May 24, 2011

Innovative Collaboration Increasing Access to Care for People with HIV/AIDS
RE: Philanthropy
By John Barnes
5/23/11
Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) and many of our partners in the philanthropy community mobilize philanthropic leadership, ideas, and resources, and seek opportunities for collaboration, including public-private partnerships. This work is as challenging as it is important, but now the philanthropic sector has [...]

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May 23, 2011

How We Would Cut America’s Debt
The Washington Post
5/20/11
With U.S. debt projected to grow more than 275 percent by 2035, the nonpartisan Peter G. Peterson Foundation asked six think tanks to find ways to address the nation’s long-term budget challenges. Below are details from plans that will be unveiled at a fiscal summit the foundation is [...]

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May 20, 2011

Couple Pledge $20 Million to South Dakota Community Foundation
Rapid City Journal
By David Montgomery
5/19/11
Paul Christen made his fortune in part by operating a string of banks in western South Dakota. On Thursday, Christen and his wife, Muffy, ensured that South Dakotans will remember them for how they spent their money, as well as how they [...]

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May 19, 2011

Setting a Standard for Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability
RE: Philanthropy
By John Anderson
5/18/11
The president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. highlights his company’s commitment to ensuring the dignity, respect, and safe working conditions of not only its employees, but also the workers around the world who make their products. The Levi Strauss Foundation will play [...]

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