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Climate Institute in Australia fights for survival as philanthropic donation runs out

2015-12-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: A leading think tank and lobby group on climate change is fighting for its survival after the multimillion-dollar support of its primary benefactor ran out. The Climate Institute, which has become one of Australia's most prominent environment and climate groups since being set up through a bequest in 2005, suffered a 62 per cent fall in revenue last financial year. It came at the end of a decade of backing from foundations run by Rupert Murdoch's niece Eve Kantor and her husband, farmer Mark Wootton,...

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Dallas Icons Recall Decades of Philanthropic and Civic Involvement

2015-10-14 18:46:04| Semiconductors - Topix.net

Ask community leaders Margaret McDermott and Ruth Sharp Altshuler about "the genesis of Dallas philanthropy," and they're both apt to point to the attitude of the city's citizens. Leading by example has always been the guidepost, Altshuler says.

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100 philanthropic organisations have pledged to divest from fossil fuels

2015-07-01 12:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: One hundred philanthropic trusts, foundations and family offices, with over $5 billion (3.2bn) in assets under management, have now committed to divesting from fossil fuels and supporting the low carbon economy. Eighteen philanthropic organisations have made their commitment public today, joining existing signatories, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Ben & Jerrys Foundation. Amongst the new signatories are the Ashden Trust and Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. The fossil fuel divestment...

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Google lacks philanthropic profile in Pittsburgh

2014-12-09 06:48:19| Food - Topix.net

Google touts its community outreach efforts, including sponsoring office tours for schoolchildren and other groups to create excitement about computer science, but it hasn't taken on the kind of public philanthropic profile that "old economy" companies from H.J. Heinz to BNY Mellon, which moved its corporate headquarters in 2007 from Pittsburgh to Manhattan, or even somewhat newer health care entities such as UPMC have fostered. If you ask Google community affairs officer Matt Dunne, the city shouldn't count on the company ever reaching those levels.

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