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The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2022 Distinguished Scholars

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02/02/2022

... competition, are exploring important problems of violence in the world. The Distinguished Scholars are investigating a ... previously known as the Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Grants , highest priority was...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Catalina Devandas Aguilar to Board of Trustees

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06/15/2022

... on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Prior to that , Devandas Aguilar worked at organizations such as the ... of Economic and Social Affairs. She was also instrumental in the work...

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Historian O’Connor Comments on New Ford Foundation Strategy

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08/04/2015

... O’Connor Comments on New Ford Foundation Strategy In addition to her extensive publishing track record of books ... As NPQ Newswire readers remember, Walker has announced that the Ford...

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You Can't Hack Trust

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06/17/2019

... and family philanthropy is no different. While we live in an age of disruption, instantaneous global communication and rapid solutions , some things simply cannot be achieved via ... intimate knowledge ...

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Sample Job Descriptions: Communications Director

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10/2013

The following jobs descriptions for communications director professionals were previously posted on PNY's Jobs Board. We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site.

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PNY Members Fund Youth Slam Poetry

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09/24/2014

... Poetry The empowering nature of slamming, and the ways that empowerment can translate into other spheres of life, ... explain why a group of funders are putting up some $10 million over the next seven years...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arts

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Wallace Foundation Hopes New Initiative Will Better Prepare Principals

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12/12/2016

... say they are hoping to reproduce nationwide through a $47 million partnership launched this summer between the ... school principals. Officials with the foundation say that the five-year...

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LaVerne Evans Srinivasan named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corporation

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03/25/2014

... a diverse track record of effective education leadership that includes serving as a Deputy Chancellor of the New York ... and school leaders are recruited, prepared, and supported in an era of higher standards...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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JPMorgan Plans to Unveil a Program for Job Skills

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12/11/2013

JPMorgan Chase's new $250 million initiative aims to close the "skills gap in in some of the largest United States and European job ... received a call earlier this...

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Rockefeller Foundation Helps Speed Up Development of Minigrids in Africa

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03/28/2017

... Foundation Helps Speed Up Development of Minigrids in Africa Development partners such as the U.K.’s ... GIZ are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to explore the potential for minigrids and ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Q&A: Rockefeller's Ashvin Dayal On Inclusive Growth

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07/18/2017

Q&A: Rockefeller's Ashvin Dayal On Inclusive Growth In late 2013, the Asian Development Bank and the Rockefeller ... Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund. Since then, the $160 million fund — supported by...

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19 Apr 2016

New York City Human Services Career Ladder Project

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... coalition spearheaded by these three groups secured $5 million in the City’s FY 2016 budget to support the initial ... Council Patricia Jenny (Moderator), Vice President for...

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09 May 2019

Newsrooms & Philanthropy: Is There a Shared Playbook for Impact and Social Change?

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9:00am to 11:00am

... funders seeking to amplify the causes they are investing in . Over the last several years, philanthropic support for ... found that the nonprofit news sector receives nearly...

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28 Jul 2021

Intersectional Justice: Migrants on the Frontline of Climate Change - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 -

1:30pm to 2:30pm

... homes, forcing many from the Global South to seek refuge in the United States and other countries. Meanwhile in the ... hazards where they live and work. We need policy that...

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Immigration

10 Nov 2021

Ranked Choice Voting in New York City: A Retrospective - A Webinar Hosted by Democracy Funders Network and PACE

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... Civic Engagement (PACE), who have extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a ... candidates, and increase civility between candidates. In June, nearly one million...

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Staff Promotions at Philanthropy New York

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02/27/2015

... Learning Services and Office Manager, respectively. In her position as Vice President of Members Services, ... currently serving on the New York Women's Foundation's Grants Advisory Committee. As...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation Mourns the Loss of CEO Susan L. Solomon

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09/09/2022

... Officer and Co-Founder, Susan L. Solomon, on September 8 th , shortly after she had stepped down as CEO, after a ... NYSCF. NYSCF is a New York-based non-profit organization that supports stem cell scientists...

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