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William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy

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07/23/2014

... projects in the 1960s that "led to the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, public television and radio, and ... in fostering voter distrust of government—because voters do not know who is in...

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New Philanthropy Center, Fund for 2025 Respond to Funders’ Needs

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10/24/2014

New Philanthropy Center, Fund for 2025 Respond to Funders’ Needs Philanthropy New ... an initiative to grow the capacity of the tri-state region' s philanthropic sector. To that end, PNY aims to raise at .....

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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

... to the official launch and announcement of the Coalition for Public Safety. As our colleagues and I survey America’ s landscape of intractable, intolerable affronts to social ... things—does not mean we can’t...

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How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

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04/24/2015

... Kresge Foundation head Rip Rapson; the Knight Foundation' s Alberto Ibargüen; and the Kellogg Foundation' s La June ... Tabron—and made a jaw-dropping proposal: All they had to do...

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New York Foundation Places Its Bets on Real Change

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05/29/2015

... the resources to participate. Enter Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA), a New York City-based ... and statewide campaigns to make gains in a city that’ s notorious for rents that are...

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U.S.-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits

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06/04/2015

U. S .-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits Those who ... what explosive private-sector development in Cuba could do to its people and its ecology. Among them is Kate Barnes, ... with some of these changes...

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City Year Receives $2.5 Million Grant from the New York Life Foundation

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06/16/2015

... in school and on track to graduation, announced today that it will standardize and scale its After-School middle school ... grateful and proud to welcome New York Life as City Year’ s newest national partner...

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Philanthropy's Difficult Dance With Inequality

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07/08/2015

Philanthropy' s Difficult Dance With Inequality America' s foundations do not easily use the word "inequality." This may seem ... viewed as related to "inequality"...

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MetLife Foundation and The Wall Street Journal Raise Awareness about Financial Inclusion

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09/10/2015

... held at The Asia Society in Hong Kong. “In today’ s increasingly interconnected world, linked by ever growing ... of the global population is still financially excluded. It is an economic and a moral...

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Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies

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10/08/2015

Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies To capture the magic of ... in blended-learning strategies for improving our nation’ s schools. It...

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Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College

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10/21/2015

... Boston College Law School announced today. The forum' s inaugural event takes place on Friday, October 23, 2015, at the University Club in Washington, D.C., where it will host The Rise of Donor-Advised...

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NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color

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10/23/2015

NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color Question: If funding to ... grew out of an interview I did with NoVo Foundation’ s Executive Director Pamela Shifman about the new Grantmakers...

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Simons Foundation Recognizes spectrUM as a National Model on STEM Engagement

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10/26/2015

... science to the public and inspiring others to do the same. The award, which carries a cash prize, was ... Management Program, and Jessie Herbert, spectrUM’ s STEM Education Program manager, jointly accepted...

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Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case

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12/11/2015

... Action Case In an awkward exchange in Wednesday’ s potentially game-changing Supreme Court arguments on ... Antonin Scalia hesitantly asked whether it might be better for black students to go...

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Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

... amygdala, a small structure at the front end of the brain' s temporal lobe, has long been associated with negative ... giving in humans. Such a link could have implications for people with autism,...

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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

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12/16/2015

... not through your family history or by visiting your doctor' s office, but by looking at something as simple as your address. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), your zip code is a greater...

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Opinion from Ford Foundation's Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough

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12/17/2015

Opinion from Ford Foundation' s Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough During this ... had reached extreme levels. Carnegie argued, as many still do , that inequality on this scale is an unavoidable condition...

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

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01/06/2016

... 138 percent of the federal poverty level (about $16,000 for an individual or $33,000 for a family of four). So far, 30 states and the District of Columbia have chosen to do so. Most have...

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Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors

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02/03/2016

Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors Geropsychologist Lauren N. ... on the physicians, surgeons and other clinicians who care for them. As an assistant...

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