Results List
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Obama and the Left
Source: The Huffington Post
Original Source by Gara LaMarche As the Obama Administration has in recent days taken a couple of steps in the civil liberties/national security area -- opposing release of torture photos and declaring an intent to retain some form of military commissions for terror suspects (while…
Resource type: News
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Increasing Number of Foundations Planning to Sunset
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source A growing number of philanthropists are adopting spending deadlines and sunset provisions for their foundations to ensure that global needs are addressed in a timely way, the Wall Street Journal reports. By giving away the bulk of their funds within a set period…
Resource type: News
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Philanthropists Set Spending Deadlines
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Original Source By SHELLY BANJO A growing number of philanthropists are adopting spending deadlines and sunset provisions to ensure urgent global needs are addressed in a timely way. By granting the entirety of funds within a certain period of time, these charitable efforts are looking…
Resource type: News
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Gara LaMarche '76's Job Is To Give Away $4 Billion
Source: Columbia College Today Alumni Magazine May/June 2008
Original Source By Thomas F. Ferguson '74 By the time most people are 50, they have learned to spend less than they earn. Gara LaMarche '76 has had to unlearn that rule in his job as CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a $4 billion global…
Resource type: News
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National Health Law Program
$3,850,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Responding to Economic Crisis, Plus 50 Initiative Expands to Help Older Workers
Source: Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges
With unemployment figures on the rise and the economic recession wreaking havoc on retirement accounts, the Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is spearheading a movement by community colleges to help workers age 50 and over train for new jobs…
Resource type: News
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Lobbyists Ramp Up Efforts On Health Care
Source: National Public Radio (NPR)
Listen at the NPR website RENEE MONTAGNE, host: And long before President Obama sent out the invitations for yesterday's meeting on health care, major players were already lobbying on the issue. Now, those lobby campaigns are about to arrive in America's homes. NPR's Peter Overby…
Resource type: News
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Hartford Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, AGS Foundation for Health in Aging Award Over $2 Million for Medical Research
Source: American Geriatric Society (AGS)
Address Urgent Health Care Needs of Growing Elderly Population For Immediate Release For Further Information: Mary Anne Shannon (212) 308-1414 x301 New York, NY - The American Geriatrics Society, The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging…
Resource type: News
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Advocacy by 13 N.C. Nonprofits Brings Statewide Benefits
Source: National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)
Washington, D.C. (5/07/2009) - For every dollar that foundations and other funding sources gave to support advocacy, organizing and civic engagement efforts by 13 nonprofit organizations in North Carolina, state residents received $89 in benefits. This is one of the findings in a new report…
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National People’s Action
$1,890,000
Resource type: Grantee
