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Ford Foundation Hires Michelle Obama’s Aide

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04/17/2015

... Aide Kristen Jarvis, a longtime special assistant to First Lady Michelle Obama, takes on a newly created ... Walker, the grant maker’s president. She begins on May 4 . Ms. Jarvis began working with the Obamas...

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Using All of a Foundation’s Assets for Mission (F. B. Heron Foundation)

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01/07/2016

... for Mission (F. B. Heron Foundation) For foundations in the future to be effective, they need to use all of their resources ... Clara Miller, president of the F.B. Heron Foundation. ...

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Rita Allen Foundation Funds Study to Understand Rejection of Climate Change

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04/27/2016

Rita Allen Foundation Funds Study to Understand Rejection of Climate Change Climate Central, a ... climate change, has joined several other scientific groups in a study that seeks to...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Youth Crime Prevention Program

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04/29/2016

... is more than what the name implies. It’s a misconception to think the organization’s primary focus is removing guns from the streets. In fact, Memphis Gun Down exists to prevent the city’s...

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New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx

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04/29/2016

New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx Thanks to a $600,000 grant from the New York ... Matters brought its program to improve reading instruction in...

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Carnegie President Credited In Co-Creation of Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity

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04/29/2016

Carnegie President Credited In Co-Creation of Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity On behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors, the Aurora Prize for...

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Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69

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07/12/2016

... on June 30 of endometrial cancer at her home in East Hampton, N.Y., at 69, writes The New York Times. ... Bernstein started as a program officer with the foundation in 1983 and went on to...

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Here Are Mellon's Goals for Liberal Arts Education

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09/13/2016

... higher education vertical know we've devoted a lot of ink to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's "big vision" for the ... this funder is hugely important given its large footprint in higher...

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A Look at Open Society’s Ongoing Commitment to Human Rights in the Post-Election Environment

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11/28/2016

A Look at Open Society’s Ongoing Commitment to Human Rights in the Post-Election Environment The Open Society Foundations ... well as the darkest strains of human nature. Its earliest grants went...

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Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation

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03/13/2017

Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation Working alongside Democracy Fund and ... seeks ideas on “topics ranging from, but not limited to , the role of algorithms in...

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Basic Science Funders – Including Simons Foundation - Ask, "How Do We Know if Our Giving is Working?"

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06/05/2017

... Generally speaking, foundations want to know what their grants are accomplishing, or whether they should be putting ... a lot of work—some of the most important and effective in the long term...

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OSF Explores Using Blockchain Technology to Help Migrants

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01/26/2018

OSF Explores Using Blockchain Technology to Help Migrants OSF awarded a $100,000 grant to the Center for Human Rights Science at Carnegie Mellon ... is exploring using blockchain and other new technologies...

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The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Funds Construction of New Playground

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07/23/2018

... Orion Township with a “Build it with KaBOOM!” grant to be used to construct a playground at Camp Agawam. The community will have a chance to give their input on their dream playground during...

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24 Oct 2011

Taking the Next Steps Toward a Greater Collective Impact

Monday, October 24, 2011 - 8:45am to Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 9:30am

... Kania on Collective Impact, a new approach first featured in the Winter 2011 Issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. To utilize a Collective Impact approach: a group of ... agenda for solving a...

The 2013 Nonprofit Excellence Award Winners

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11/21/2013

... New York (and sponsored by New York Magazine and WNYC ) to honor outstanding management practices and encourage ... nonprofit community. The Children's Village , which works in partnership with families...

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Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

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10/03/2014

Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek Judith Rodin is the president of the ... ranks only 16th in assets among U.S. charities, according to the Foundation Center. She said...

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RPA, Ford, MasterCard Foundation Among Funders Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development

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11/20/2014

... As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) come to a close and the global aid community embarks on the ... to better understand the opportunities for engaging in global development goal...

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Nonprofit Excellence Awards Go to Leake & Watts, Row New York, and Graham Windham

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11/21/2014

Nonprofit Excellence Awards Go to Leake & Watts, Row New York, and Graham Windham ... recognize outstanding management practices of nonprofits in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester. The ... of...

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NYSHealth Releases First-Ever Payment Reform Scorecard

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05/01/2015

... Innovation Plan (SHIP). DSRIP’s primary purpose is to restructure the health care delivery and payment systems through reinvesting in the Medicaid program. Similarly, a key goal of the SHIP is to...

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Newman's Own Strives to Improve Military Quality of Life

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09/03/2015

... were presented to six non-profit organizations for their innovative programs to improve military quality of life. ... received the highest honor and a $50,000 award. Located in...

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