

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06/01/2013

The Commonwealth Fund ’ s recent report on health care spending in 13 industrialized nations helps demonstrate that the U. S . spends more on health care than any other country. ( Fund...

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Health

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Fidelity Charitable Reports Record Results in First Three Quarters in 2013

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10/26/2013

... three quarters of 2013. Fidelity Charitable, the nation' s largest donor-advised fund program, has announced record results through the first ... that donors continued to leverage appreciated assets to...

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Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education

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12/08/2013

... of grants has been made from The New York Community Trust' s $43 million Brooke Astor Funds for New York City Education, ... a first round of charitable donations has been made from a fund created with...

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The New York Community Trust

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Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors

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05/06/2014

... But according to a first-of-its-kind survey of the world’ s most prominent research organizations, the institutions ...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives

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05/29/2014

... honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co- fund doctoral nursing students and establish new educational ... honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co- fund doctoral nursing...

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Health

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Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane Crash

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... an advisory trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and a past president of the Rockefeller Family Fund , was family physician in Falmouth, Me., and before that ...

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With Help From Rockefeller Brothers, Ploughshares Pushes Better Ties with Iran

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06/18/2014

... positioned to help reduce tensions between Iran and the U. S . and its allies than the Ploughshares Fund , which has been investing heavily this year in work with hefty support from the Rockefeller Brothers...

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Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform

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08/04/2014

... Reform The Donors’ Education Collaborative, a fund at The New York Community Trust established to improve ... opportunity for all students. Current members to the fund include the Catherine and Joseph Aresty...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

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NoVo Foundation

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Financing the Social Sector

Release Date:

09/15/2014

... Social Sector Despite the huge success of this summer' s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and various crowd-funding .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco

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03/19/2015

... Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have set up a $4 million fund to help poor countries resist pressure from big tobacco ... sales in mature economies by expanding elsewhere. The fund , to be backed by Bloomberg...

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