Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors News
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Richard Nixon was president and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 929 points when Lynne Meadow was hired as chief of the fledgling Manhattan Theatre Club. Her annual salary: $10,400.
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Two weeks ago, Penelope “Penny” W. Stamps helped her alma mater, University of Michigan, with a pledge of $32.5 million to its School of Art and Design, the largest gift the school has ever received.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner Dinakar Singh discovered in 2001 that his 19-month-old daughter, Arya, had a crippling genetic disease called spinal muscular atrophy.
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David Rockefeller, Ronald Perelman , Larry Ellison , Sanford Weill , Ted Turner and Paul Allen joined a pledge started by Warren Buffett for billionaires to give more than half their wealth to charity.
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As some Wall Street executives cut their charitable donations last year, the foundation of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein boosted its giving by 25 percent, according to the nonprofit’s federal tax filings.
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Warren Buffett , the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. , donated $1.6 billion in his annual gift to the foundation established by Bill Gates.
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Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are pressing fellow billionaires to commit at least half their wealth to charity in an effort to draw attention on the responsibilities the wealthiest have for aiding the needy.
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s Art Awards on Dec. 8 will dispense prizes for artist of the year and curator of the year but nothing for consulting gig of the year.
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Warren Buffett , the billionaire who committed more than 99 percent of his wealth to charity, said he’s giving it away because he benefited from a U.S. economy that produces “wildly capricious” results.
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The annual fundraiser for the female hedge-fund executives of High Water Women Foundation features Texas Hold ‘Em .
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