Results List
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The Adoption Coalition of Texas is the $150,000 Grandprize Winner of the 2011 Collaboration Prize
Selected out of more than 800 applicants, the Adoption Coalition of Texas has been recognized for its outstanding nonprofit collaboration activities PHOENIX, Ariz., April 11, 2011 – The Lodestar Foundation, an organization dedicated to maximizing the growth and impact of philanthropy, today announced the Adoption…
Author: The Lodestar Foundation
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Southern Education Foundation Launches Racial Equity Leadership Network
In districts all over the United States, race and class remain among the most reliable predictors of student success in school. Currently, in southern states, more than half of all the students enrolled in public school are from low-income families, with a growing number of…
Author: Southern Education Foundation
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Foundation recovery likely slow
Original Source The Foundation Center and the Council on Foundations are Atlantic grantees. by Ret Boney The injuries foundations sustained during the market downturns were severe, and it likely will be years before foundation giving is back on track, but funders have risen to the…
Author: Philanthropy Journal
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Why on Earth Would a Foundation Try to Get Rid of All of Its Money?
The aspect of The Atlantic Philanthropies in which people have the most interest is not that we are one of the largest foundations in the world – in fact, the largest private funder in the countries in which we operate, outside of the U.S. –…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Richard Boone and the Field Foundation: Beacons of Leadership for Social Justice Philanthropy
On a mellow California afternoon earlier this month, I drove a few hours up the coast from Los Angeles, where I’d been on a panel at the annual meeting of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, to spend some time with one of the most influential…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Foundation Joins Effort to Tap Boomer Experience
by Kate Parmelee In the ’60s, Boomers helped change the world. As the first generation of Boomers enters their 60s, will they do it again? National research is showing that as the baby boomer generation ages many want to work, learn and volunteer in ways…
Author: YourHub.com
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Rockefeller Foundation Launches $100 Million Initiative to Strengthen Health Systems in Africa, Asia
The New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation has announced a five-year, $100 million initiative to expand health coverage in Africa and Asia and provide new health and financial protections for all. Through the initiative, Transforming Health Systems, the foundation and its partners will work to establish more accessible,…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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SAGE Announces $1.5 Million in New Funding from The Calamus Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies for New Strategic Plan
Calamus Gives One of the Largest Grants in Its History to SAGE. CORRECTION: Please note the release distributed on Tuesday, December 9th was in error. The Atlantic Philanthropies grant to SAGE was not the Foundation’s first gift to an LGBT organization. Please use the corrected…
Author: SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders)
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Why Should Your Foundation Continue to Exist?
Bruce S. Trachtenberg, Advisor, Communications Network By Bruce S. Trachtenberg The idea of time-limiting foundations seems to be gaining more traction. As counterpoint, a recent Philanthropy New York program asked: “What Is the Case for Foundations Living in Perpetuity?” PNY gathered a group of three…
Author: Smart Assets
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Pittsburgh Foundation's new plan embraces advocacy
By Bill Zlatos The Pittsburgh Foundation is broadening its grantmaking — delving into the environment and advocacy — so it can become more of a community leader. “The public face of The Pittsburgh Foundation has been youthful, curious, positive, optimistic and exuberant — a kind…
Author: Pittsburgh Tribune Review