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Unbound Philanthropy Welcomes Elyse Lightman Samuels

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04/18/2014

Elyse Lightman Samuels joined Unbound Philanthropy as Communications, Learning, and Special Projects Officer. Elyse has worked in communications, qualitative data analysis, and external relations at EngenderHealth and American Jewish World Service.

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The Century Foundation Welcomes Jeff Madrick as Senior Fellow

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04/01/2014

The Century Foundation Jeff Madrick as a senior fellow. Madrick is the Director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative, which will now be housed with TCF.

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The Sister Fund Welcomes Two New Team Members

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04/18/2014

The Sister Fund welcomed Violet L.D. Lee, Ph.D., as the new Executive Director and Laura Risimini, as the new Office and Grant Administrator.

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Ford Foundation Announces Four Promotions

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04/03/2014

The Ford Foundation has appointed four team members- Fred Frelow, Alex Irwan, Anna Wadia and Lourdes Rivera- to the role of senior program officer. 

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LaVerne Evans Srinivasan named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corporation

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03/25/2014

LaVerne Evans Srinivasan, an expert on employing talent strategies to strengthen urban education, has joined Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management. Srinivasan will oversee the Corporation’s...

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Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Craig to Retire at the End of 2014

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03/17/2014

John E. Craig, Jr., The Commonwealth Fund's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has announced he will retire at the end of 2014, after 33 years at the Fund. Since joining the foundation in 1981, he has served as vice president and...

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Andrea G. Cohen Joins United Hospital Fund as New Senior Vice President for Program

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04/02/2014

Andrea G. Cohen joined the United Hospital Fund as its new Senior Vice President for Program. An attorney with extensive legal and policy experience in the health care world, Cohen comes to the Fund from the Office of the New York City Mayor, where...

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Michelle Knapik to Depart Surdna Foundation; Named Tremaine Foundation’s President

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04/02/2014

The Surdna Foundation announced that Michelle Knapik, director of the foundation’s Sustainable Environments program, has accepted a position as the next President of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation in New Haven, Conn. effective May 12, 2014.

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For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?

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04/2014

Foundations are just one type of nonprofit organization that make up a portion of the total nonprofit "sector" (which is composed of an estimated 1.4 million organizations and entities with nonprofit status), but they do much to fund the work of other nonprofits providing services for the common good.

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NY/NJ Area Common Report Form

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04/2014

Philanthropy New York and the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (CNJG) spearheaded a project to develop a common report form to help streamline the grant reporting process.

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NY/NJ Area Common Application

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04/2014

Philanthropy New York and the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (CNJG) spearheaded a project to develop common application and report forms to help streamline the grant application process and ease the often time-consuming grant preparation process.

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Surdna Launches $18M Program Related Investment Fund

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04/15/2014

Surdna Foundation launched $18 million Program Related Investment (PRI) revolving fund to support its mission of fostering just and sustainable communities in the United States.

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The Wallace Foundation to Support Study of Whether and How Community Institutions Can Work Together on Education Reform

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03/18/2014

The Wallace Foundation to support study of whether and how community institutions can work together on education reform.

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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

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04/15/2014

A new study published by the Milbank Memorial Fund's Milbank Quarterly finds the cost of health care to be a burden for most U.S. households.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Moving to Crown Heights this Summer

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04/09/2014

The Brooklyn Community Foundation is moving their headquarters to Crown Heights this summer.

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The Citi Foundation Launches Pathways to Progress to Improve Career Readiness for 100,000 Youth

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03/31/2014

The Citi Foundation launched Pathways to Progress to improve career Readiness for 100,000 youth.

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Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice

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04/09/2014

Governor Cuomo named Tow Foundation Executive Director, Emily Tow Jackson, to the Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice, which will provide concrete, actionable recommendations regarding youth in New York's criminal and juvenile justice...

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Ford Foundation's Hilary Pennington Appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board

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03/16/2014

Hilary Pennington, Vice President of the Ford Foundation's Education, Creativity and Free Expression program has been appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board.