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How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

Release Date:

06/25/2014

By Kevin Jennings, Executive Director , Arcus Foundation This post also appears on the ... hear is talk among my fellow grant makers about wanting to fund innovation, yet this wise, experienced,...

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UHF Honors 63 Health Care Quality Improvement Leaders at Tribute to Excellence Today

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07/15/2020

... NEW YORK, NY—July 13, 2020—United Hospital Fund (UHF) today honored 63 extraordinary quality improvement ... Services of Long Island Rita A. Jermyn , MD, FACC, Director , Center for Advanced Cardiac...

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18 Jan 2018

Bringing a Racial Equity Lens to Capacity Building

Thursday, January 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... play in philanthropy. We will also hear from a nonprofit executive and a funder about efforts to bring a racial equity ... work, from the perspective of a funder and nonprofit executive . Systemic,...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Achmat Dangor to Lead Its South Africa Office

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04/01/2013

... various sectors in South Africa, including as the founding Executive Director of the Kagiso Trust, leadership of the Secretariat ... and Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Children’s...

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09 Apr 2014

Shaping the Nature of Work in the New Economy

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 2:45pm

... for the next new one. Presenters Vanessa Bransburg, Director of Cooperative Development, Center for Family Life George Goehl, Executive Director , National People's Action Gerald Hudson...

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13 Jan 2016

Using Research Evidence to Catalyze Change in Youth Services

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... for evidence-based practice Presenters Chitra Aiyar, Executive Director , The Sadie Nash Leadership Project Keith Hefner, ... Peguero (Moderator) , Executive Director , Andrus...

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Joan Colello Named Trustee Emeritus, Fatima Shama and Kenneth Halcom Join Pinkerton Foundation Board

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02/27/2019

... on The Pinkerton Foundation Board of Trustees, former Executive Director and Board Secretary Joan Colello has decided to ... and is currently Executive Director of the Fresh...

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20 Apr 2020

Living with Dignity and Community in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Monday, April 20, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... funders. Speakers Antonia (Toni) Lasicki , Outgoing Executive Director , Association for Community Living Laura Mascuch , Executive Director , Supportive Housing Network of...

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17 Jan 2013

A Holistic Approach to Education Reform in Brooklyn’s Community School District 16

Thursday, January 17, 2013 -

7:30am to 10:30am

... York Foundation . Presenters Dr. Edward Fergus , Deputy Director , Metropolitan Center for Urban Education at New York ... Brooklyn Community Foundation Mark Winston Griffith , Executive Director...

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09 Mar 2016

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: NYSED Commissioner & Innovative Workforce Strategies for Youth and Young Adults at the National Level

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Implications for New York City. Presenters Fred Dedrick, Executive Director , National Fund for Workforce Solutions Laurie Dien, Vice President - ...

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27 Sep 2016

Healing from and Preventing Conflict: The Unique Power of the Arts

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Advisor, Fresh Sound Foundation & Common Sense Fund Christina Mallie , Project Director and Co-Founder, Colors of Connection Phloeun Prim , Executive Director , Cambodian...

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13 Sep 2018

TRANSformational Grantmaking: Understanding Gender Identity to Increase Impact

Thursday, September 13, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... that address TGNC issues Presenters J. Bob Alotta , Executive Director , Astraea Foundation Cecilia Gentili , Director of ... Judy Yu , Program Officer, SOGI, Wellspring Philanthropic ...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez As New Program Officer

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04/17/2019

... said Lori Villarosa, Hazen board chair and Founder & Executive Director of the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity. ... committee of the DREAM.US Undocumented Youth Scholarship Fund...

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15 May 2024

Securing Our People, Securing the Future - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

... of the movement ecosystem Speakers Abed Ayoub , National Executive Director , American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Nana ... Joél Junior Morales , Foundation Manager, Contigo Fund...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Two New Board Members

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05/08/2019

... as well as to US-Africa relations. He is the chief executive officer of the Africa-America Institute (AAI), a ... an investment banker and senior advisor, and as a board director for a number of highly...

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The Rauschenberg Foundation Is Launching Emergency Medical Grants for Artists Who Need Help Paying for Healthcare

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03/11/2020

... is meant to carry on its founding principles, said the director of the Rauschenberg Foundation, Kathy Halbreich. The ... experiences. “For many artists,” said Michael Royce, executive director...

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Philanthropy Must Act Now — Vulnerable Communities Can’t Afford to “Wait and See”

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04/01/2025

... Afford to “Wait and See” By: Mark Foggin, Interim Executive Director , and Kerry Sesil, Vice President For Resource ... Mark Foggin and Kerry Sesil are, respectively, the interim executive...

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Rauch Foundation Appoints Jennifer Marino Rojas as Vice President of Grants and Operations

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01/01/2013

... For the past five years, Rojas has served as Deputy Executive Director , and Long Island Coordinator, for the Children's Defense Fund - New York. There, she worked with the ...

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