Foundation Grant making and Asset Use
Place-Based Philanthropy: Illustrations from the South
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Place-based philanthropy responds to the South’s challenges, but courageous investment in public schools and higher education is still needed.
Foundation Grant making and Asset Use
Right-on-Time Philanthropy at Ralph C. Wilson: Big Money Meets a Looming Problem
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Among the distinguishing characteristics of the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation is that it’s positioned in the right place at the right time with a good deal of money to spend.
Philanthropy
The Big Shift: A City’s Philanthropic Landscape Shows Us Where the Money Is
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Every locality is different, but in the Twin Cities, the relative trajectories of the United Way and the donor advised funds at local foundations appear to be crossing.
Catholic Church
Pope Pulls Rank at Papal Foundation after Being Foiled in Directing a Grant
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Pope Francis has cancelled the annual meeting of the Papal Foundation, after the Board of Trustees rejected a $25 million grant request he supported to fund IDI, a hospital in Rome.
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Hewlett Pledges $10M to Study Social Media and “Fake News”
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The Hewlett Foundation is primed to finance studies on how social media platforms have helped weaken and polarize public discourse by facilitating the spread of misinformation.
Foundation Grant making and Asset Use
Series Uncovers Tides Foundation’s Left Leanings, Also Reveals Earth is Round
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The Tides Foundation is secret? An amusing “exposé” of a so-called “secret” organization shows that left-of-center groups, just like right-of-center groups, get foundation support.
social determinants of health
What an Equity Lens in Health Philanthropy Requires
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While addressing the social causes of poor health outcomes is common among most health legacy foundations, only a minority of these foundations have adopted a specific equity lens that seeks to address health disadvantages resulting from race, ethnicity, class, or geographic location.
foundation grantmaking
Papal Foundation’s Troubles Show Religious Nonprofits Have More Than One Authority
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A US-based charity’s board and major donors object to the Pope using its foundation funds to bail out a troubled Italian hospital instead of supporting Catholic works in developing countries.
fighting poverty
Foundation Revisits Anti-Poverty Strategies with an Eye to Change
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A social science journal reexamines and updates policies and programs aimed to support low-income people.
artificial intelligence
A New Initiative in India to Help Shape AI for the Benefit of Everyone
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The first friendly-AI institute focused on social good is founded in India.