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Rahsaan Harris Named President and CEO of Emma L. Bowen Foundation

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12/16/2014

... in Media announced the appointment of Dr. Rahsaan Harris as President and CEO effective January 5, 2015. Following the ... and nonprofits. Dr. Harris joins Emma Bowen from his role as...

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The Emma Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media

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Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy

Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/26/2012

... often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity….Over the bleached bones and jumbled ... of Latino males and 78 percent of white males graduate from high school in four years. To...

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Fannie E. Rippel Foundation-Funded Study Shows Younger Women Delay Seeking Help for Heart Attacks

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02/25/2015

... the earliest symptoms of an impending heart attack, such as pain and dizziness, and delay seeking emergency medical ... Outcomes, examined the experiences of women ranging in age from 30 to 55 years old who...

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Fannie E. Rippel Foundation

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UJA-Federation Report Explores Ways to Cut NYC Poverty Rate

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03/11/2015

... City? (116 pages, PDF), analyzed the potential impact of a transitional jobs program, increased earning supplements, a $15/hour minimum wage, increased Supplemental Nutritional ... the poverty line participate...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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UJA-Federation of New York

Kress Foundation Trustee to Lead Metropolitan Museum of Art

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03/12/2015

... executive and accomplished art historian serving currently as president of Haverford College, will be the next President ... He will succeed Emily Kernan Rafferty, who will retire from the Met on March 31...

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

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New Thinking about Networks Makes the Field Better, Stronger, More Effective

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03/20/2015

... many things, but efficiency is not always one of them. For as long as there have been foundations investing in worthy ... the business of grantmaking often gets done. Fortunately, a...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business

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04/23/2015

... Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business A variety of simultaneous trends are keeping more Americans ... active roles – at work or in their communities – for as long as...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Aging

Workforce Development

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How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

Release Date:

04/24/2015

... Kellogg Foundation's La June Montgomery Tabron—and made a jaw-dropping proposal: All they had to do was come up with ... of foundations ever had. At first the chiefs balked. As Walker told the museum...

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NYCT Believes Backing STEM Education is Critical to Building a Strong Workforce

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04/28/2015

... Believes Backing STEM Education is Critical to Building a Strong Workforce In May 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a tech talent pipeline initiative to grow New York City’s ... and supported by more than...

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The New York Community Trust

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The Atlantic Philanthropies Welcomes Bruce Trachtenberg as Executive Producer and Editor

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05/08/2015

The Atlantic Philanthropies Welcomes Bruce Trachtenberg as Executive Producer and Editor In his new role, ... policymakers and other funders understand and learn from our history and methods to help change the...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Proteus Fund and Proteus Action League Elect Three New Board Members

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07/08/2015

... of the PAL Board. Helena Huang (Proteus Fund) Helena is a collaborative social change leader with over twenty years ... is a non-profit management consultant who has served as Interim...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Human Services

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Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer

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07/15/2015

Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer Ella Baff, the executive and ... Mass., for 17 years, during which time it was designated a national historic landmark and received the...

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Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant

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07/16/2015

... of the United States' 200th Coal Plant Alliant Energy, a major Iowa utility, has committed to phase out coal use at ... transition to clean energy and underscores Iowa’s growth as a...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing

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08/17/2015

... Effects of Impact Investing Let's say that you budget a certain amount of money to give to charity every year, ... be optimistic but let's start there. That money could come from a...

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Impact Investing

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International/Foreign Affairs

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17 Sep 2015

How U.S. Funders Can Respond to the Current Global Refugee Crisis - Webinar

Thursday, September 17, 2015 -

4:00pm to 5:30pm

... America, and elsewhere across the globe have driven a record-high 60 million people from their homes. Half of these refugees and internally ... in Europe. The tragedies borne of their desperation— from...

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Immigration

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Children, Youth and Families

The Century Foundation Releases Report on Charter Schools and District Integration

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09/16/2015

... poor-performing school districts are very limited— a major problem that has persisted since the civil rights ... without Borders: Using Inter-district Charter Schools as a Tool for Regional...

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Jessie Smith Noyes At Top of the List of Family Foundations Who Fund Social Justice Work

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10/07/2015

... sector in funding social justice initiatives, a report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ... justice efforts, compared with 14 percent for the sector as a...

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NYS Health Foundation Publishes Report on Expanding Health Insurance Access for New Yorkers

Release Date:

10/13/2015

... in October 2013. Comprising community-based organizations from across the State, the Enrollment Network serves all New ... third enrollment period poised to open this November 1st, a new report by NYSHealth...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science. The study from University of Chicago psychologists Sian Beilock and Susan Levine shows a marked increase in math achievement among children whose ... Bedtime Math was...

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Children, Youth and Families

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