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The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down

Release Date:

01/15/2016

... on foundations whose endowments were heavily invested in a deteriorating stock market. For the Robert Bowne ... executive director. “The most we ever had was back in around 2000, and it was about $22 million...

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New Board Members for Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

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01/26/2016

... director of the Latino Community Foundation of Colorado. In addition, Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter, senior research ... and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund who will serve another year in that position. Leslie Dorosin...

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Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda

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03/30/2016

... Grammy Award-winning composer, lyricist, performer, and 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award recipient, as part of its Educating for Justice Gala on Monday, May 23. In addition, Peter J. Beshar, Vice President and...

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Ford, Rockefeller Offer Templates for Guiding CEO Transitions at Big Foundations

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03/07/2017

... gig as the president of the Rockefeller Foundation in March, taking the reins from Judith Rodin. She has led ... of notable leadership turnover at foundations operating in the international development arena...

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Aetna Joins Corporate Effort to Save Hartford Financial and Psychological Slump

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03/15/2017

... Slump Connecticut may be the wealthiest state in the nation, but you wouldn't know that by visiting its capital, Hartford. The city is in the middle of a financial and psychological slump. ... of the...

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Bloomberg Fact Checks NYTimes on Climate Change

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03/20/2017

... United States to meet Mr. Obama’s commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement” on climate change. In fact, thanks to the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign ...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare

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04/28/2017

Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare Patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical ... was the result of a survey of Critical Access Hospitals in the Rural Healthcare Program’s seven-...

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Commonwealth Fund, NY State Health Foundation, Peterson Center Noted as the Funders Behind the Movement for Open Notes

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05/16/2017

... movement thinks it can and, today, millions of patients in 37 states have access to notes in their medical records. If you've ever been at a doctor's ... Medical Center for work to develop OpenNotes...

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New York Health Foundation

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems

Release Date:

05/17/2017

... Brothers Fund has left its mark on America. Founded in 1940 by five sons of John D. Rockefeller Jr.–John 3rd, ... JDR 3rd and Winthrop chaired the board) , a national park in the Virgin Islands (where Laurence...

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Indian Child Welfare at Casey Family Programs is Highlight for Native American Students in Crisis

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08/02/2017

... Family Programs is Highlight for Native American Students in Crisis Inside a double-wide trailer on the warm springs reservation in central Oregon, nearly two dozen American Indian ... 12th grades were...

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Education

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Mayor de Blasio Signs Sweeping Legislation to Curb Smoking, Tobacco Usage

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08/29/2017

... a series of bills to help reduce the number of smokers in New York City by 160,000 by 2020. While smoking rates in New York City have declined from 21.5 percent in 2002 to 14.3 percent...

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When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis

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09/07/2017

When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis In a year of big stories, the opioid crisis has become one of ... been a problem since the early 2000s. Around then, people in Kentucky, West Virginia, and...

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Open Society Foundations Seek Clarification on Pakistan NGO Ruling

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12/14/2017

... Ruling The Open Society Foundations' national foundation in Pakistan is seeking clarification from the government, ... organizations that they must cease operations in Pakistan in just...

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22 Feb 2018

LGBTQ Funders Social Network

Thursday, February 22, 2018 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

... Come gather with colleagues and friends, new and old. In order for us to plan and have the appropriate budget ... funding organizations. Registration 5:15 - 5:30 PM Check- in 5:30 - 7:30 PM Newtorking and...

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JPMorgan Chase Strengthens Its Commitment To Support Urban Entrepreneurs of Color

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02/27/2018

... tax bill set to net the bank an additional $4 billion in annual profits on top of already gargantuan earnings, ... that outlay, it still adds up to a lot: about $100 million in additional annual support. The...

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Workforce Development

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NYCT's Patricia Swann and Kerry Mccarthy Write About the Power and Possibility of the ‘Black Panther’ Moment

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03/06/2018

... Black Panther” is being hailed as a watershed moment in cultural history for African Americans, and it’s easy to ... of diverse young people from all backgrounds that careers in the arts and entertainment are...

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Andrus Family Fund and Groundswell Fund Amongst Leading LGBTQ Funders

Release Date:

05/07/2018

... increased their grantmaking by 25 percent or more in 2016, earning them a place on Funders for LGBTQ ... San Diego Foundation. They all doubled their support from 2015 to 2016. The Arcus Foundation and the...

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Crain's New York Profiles Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah

Release Date:

05/15/2018

... York Profiles Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah In his 14 months as president, Dr. Rajiv Shah has rededicated ... the U.S. Agency for International Development from 2009 to 2015 . He also founded...

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