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Sandra O. Moose Named Chair of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Board of Trustees

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... of Dr. Sandra O. Moose as Chair of the Foundation’ s Board of Trustees, effective immediately. Dr. Moose has served on the Foundation’ s Board of Trustees since 2000 and is the first woman to hold ... to serve...

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25 Jan 2018

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Thursday, January 25, 2018 (All day) to Friday, February 9, 2018 (All day)

... Techniques for Effective Practice Philanthropy New York 039 ; s Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers orients ... employ tools and skills learned to: Discuss philanthropy’ s...

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20 Sep 2018

Taking Stock and Gearing Up: Immigration Policy and the Role of Philanthropy in Building Stronger Communities - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, September 20, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... on a first come, first served basis.* Don’t miss GCIR’ s first post-summer Monthly Immigration Policy Call , during ... is limited to organizations that share GCIR’ s core values.) Registration Registration is...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

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Centering Disability Justice

Release Date:

02/06/2019

... Inclusion Advisor & Noorain Khan, Director, President 039 ; s Office, Ford Foundation Two years ago, the President of the ... changes to its grantmaking practice to catalyze greater funding...

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Insights

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Disabilities

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18 Apr 2019

Parole Hearing and Revocation Reforms - A Justice Reform Working Group Funders Briefing

Thursday, April 18, 2019 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... by many onerous conditions of parole, if and once it’ s granted. In 2018, advocates focused on the closure of ... according to some of the leading advocates Both immediate funding needs for policy and...

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Justice Reform

The Rockefeller Foundation Invests to Prevent Future Pandemics and Calls for Greater Collaboration to Build a Global Early Warning System

Release Date:

10/25/2021

... Foundation will provide up to USD150 million in funding to the Pandemic Prevention Institute (PPI) , a ... next one. At The Rockefeller Foundation, we believe it’ s now possible to say ‘never again’ and mean...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Disaster Relief

Health

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International Crisis Group Receives Grant from Open Society Foundations Aiming to Combine Local Voices and Global Expertise to Reduce Human Suffering

Release Date:

04/25/2022

... will support our conflict prevention mandate. This new funding will allow Crisis Group to help meet the growing ... since Crisis Group was founded to serve as the world’ s impartial eyes and ears in conflict...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Human Services

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ASPCA Honored as Finalist for North American Employee Engagement Awards

Release Date:

05/08/2015

... Awards Forward-thinking businesses across North America have been shortlisted for awards to recognize their ...

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Ford's VP of Communications Responds to WSJ OpEd

Release Date:

07/08/2015

Ford 039 ; s VP of Communications Responds to WSJ OpEd We share Andy Kessler’ s view that Henry Ford and other visionary makers in every ... op-ed, June 25). Ford helped transform ...

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American Express Gives Federal Hall Grant For Restoration Work; Building Declared 'National Treasure'

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12/04/2015

... Work; Building Declared 039 ;National Treasure 039 ; One of America 039 ; s most iconic but oft forgotten monuments is getting much ... Preservation...

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Mellon Foundation President Talks About Diversity and Democracy

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11/29/2016

... and Democracy Major demographic changes taking place in America today necessitate a renewed discussion about ...

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Civic Engagement

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U.S. Trust President Says 'It's Standing Room Only' In Impact Investing

Release Date:

02/22/2017

U. S . Trust President Says 039 ;It 039 ; s Standing Room Only 039 ; In Impact Investing In years past, few ... standing room only,” said Keith Banks, head...

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Bank of America Private Bank

Claire Tow, Co-Founder, The Tow Foundation, Dies At 83

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... at age 83, following a 14-year struggle with Lou Gehrig 039 ; s Disease (ALS). She and her husband also founded the cable television company Century Communications Corporation and the...

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Prudential and Goldman Sachs Developing World’s Largest Vertical Farm in Newark

Release Date:

03/12/2015

... in the Ironbound community of Newark, NJ into the world’ s largest indoor vertical farm and global corporate ... AeroFarms has partnered with the Ironbound Community Corporation to create a recruiting and job...

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Food Systems

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... design also accommodated three outdoor event venues; it’ s easy to imagine ticket-takers and other gate-keepers ... Trusts and Friends and Foundations and Conservancies, it’ s worth wondering what else seeps...

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Sector News

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Community Development

Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m

Release Date:

04/16/2019

... Salesforce.org transition from a California public benefit corporation to a business corporation , with the $300 million going to the ... focus on managing sales and marketing for the company’ s...

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Technology

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18 Nov 2025

Prefiguring the Future We Want: Practicing Liberation & Sovereignty

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Confounded by what to do and how to be in your role right now? What does it mean to be focused on a vision of racial equity, well-being, gender justice, economic health when people, institutions, and the systems that have allowed most of us to at...

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Tools & Strategies

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Leadership Development

JPMorgan Chase Expands Second Chance Hiring Efforts in Columbus

Release Date:

04/26/2021

... 10 percent of new JPMorgan Chase employees in the U. S . - over 2,100 in 2020 - are Second Chance hires COLUMBUS, ... support and mentorship. Since its launch, this firm’ s proven Second Chance recruitment...

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