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Jeremy Tennenbaum Joins Altman Foundation as Chief Financial Officer

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06/04/2012

The Altman Foundation is pleased to announce that Jeremy Tennenbaum has joined their staff as ... Development and Strategic Planning for Seagate Technology in Scotts Valley, California. He spent...

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Arcus Foundation Appoints Annette Lanjouw Interim Executive Director

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04/02/2012

The Arcus Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Annette Lanjouw as its Interim ... Executive Director. Lanjouw is a highly regarded expert in great ape conservation, having worked with chimpanzees,...

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Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D. Resigns as President of Foundation for Child Development

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08/22/2013

... of the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) announced that Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D., has resigned as President of the Foundation. Dr. Phillips will be returning to her faculty position at Georgetown...

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Children, Youth and Families

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21 Jun 2012

Funders of Women and Girls Network Lunch

Thursday, June 21, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC

... (FWG) is an emerging partnership of funders committed to increasing awareness of, and investment in , the needs of women and girls in New York City. FWG seeks to build a...

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20 Sep 2012

Luncheon Program with John Feather, Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, September 20, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... Feather will discuss his first year leading Grantmakers in Aging and GIA plans for the coming year and beyond. John ... new initiative with implications for the way people age in communities throughout the...

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Issue-Based

09 May 2013

Over the River and Through the Woods: Geographic Dispersion in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 9, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

... members living far apart, what steps can families take to build family identity and the bonds that once evolved naturally from living in close proximity? How can family members whose lives...

13 Jun 2013

Disaster Grantmaking and Preparedness: The Role of Family Philanthropy

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

Usually, disasters bring out the best in people. Donations to charities surge as television coverage increases. ... philanthropy and corporations. Yet we know from experience that both...

Christine Rhee Joins the Wallace Foundation

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12/11/2013

... Program Officer for the Arts. Rhee joined the foundation in November 2013 and brings to the role experience in philanthropy, nonprofit arts administration and for-profit ...

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Arts

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American Express

Vali Nasr Becomes Opinion Contributor for The New York Times

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10/17/2013

... of Vali Nasr , a Rockefeller Brothers Fund trustee, to its roster of opinion contributors. Dr. Nasr is one of ... Read the Poynter article, " New York Times adds members to editorial board as new...

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Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem

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03/03/2014

... Problem, with the goal of revolutionizing our ability to calculate and understand the properties of molecules and solids important in chemistry, physics and everyday life. The Simons ... the most exciting new...

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Technology

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Arcus Foundation Launches Online Resource Exploring Human Relationships with Other Animals

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04/22/2014

... promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today the launch of www.PoliticsOfSpecies.com , an online resource that takes a look at the way humans regard and interact with .....

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Animal Welfare

Sean Gibbons Named Communications Network Executive Director

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04/28/2014

The Communication’s Network announced that Sean Gibbons will be their new executive director ... 3. Gibbons was previously at Third Way, a think tank in D.C. focused on advancing moderate policies and ideas, .....

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Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site

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05/16/2014

... collaboratively by the Simons Foundation and Autism Speaks to collect, store and distribute brain tissue resources ... its treatments and its causes. To date, research has shown that the...

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Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

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06/17/2014

Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy A new light rail line--called the "Green Line"-- that connects the downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis for ... Amy Kenyon,...

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Community Development

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Ford Foundation

Three Named Winners For Best Green Business Ideas In Western Balkans

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07/31/2014

Three Named Winners For Best Green Business Ideas In Western Balkans The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has ... for Green Ideas competition, a program it co-sponsors to encourage business ideas that...

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Environment and Climate Change

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NoVo Co-President Peter Buffett Uses New Notoriety to Champion Women and Girls Around the World

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10/10/2014

NoVo Co-President Peter Buffett Uses New Notoriety to Champion Women and Girls Around the World For most of ... life: marriage, kids, a low-profile music career. That all changed in 2006 when his...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and JPB Foundation Among Funders Fighting Type 1 Diabetes

Release Date:

10/10/2014

... Researchers from Harvard announced Thursday a breakthrough in treating type 1 diabetes with stem cells. Published in ... needed for transplant; the researchers were able to manufacture beta...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Lead Coalition to Get Low-Income Students Through College

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10/28/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies to Lead Coalition to Get Low-Income Students Through College ... which it can be held accountable. Today, only about one in three top-performing students from the bottom...

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Education

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GIH Elects Jacqueline Martinez Garcel to Board of Directors

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12/04/2014

GIH Elects Jacqueline Martinez Garcel to Board of Directors Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce that Antony Chiang, Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, Garth Graham, ...

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Elizabeth Leiman Kraiem Joins Guttman Foundation Board of Directors

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01/22/2015

... The Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Leiman Kraiem has joined the board of ... of the Nathan Cummings Foundation and worked several years in Jewish...