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The Covenant Foundation Announces the 2018 Recipients of The Covenant Award

Release Date:

06/06/2018

... Tawonga, San Francisco, CA; and Dr. Susie Tanchel, Head of School at JCDS, Boston’ s Jewish Community Day School , Watertown, MA, are the recipients of the Award, ...

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Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees

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06/06/2018

Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’ s Board of Trustees The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced ... on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School , has been elected to its Board of Trustees. “...

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Salesforce.org Announces Advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud Platform

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09/20/2018

... primary caregivers and those lacking a traditional high school diploma. Higher education institutions are also ... the future workforce – 65% of students entering primary school today will ultimately work in...

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28 Apr 2016

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Thursday, April 28, 2016 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York hosts group informational interviews to explore career paths in the philanthropic sector, as part of our "Interested in Working at a Foundation" series.

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22 Aug 2017

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Public-Private Partnerships and MIP - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, August 22, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... on a first come, first served basis.* For decades, there’ s been a push to insinuate special interests deeper into the ...

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Can We Still Improve Philanthropy?

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07/17/2009

... (benchmarked as “at least 50% of [a foundation’ s ] grant dollars”); general operating support (at least ... 5 people); payout (“at least 6% of [the foundation’ s ] assets annually in grants”); and mission-...

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10 Apr 2014

Leading Through Change: Advice from and for Seasoned CEOs and Their Boards

Thursday, April 10, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... and suggestions are featured in the National Center 039 ; s forthcoming guide, “The Seasoned CEO: A Guide for Family .....

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Family Foundation

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films

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01/22/2015

Rockefeller Foundation partnered with U.N. Women and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.

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New York State Health Foundation Breaks Down Diabetes Prevention

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03/26/2015

President and CEO, James Knickman, and Learning Officer Kelly Hunt, outline recent diabetes developments.

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New York Health Foundation

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Ms. Foundation Releases New Data on Women's Equality

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08/27/2015

Ms. Foundation Releases New Data on Women 039 ; s Equality On Women’ s Equality Day, the national holiday commemorating passage of the 19th Amendment to the U. S . Constitution...

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Rockefeller Study Shows Female CEOs Get Blamed for Failure More Frequently Than Men

Release Date:

10/26/2016

... CEOs Get Blamed for Failure More Frequently Than Men It’ s not your imagination or a just a hunch: Female chief ... Foundation. More striking than that? The study’ s authors could not find a single article...

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Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... was jailed for his beliefs. Today, she said, “there’ s not a lot of persecution, but it’ s difficult to find work.” Normally, someone seeking better ...

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Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common

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08/31/2017

Fatherhood After 40? It 039 ; s Becoming A Lot More Common If you 039 ;ve put off starting a family, you 039 ;re not alone. In the U. S ., the average age a...

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The DACA ‘Fix’ That Immigration Activists Fear

Release Date:

09/07/2017

When news leaked on Monday that President Trump had decided to dismantle Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — the 2012 policy that granted administrative relief to some 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States...

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In Rural Kenya, Escaping A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A Little Luck

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... incisions, each about half an inch long. When Pkorkor’ s stomach began to swell and his body shivered with periodic ...

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New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

Release Date:

09/12/2017

When it comes to mitigating the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways to do that is thought to be locking more of that carbon...

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Major Gifts Follow When Fundraisers Adhere to a Research Plan Consistently, Study Says

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09/12/2017

When seeking major gifts, charities are best served by consistently using a system — almost any system — for identifying people who can give generously, rather than using a system erratically or not at all, according to a new survey.

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Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?

Release Date:

10/06/2017

Opinion: What’ s Holding Philanthropists Back? When I think about social ... philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, I wonder what’ s holding us back. Improving the capacity of funders to ... and talking about it...

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For the Disabled, New York’s Sidewalks Are an Obstacle Course

Release Date:

10/10/2017

For the Disabled, New York’ s Sidewalks Are an Obstacle Course Dustin Jones must navigate ... altogether. He has to keep going around the block until he finds a usable ramp. The one time he tried to roll off a...

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