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Carnegie Corporation of New York Welcomes Three New Trustees

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06/22/2020

... Corporation of New York announced today that three new members have been named to its Board of ... of New Jersey. “Ms. Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for leading a women's...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Welcomes Four Seasoned Business and Philanthropy Professionals to its Board of Directors

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02/01/2013

... Steve and Adam are highly accomplished professionals in business and philanthropy and are all genuinely dedicated ... wide-ranging work and expertise, we’re very appreciative that each new board member will be...

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United Way of New York City Names Sheena Wright as New President & CEO

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10/01/2012

United Way of New York City has announced that Sheena Wright will be the new President and CEO, ... she will be the first woman to lead United Way of NYC in its 75-year history, and will succeed...

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Bruce Trachtenberg Stepping Down from Communications Network

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10/16/2013

... Director of the Communications Network , has announced that he will be stepping down from his position as of ... of the Communications Network Board of Directors, in a blog post on October 3. "He finds...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Catherine Rick Named Senior Advisor for Nursing Leadership at the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence

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12/11/2013

... more than 80,000 nursing personnel caring for nearly six million veterans annually.    Rick brings extensive experience in clinical, leadership and executive level healthcare roles ... Forces initiative...

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18 Dec 2014

Who Will Benefit from the President's Immigration Reforms? - Webinar

Thursday, December 18, 2014 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... November 20, 2014, President Obama announced a new policy that could allow nearly five million undocumented immigrants, mostly parents of U.S. ... policy and its far-reaching implications for immigrants...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board Elects Vicki L. Fuller as New Trustee

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02/08/2023

... the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced today that it has elected Vicki L. Fuller as a new Trustee, ... advisory assignments, Fuller will be a critical leader in RWJF’s mission of achieving health...

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Elevating Feminist Leadership and Thought on International Women's Day

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03/08/2023

... on March 6, 2023, by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. March 8 is International Women’s Day. First recognized by the United Nations in 1977, this global holiday celebrates women’s ... of International Women’s Day...

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Report About NYC’s Libraries Sparks New Proposal from Speaker Quinn

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04/05/2013

... H. Revson Foundation, documented the important role that public libraries play in communities across New York City. In April 2013, City ... Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced a new...

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ALA Unveils Shortlist for 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence

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04/06/2015

... for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year's ... nonfiction books written for adult readers and published in the U.S. As part of an...

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Finalists Selected for Bloomberg's C40 Cities Awards

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10/08/2015

... Group (C40) announced the 33 finalists competing in ten urban climate action categories for the third-annual ... Panel. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony to take place in...

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Start a Giving Circle This Summer

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06/15/2011

... ways we can help make it better. With the slight decrease in workload that comes during the season, this is perhaps the best time ... many people working together. For example, each year 10.9 million...

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A Commitment to Playwrights: The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program

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12/09/2014

... playwrights and help facilitate their New York debuts. In mid-2012, following the opening of the Claire Tow Theater ... life, several patterns became apparent. We discovered that there are many great programs...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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04 Oct 2019

Leading With Race Equity: Building Stronger Culture and Practice

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9:00am to 5:00pm

Intensive cohort training for organizations interested in building equitable practice Has your organization been ... grantmakers working to tackle inequality, it is important that we build a...

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Owning My Expertise & Embracing My Leadership

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02/10/2022

... Talking About Racism: A Collection, originally published in Nonprofit Wakanda Quarterly 's Winter 2021-2022 ... over and over again and I never forgot how powerful that exercise was. Years later, when I...

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PNY Adds Legal Series to Core Curriculum

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01/06/2016

... from PNY President Ronna Brown, published originally in the New York PhilanthroPost Monthly January 2016 edition. ... legal series with include: February 17 Legal Series : Grants to...

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Well-Told Stories Can Super-Power Social Change

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05/17/2016

... we want to see. Anthropologist Clifford Geertz posited that we each exist as “an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun.” Consciously ... empower the positive changes...

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Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Show Commitment to Next Generation of Progressive Philanthropists

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02/20/2018

... to protecting gains for women and the LGBTQ community, that has been a major part of the story. But the national ... it’s a highly politicized space that 's primed for growth in...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness

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03/03/2017

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness If ever there were a problem that might seem tailor-made for philanthropy, it's fighting ... capitalist George Gund in...

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