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How She Leads: Paula Luff, Hess Corporation

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11/06/2014

... company to a pure exploration and production company. In 2013 , Hess began to shed its downstream businesses, including ... constant, with a goal to be the top quartile in its sector for the quality of its...

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RPA, Ford, MasterCard Foundation Among Funders Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development

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11/20/2014

... Development Goals (MDGs) come to a close and the global aid community embarks on the post-2015 development agenda, ... The project, known as the Post-2015 Partnership Platform for Philanthropy, will enable...

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Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org

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01/13/2015

... The Coalition to Support Grieving Students, convened in 2013 by the New York Life Foundation, is a collaboration among the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement and ten of the leading ... social...

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Rachel D. Pardoe Appointed NYCT Program Officer for Health and People with Special Needs

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02/10/2015

Rachel D. Pardoe Appointed NYCT Program Officer for Health and People with Special Needs Rachel D. Pardoe ... York Community Trust in February 2015 as Program Officer for the Health and People with Special Needs...

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Disabilities

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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

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03/17/2015

... progress is largely ignored by wealthy donors as it suffers from federal budget cutbacks. A coalition of ... behind Kastner and the initiative, which launched in 2013 , boast a history of commitment to basic...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $100 Million Data for Health Program in Developing Countries

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03/23/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $100 Million Data for Health Program in Developing Countries Bloomberg ... Data for Health initiative seeks to provide governments, aid organizations, and public...

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Nadia Alia Appointed Manager, Grants and Communications at The Tow Foundation

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04/20/2015

... at The Tow Foundation. She joined The Foundation in 2013 as grants manager. She will continue this work and ... and reporting process. She is the system administrator for the Foundation’s online grantmaking...

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Verizon Foundation-Funded Research Cited as Basis for Beyond the Bruises Campaign

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05/27/2015

The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR (R)), a national non-profit ... effects of domestic violence on chronic illness. A 2013 study conducted by MORE Magazine and the Verizon ... disease. Verizon...

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Gender Justice

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MetLife Foundation Partners with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to Help Financial Service Providers Better Serve Low-Income Clients

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06/05/2015

... in Colombia, SAJIDA Foundation in Bangladesh and Capital Aid Fund for Employment of the Poor (CEP) in Vietnam. OPTIX will ... build and strengthen a full suite of financial offerings for...

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Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities

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07/29/2015

... leadership and commitment to the 100RC initiative. Since 2013 , sixty-seven cities have been selected through two challenge rounds. Applications for the final round will be accepted through November 24, .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far

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10/05/2015

... Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far On July 29, 2013 , a Latina mother in Illinois named Natasha Felix sent ... with his cousin over a scooter and, at one point, ran with it into the street. Based on...

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EPIP Welcomes Tamir Novotny as Incoming Executive Director

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10/27/2015

... Director, beginning Monday, November 16th. In preparing for his new role, Tamir stated: "I could not be more thrilled ... EPIP family, I've seen firsthand how powerful EPIP can be for its members and...

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New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits

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10/28/2015

New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits Remember how complicated it was to understand your health care benefits when you got ... them — and their employers — a lot of...

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Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing

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11/17/2015

... There is a growing realization that, along with government aid and charitable philanthropy, financial institutions can ... Ideally, impact investments delivers something good for humanity while generating a...

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Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program

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02/16/2016

... of Oxford's Saïd Business School. Established in 2013 with a gift of £4.5 million ($6.6 million) from the ... initially supported five one-year scholarships annually for promising social change leaders in...

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Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College

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03/15/2016

... and dinner table conversations because of its implications for educational opportunities, student and family ... education, pointing out that the availability of financial aid means that college is not as...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation

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04/12/2016

... community foundation, has approved $5.4 million in grants for dozens of promising projects—from reforming the bail system to developing an arts and leadership program for children on the autism spectrum. At a...

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Arts

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Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers

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04/13/2016

... under the recently-established Office of Labor Standards. It will provide information and referrals through two ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

... with the tools, skills, and support they need — most of it made freely available — to tackle the complex ... in mayors’ offices, create on-demand programming for participating cities, fund new research on...

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