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05 Jun 2014

Service for Impact

Thursday, June 5, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... harness the time and talent of colleagues at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet true community needs. ... grantmaking and volunteer programs, as well as how to measure the business and social...

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Volunteerism

Team Working on Suicide Prevention Wins Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge

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06/12/2014

... The suicide prevention group is exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, ... The Morgan Stanley team developed a cost-effective way to scale the program, recommending...

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Health

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Paula Moreno To Join Ford Foundation Board of Trustees; Kofi Appenteng Elected as Board Chair

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06/23/2014

Paula Moreno To Join Ford Foundation Board of Trustees; Kofi Appenteng ... Elected as Board Chair Paula Moreno has been named to the Ford Foundation's board of trustees and Kofi Appenteng ... law degree at...

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Kathleen Regan To Join Commonwealth Fund As Executive Vice President and COO

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07/09/2014

Kathleen Regan To Join Commonwealth Fund As Executive Vice President and COO ... E. Craig, Jr. She will join the foundation in November to facilitate a smooth transition. Regan has three decades ... equity, and...

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Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Robert Garris Heads to Schwarzman Scholars

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08/27/2014

... Foundation Managing Director Robert Garris Heads to Schwarzman Scholars Robert Garris, former Managing ... convening thought leaders from around the world to address contemporary global challenges. Prior...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Foundations Invest Nearly $2 Million to Improve New York City Schools

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09/10/2014

New York City Foundations Invest Nearly $2 Million to Improve Local Schools A new consortium of New York ... and the William T. Grant Foundation—has joined forces to invest in the Research Alliance for New York...

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Rockefeller's Edwin Torres Joins the de Blasio Administration

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09/16/2014

... has helped supply over $800,000 in goods and services to art-making through on-line barter; increase artists' ... NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development to partner with...

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Lisa Frantzen Joins TCC Group as Senior Consultant

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12/02/2014

... Practice. She will be based in New York City. Lisa will partner with our clients and their stakeholders across the country to design and conduct practical and strategic evaluations consistent with the firm...

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NEO Philanthropy Promotes Melinda Fine to Vice President

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01/14/2015

NEO Philanthropy Promotes Melinda Fine to Vice President Melinda Fine, NEO Philanthropy's former ... for Public Education Reform Fund (CPER), has been promoted to the position of Vice President. This newly-...

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New Chair and Vice-Chair for Noyes Foundation Board

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02/11/2015

... Chair of the Noyes Foundation Board. She is a Trustee and Partner with Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge in Boston, with a ... economics play in driving conservation policy, she decided to pursue a career in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Social Justice

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

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02/20/2015

... Foundation This piece was originally sent as an email to Ford Foundation staff prior to the official launch and announcement of the Coalition for ... is made up of players that some might expect would never...

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Justice Reform

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06 May 2015

Community Food Funders Annual Gathering

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 -

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Join us at the CFF Annual Gathering to celebrate another year of organizing funders to transform our regional food system! We encourage your ... key levers of change for food in our region, what we need to...

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All Funders

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Food Systems

City Year Receives $2.5 Million Grant from the New York Life Foundation

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06/16/2015

... nonprofit organization that helps students to stay in school and on track to graduation, announced today that it will standardize and ... to welcome New York Life as City Year’s newest...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair

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06/17/2015

... as Board Chair William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce Russell Pennoyer as the new Chair of the Board of ... served in the role since 2009. Pennoyer, a senior advisor to Brittany Capital Group,...

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New Leadership at the Pershing Square Foundation

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10/08/2015

... programs and impact have grown. Paul will moving on to new initiatives outside the Foundation at year end. Olivia ... and grants that have tackled issues from education to healthcare, immigration, and justice...

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MetLife Foundation Supports Expansion of Green Schoolyard Initiative

Release Date:

10/20/2015

... can play and learn,” said Mayor Nutter. “Thanks to the hard work of our City departments and our partners, we celebrate the work at hand as well as the work ahead to support more green schoolyards and play...

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Community Development

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Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed

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10/22/2015

... House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed Bill Keller, Editor-in-Chief of The ... leaders. The focus of the discussion will be how to make America’s law enforcement, courts...

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Simons Foundation Recognizes spectrUM as a National Model on STEM Engagement

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10/26/2015

... The University of Montana spectrUM Discovery Area and its partner on the Flathead Indian Reservation, SciNation, have ... Understanding of Science. The award recognizes dedication to communicating science...

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