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Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender Attacks on women and gender ... or seeking to ban transgender people from enlisting in the military, this...

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How America Gives Special Report: Breaking the Charity Habit

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10/03/2017

... year, the charity world waits eagerly for the announcement of how much individual Americans gave to charity. And each ... Yet fewer Americans appear to be giving to charity. In 2015, only 24 percent of...

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David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall

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10/05/2017

David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall The media mogul David Geffen, one ... institutions to downsize their ambitions. Mr. Geffen, in a telephone interview, was searing and candid...

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Atlantic Philanthropies and Ford Foundation Funded Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum Sets April Opening

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11/14/2017

... victims and a new museum dedicated to slavery on April 26 in Montgomery. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice ... have interactive content that confronts visitors with some of the nation's arduous...

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Social Justice

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... Funded by The Commonwealth Fund, OurNotes is an extension of the nationwide OpenNotes, a movement to offer patients ... with their doctors, according to a study published in the Annals of...

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The Whiting Foundation Announces The 2018 Whiting Award Winners

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03/22/2018

... Announces The 2018 Whiting Award Winners The winners of the 2018 Whiting Awards don't have much of a track record. ... a list that spans fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama in its bid...

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Johnson Family Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director

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08/06/2018

... said JFF Board Chair, James M. Johnson. “Both of these leaders have records of significant achievement in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors and share JFF’s ... tenure at JFF began on...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50 million to Fight Opioid Epidemic

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11/30/2018

... years it will help up to 10 states address the causes of opioid addiction and strengthen prevention and treatment ... on record. It said those numbers are a leading factor in the decline of U...

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Rini Banerjee Welcomed as New President of The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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12/10/2018

Rini Banerjee Welcomed as New President of The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation The Jessie Smith Noyes ... deep commitment to social justice that we were looking for in our next president,” said Steven Godeke, Chair...

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Money and Power in Post-Election America: Why This Conference?

February 2013 Philanthropy has become more engaged with government and in the process of policymaking than ever. Connections between funders and ...

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New President Cecilia Clarke

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07/01/2013

Alan Fishman, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Community ... Marilyn Gelber, who stepped down from the post on June 30, 2013 . “Cecilia is a passionate leader and...

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Dorothy Q. Thomas Named Interim CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women

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08/22/2013

... has announced that Dorothy Q. Thomas will assume the role of Interim President and CEO, effective September 3, 2013 , while a search for the Foundation’s permanent ... rights consultant, Thomas has played an...

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LGBT-Themed Films Receive Support From New Arcus Fund

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07/16/2014

... Foundation Fund at Sundance Institute. Established in 2013 , the fund supports independent, high potential ... focused on LGBT issues and that at different stages of development, production,...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Ernest Tollerson Interim CEO

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07/31/2014

... Interim CEO Ernest Tollerson has been named interim CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Tollerson, who previously served as a trustee of the foundation from 2003- 2013 , including a three-...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer

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10/29/2014

... Officer Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), one of the world’s leading nonprofit philanthropic consulting ... Robin Hood Foundation, as Chief Financial Officer, based in New York City. Tina’s...

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Weinberg Foundation Names New Position

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12/18/2014

... Goldstein has been promoted to the newly created position of Managing Director, Programs and Grants. Goldstein joined the foundation in the summer of 2013 as the program...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Profiled in Rolling Stone

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01/16/2015

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Profiled in Rolling Stone For RBF, the logic of divestment was twofold. "There was a very clear moral ... sunk more than $7 billion into new exploration in ...

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Many Programs of Bankrupt FEGS Will End Up at UJA-Federation, Says CEO

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03/13/2015

... was big is an understatement… a huge understatement. In the most recently available IRS990 filing for the year ending June 30, 2013 , FEGS reported total revenues of over $230 million. It had...

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JPMorgan Chase and Target Join Initiative to Create Job Opportunities for Young People

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07/13/2015

... implications. According to a recent report from Measure of America, a program sponsored by the nonprofit Social ... public assistance and incarceration — was $26.8 billion in 2013 alone...

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