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Target, General Mills, McKnight foundations top list of Minnesota grantmakers

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10/30/2013

The Target Foundation and Corporation topped the Minnesota Council on Foundations' Top 50 Minnesota Grantmakers report for 2012, reported the Star Tribune.

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Peggy Saika Named a 2014 North Star Award Honoree

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04/15/2014

... and executive director of the Asian Law Caucus. Her national leadership encompasses multiissue, multi-racial, and ...

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Huffington Post Profiles Christopher Stone of Open Society Foundations

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09/26/2014

... political fights, structure as a network of more than 20 national and regional foundations around the world, and ...

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The Commonwealth Fund Reports Annual Primary Care Visits Will Only Rise by 3.8% from ACA

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02/25/2015

The average primary care physician will receive 70 additional visits per year.

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Commonwealth Fund Weighs in on Health Tax Ruling

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04/07/2015

... Ruling Researchers from the Commonwealth Fund and the National Women’s Law Center found that nearly 40 percent of ...

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RPA Forms Partnership to Combat Poverty in Indonesia

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04/14/2015

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors will lead a group of foundations in implementing the global Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

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Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality

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10/30/2015

Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, joined Chronicle of Philanthropy readers on Facebook to answer questions about what its new focus on reducing inequality means for the foundation and grantees.

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Doris Duke Teams Up With Chicago's Stomping Grounds Dance Festival

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04/29/2016

... and Joyce Chelberg with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts... Doris Duke Teams Up ...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Finds Many Hispanics, Poor Still Without Health Insurance

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08/18/2016

Majority live in states that haven't expanded Medicaid, survey finds.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives $300M to Johns Hopkins to Tackle Major Domestic Health Issues

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09/27/2016

... the school and its partners on a path to transform our national approach to modern public health challenges... ...

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Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest

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10/12/2016

... graders Anna Doherty and Hope Sacco won the 2016 NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge this week, ...

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As China Rises and Tensions Grow in Asia, Carnegie is Paying Attention

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10/12/2016

China's economic might has famously soared in recent decades. Now, its military power and geopolitical ambitions are finally catching up.

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With Support From Ford, Media Foundation for West Africa Holds Meeting on Peaceful Elections

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10/11/2016

... from Ford Foundation, included the Ghana Police Service, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), traditional ...

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On Time.com, Carnegie’s Gregorian: Voters Responsible for Protecting Democracy

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11/04/2016

Carnegie President, Vartan Gregorian, writes about how only committed citizenship can preserve our individual freedoms.

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New York Women’s Foundation President Says Trans Women Need More Than Victim Remembrance

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11/21/2016

... of bathroom rights for transgender people. The heated national debate, ostensibly over restroom access, reflects ...

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MAC AIDS Fund Contributes $1 Million to New HIV Treatment Effort in Washington, DC

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12/01/2016

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is set to announce a new effort to fight HIV and AIDS.

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