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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation President and CEO Paul Joskow to Retire at End of 2017

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12/16/2016

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation President and CEO Paul Joskow to Retire at End of 2017 (New York, NY) Alfred P. Sloan Foundation President and CEO Paul Joskow and Board Chair Sandra O. Moose announced yesterday,...

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Ford and RBF Lead Charge to Publicize Diversity Data

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07/01/2015

Ford and RBF Lead Charge to Publicize Diversity Data The heads of the Bullitt, ... and Wilburforce foundations and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund said they had provided their diversity data to...

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Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For Educational Leaders

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11/30/2015

... leaders. The model standards, which were released to the public on Monday, was approved last month by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration. They had been more than a year in the making and...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School

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08/30/2016

... voices in education—from policy makers and teachers to activists and parents— to look beyond laws, politics, and funding and imagine a ... utopian system of learning. They went back to the...

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Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project

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09/15/2017

Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project After decades working in New York City ... on infrastructure and job growth, the president has yet to commit to federal funding for half of the...

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MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up

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09/28/2017

... subway fix may be in a bit of a fix. An ambitious MTA plan to rescue the subway from collapse may get scaled back for ... Chairman Joe Lhota said he’ll tell transit agency board members next month how he plans...

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Gerstner Philanthropies Awards $16.8 Million for Helping Hands Emergency Grant Program

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02/01/2025

... 1, 2025, Gerstner Philanthropies has awarded $16.8 million to support the Helping Hands emergency grant program at 25 ... across 27 states. An additional $2.1 million will fund student emergency aid programs...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Scanning the Landscape 2.0: Finding Out What's Going on in Your Field

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04/2012

... and internationally about when, why and how it’s useful to scan the landscape for new ideas and new directions. An ...

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Hartford Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to Gerontological Society of America

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02/10/2013

... Center on Gerontological Social Work Excellence. Thanks to $1.35 million in recently awarded funding from The John A. ... The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is reaffirming its commitment to...

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Komen Cancels 2014 Fundraising Events in Seven Cities

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06/07/2013

... the Cure has cancelled the Race for the Cure events due to economic uncertainty and competition from other nonprofits. The Susan G. Komen foundation canceled its signature 3-Day walk in Washington and six...

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The Affordable Care Act: Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball

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10/24/2013

... Health Care Coverage and Access, The Commonwealth Fund With a 24-hour news cycle that tends to highlight only the latest story, it will be challenging to ... know if the law is working as...

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Ned Wight, UU Veatch Program Executive Director, Plans to Retire in July 2016

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03/02/2016

Ned Wight, UU Veatch Program Executive Director, Plans to Retire in July 2016 Ned Wight, who has served as Executive ... Rock for nearly a decade, will retire in July 2016. Board Chair Katie Kurjakovic spoke...

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Listening, Learning and Taking Action: Our Journey to Advance Racial Equity

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03/09/2022

Listening, Learning and Taking Action: Our Journey to Advance Racial Equity By: Danielle Pulliam, Senior ... Foundation The Pinkerton Foundation is on a journey to advance racial equity in the communities we care...

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Funders Teaming Up to Strengthen Voices of LGBTQ People of Color

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06/16/2014

Funders Teaming Up to Strengthen Voices of LGBTQ People of Color The Ford ... anonymous donor, to create the first LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund to support new voices and leaders in...

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Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing

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06/09/2015

Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing Community loan ... families, women, the environment, and small businesses, to name a few. While community loan funds have a 30+ year ... areas,...

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The Art of Inclusion: New York Funders Mobilize to Make the Arts More Accessible

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05/03/2012

... with a serious vision, hearing or mobility impairment came to your office on business or joined your organization as an employee, you would do whatever you needed to to accommodate that...

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MetLife, Deutsche Bank, Surdna, Moody’s, Pershing Square and Others Supporting Launch of Microlender Kiva NYC

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12/11/2015

... the launch of Kiva NYC, a new multi-year initiative to help level the playing field for lower-income small ... is based on one's ability to recruit friends and family to...

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David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center Recognized for Sustainable Design, Architectural Excellence, and Community Impact

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07/31/2023

... Empire State Award, further highlighting its commitment to environmental stewardship and architectural excellence. To ... 1908 Beaux-Arts style Orangerie on the former Rockefeller ...

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Learning What Worked to Support Women After the 2008 Recession

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06/23/2016

Learning What Worked to Support Women After the 2008 Recession By Erin McDonald & ... by the end of fiscal year 2011. 3 A Nonprofit Finance Fund survey in 2010 revealed that 80 percent of organizations .....

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