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Ralph Smith
Posted on February 15, 2019
Ralph Smith is senior vice president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. He also serves as managing director for the Campaign for Grade Level Reading, a national effort to increase rates of third-grade reading proficiency, especially for children from low-income families. From 1975 to 1997, he sat on the faculty of the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania, teaching corporate… Read More
Pierce Family Foundation
Posted on February 15, 2019
The Pierce Family Foundation’s primary focus is on nonprofits working in housing and homelessness in Chicago, and helping those nonprofits to build the capacity they need to operate effectively. … Read More
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Posted on February 15, 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London, UK… Read More
Prince Charitable Trusts
Posted on February 15, 2019
Prince Charitable Trusts were established in 1947 from the bequests of Frederick Henry Prince (1859-1953) and his wife, Abbie Norman Prince (1860-1949). The three trusts operate as a family foundation with giving programs in the city of Chicago, the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, and the state of Rhode Island… Read More
Project Implicit (Harvard University)
Posted on February 15, 2019
Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaboration between researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition – thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. The goal of the organization is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the Internet. Read more… Read More
Proteus Fund
Posted on February 15, 2019
Founded in 1996, Proteus has brought together $145 million towards the realization of this vision. Partnering with individual donors and foundations, we design and manage collaborative grant making on a range of leading social change arenas—from curbing the growing influence of money in politics to advancing marriage equality and protecting civil liberties in an age of heightened national security. Our… Read More
Prue Brown
Posted on February 15, 2019
Public Welfare Foundation
Posted on February 15, 2019
The Public Welfare Foundation supports efforts to advance fundamental rights and opportunities for people in need. We look for strategic points where our funds can make a difference and improve lives through policy and system reform… Read More
Quixote Foundation
Posted on February 15, 2019
The Quixote Foundation believes in free people in fair societies on a healthy planet. That’s our ambition. It’s a little lofty, but that’s what we love: it’s a perfectly grand vision for a small foundation built from buttercat money. We think mighty-fine philanthropy sees abundance, not scarcity. It chooses movement over money. Giving over hoarding. It thrives on the unexpected. It… Read More