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

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06/18/2014

... 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy. “It’ s a real honor to talk about a fellow who is my hero and Bill Gates’ hero. ... in 2016, it will have given away $7.5 billion to promote...

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

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07/07/2014

Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology The ... Biology. The Center will support research and education programs at one of the world’ s leading...

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Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing Director

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08/12/2014

... Changing Our World as a managing director. He comes to his new role from the Cathedral Corporation, where he ... there, he managed a consulting team that provided counsel to a wide array of nonprofit...

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Burman, Viera Named to Board of Funders for LGBTQ Issues

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08/14/2014

Burman, Viera Named to Board of Funders for LGBTQ Issues Rohit Burman, ... Committee of Africa Grantmakers Affinity Group, the Education Committee for the Museum of Modern Art and the ... implemented strategies...

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Health

Ford Foundation Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Change Criminal Justice System

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02/20/2015

Ford Foundation Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Change Criminal Justice System Usually bitter ... found at least one thing they can agree on: The nation’ s criminal justice system is broken. Koch Industries, the...

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Justice Reform

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Bloomberg Announces Winners of Genesis Generation Challenge

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04/29/2015

... supporting innovative projects guided by Jewish values to address the world' s pressing issues. Each team selected as a winner of the ... project concepts focus on subjects such as public health, ...

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Markle Foundation President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd

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06/04/2015

... President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U. S . in WSJ OpEd The 2016 presidential-campaign season will bring all sorts of familiar proposals to create jobs in the U. S ., but...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana

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07/09/2015

Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana Today, more ... and share their ideas concerning the future of Ghana' s development. The leaders will discuss a broad array of challenges related...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

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08/19/2015

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts The University of ... varying levels of interest and expertise in Latin can use to find, read, discuss, study, teach, edit and annotate Latin...

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Bank of America Foundation President Seeks to Increase Youth Development Opportunities

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08/19/2015

Bank of America Foundation President Seeks to Increase Youth Development Opportunities Today' s young people have acquired many reputations. They're ... change and make a difference on issues from...

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$2 Million Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Digital Humanities

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09/02/2015

... Supports Digital Humanities “The Mellon Foundation’ s generous philanthropy will serve to strengthen Penn’ s abiding commitment to the most ... that are being applied...

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Foundation for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants

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09/10/2015

... over the next two weeks, the Migration Policy Institute’ s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy examines ... themselves immigrants or were born in the United States to immigrant parents. The series...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

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Newman's Own Foundation Awards $1.5 Million in Grants to Military Service Organizations

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11/20/2015

Newman' s Own Foundation Awards $1.5 Million in Grants to Military Service Organizations In celebration of its ... rehabilitation, career development, entrepreneurship, education , and...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Veterans

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Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks

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04/29/2016

Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks The Ford Foundation ... serving as policy analyst and program officer for early education programs inCalifornia...

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New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond

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07/07/2016

New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond ... The Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global research and education institute dedicated to...

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CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise

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07/12/2016

... WAGE stagnation. Income inequality. A lack of quality education . Insufficient training and skills development. ... like these have led approximately two-thirds of Americans to believe that the next generation...

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Economic Security

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NY Community Trust Announces Three Staff Promotions to Program Director

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07/28/2016

The New York Community Trust is proud to announce three staff promotions to Program Director : ... Thriving Communities program; and Shawn Morehead covers Education and Human Justice in our...

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

Hazen Foundation' s Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students? ... that a budget is a statement of policy, the surest way to determine the values and priorities a society embraces. ... while...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program

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04/27/2017

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of ... Healthcare, a national leader in the movement to strengthen and sustain the human connection at the...

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