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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

by Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation This piece was originally sent as an email to Ford Foundation staff prior to the official launch and ... to feel good about this emerging consensus. The Ford ...

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Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m

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04/16/2019

... philanthropic organization Salesforce.org in a $300 million all-cash deal. The deal , announced today, will see ... corporation to a business corporation, with the $300 million going to the Salesforce.com...

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PNY Members Named to Commission Examining Closures of Nonprofits

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03/10/2015

... Graduate School of Public Service Douglas Bauer, The Clark Foundation Antony Bugg-Levine, Nonprofit Finance Fund Joel Copperman, CASES Don Crocker, Support Center for ...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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A Change is Gonna Come: Supporting Our Partners through Leadership Transitions

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09/30/2020

... By: Liz Sak, Executive Director, Cricket Island Foundation . This article was originally published by the ... What’s Next The board and staff of the Cricket Island Foundation decided that we would dedicate...

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In A Shift In Giving, JPMorgan Chase Focusing On Economic Growth

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07/13/2014

... A major shift is taking place at the JPMorgan Chase Foundation as it moves away from "broad-based giving" to a ... Beginning in December, JPMorgan announced a $250- million work-force-readiness...

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Why Pickleball?

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05/04/2017

... Fong, Communications Associate , The New York State Health Foundation Last month, a New York Post article highlighted the possible $ 1 billion funding cut to prevention and public health under ... out what...

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Serious Policy Between Our Two Ferns

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04/23/2014

... The fast approaching CEO Interview with Wallace Foundation President Will Miller on April 30 promises to ... our education system and new approaches to supporting the arts . This is the second time that Surdna...

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Federal Judge Sides With TCF Against DeVos's Education Department

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02/20/2018

... a hearing for Thursday, February 22, on The Century Foundation ’s (TCF) lawsuit seeking the release of ACICS’ ... and capriciously.” It continues: “Absent emergency relief , TCF will be...

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What It Takes: Supporting New BIPOC Executives

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05/19/2021

... New BIPOC Executives By: Bipasha Ray, New Executives Fund Project Director, Open Society Fellowship Program, Open ... Heard and Jennifer Ching, Executive Director of North Star Fund – as well as with Jill...

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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

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9:00am to 11:00am

... Since 2001, the Workforce Funders have pooled over $10.2 million for demonstration, capacity building and policy ... Presenters Fred Dedrick, Executive Director, National Fund for Workforce Solutions Laurie...

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In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize

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11/12/2015

... Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize In January, our foundation put out a call to anyone in America with a ... innovators? As a family foundation , the J.M. Kaplan Fund has supported early-stage...

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Hilton, Tow, Surdna and Edna McConnell Clark Noted as Important Funders for Foster Youth

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01/08/2016

... opportunities that other kids get. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is worth watching closely in the next few years on ...

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Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

... there are good reasons to look beyond the traditional foundation structure. The LLC is a much better vehicle for ... to 501(c)3 groups, which are paid out of a donor-advised fund housed at the Silicon Valley...

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10 Jan 2024

Fair Representation in Redistricting - Reimagining Redistricting Virtual Briefing

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... Angela Cheng, Senior Program Officer, Democracy, The JPB Foundation Bonnie Kwon, Policy Officer, W. K. Kellogg ... Rao , Managing Director of Movement and Media, Democracy Fund Erica Teasley Linnick, Vice...

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Philanthropy's Difficult Dance With Inequality

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07/08/2015

... This may seem surprising in the wake of the Ford Foundation 's recent announcement that it will refocus 100 ... its forms," but perhaps it shouldn't. Out of close to four million grants made by...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Changes to Philanthropy New York Staff: Nur Ibrahim and Katy Toolin Depart, Nicholas Collins Named New Executive Coordinator

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07/01/2013

We are sad to announce that longtime Philanthropy New York employees Nur ... Board for its current term. Nick holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts as well as a B.A. in Human Resources Management from ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies Introduces 2020 Fellows for Racial Equity

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08/03/2020

... change is more urgent than ever. We’re excited to announce the 2020 class of Atlantic Fellows - 20 dynamic ...

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Measuring What Matters

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04/24/2019

... when I joined the ranks of philanthropy overseeing a $3.5 million fund to find that grant reports like these were read, ... Even when they do evaluate aspects of their work, many foundation...

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