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Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA

Release Date:

10/26/2015

... QA Want to know more about the Ford Foundation’ s new focus on inequality? Have questions about how we’re ... social justice problems? On Wednesday, October 28, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET), Ford Foundation...

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Ford Foundation

21 Jun 2016

Diverse Boards: Moving Beyond Rhetoric

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Many nonprofits and philanthropies embrace the values and goals of inclusiveness, ... Some have had challenges identifying appropriate leaders from less familiar communities. Some have had challenges ... and...

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Roundtable Discussion

Workshop

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

Board & Trustees

Executive Leadership

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Governance

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Co-Sponsored by Simmons Foundation, New Report Examines Immigrants, Refugees and the Future of Texas

Release Date:

07/11/2016

... home. One in three children in Texas—most of whom are U. S . citizens—has a foreign-born parent, and the state’ s foreign-born population is growing six times faster than ... determining Texas’ long-term...

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Immigration

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The Simmons Foundation

Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa

Release Date:

09/23/2016

... $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $10 million grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute to expand its women' s economic development program in Rwanda...

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Gender Justice

International/Foreign Affairs

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

John A. Hartford Foundation Supports Report on Disconnect Between Docs and Patients On Advance Planning

Release Date:

12/08/2016

... failed to do so effectively, according to a new report from a trio of healthcare foundations. Both patients and ...

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Health

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Sarah Williams and Ella Gudwin Share Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

Release Date:

01/20/2017

Founder-led organizations go through many stages – from idea to execution to scaling impact. And it’ s not always seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and ...

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After the Q&A

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Propel Capital

New Leader, New Era: Rockefeller Foundation Plots Its Course

Release Date:

04/27/2017

... and served under President Obama as director of the U. S . Agency for International Development, which distributes ... groups and used loan guarantees to attract financing from banks and businesses for big...

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Caught Our Attention

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’ s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism The Guardian, three years removed from a Pulitzer Prize that helped spur the British newspaper’...

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Skoll Foundation

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Ford Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

New Bloomberg-backed Report Highlights Opportunities to Finance Urban Water Projects

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... 89 water management projects, according to a new report from international non-profit CDP with infrastructure firm AECOM and backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies . . . New Bloomberg-backed Report Highlights ...

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Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Patrick Gaspard, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

09/13/2017

Patrick Gaspard, Former U. S . Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at ... investor George Soros on Monday said a former U. S . ambassador to South Africa will become the new acting ... Mr. Soros, a...

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Appointments & Transitions

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations

20 Nov 2013

Power of Giving Arts Forum: Arts and the Millennial Generation

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 -

7:30am to 10:30am

Con Edison Headquarters

... How can we, as funders and providers, encourage today’ s 20-somethings to become the future audiences, donors, ... Foundation Sheetal Prajapati , Associate Educator, Public Programs, Museum of Modern Art Casey...

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Issue-Based

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Arts

Ana Marie Argilagos Named HIP’s New President

Release Date:

12/15/2017

Ana Marie Argilagos Named HIP’ s New President Hispanics in Philanthropy announced today ... chosen Ana Marie Argilagos as the organization’ s president. Ana Marie, currently a senior advisor at the ... on January...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Hispanics in Philanthropy

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Joins More Than 80 Philanthropic Leaders to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

02/15/2018

... meeting that brought together philanthropic leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States, more than 80 ...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Salesforce Issues Grant to NYC Department of Education to Advance Equity and Opportunity

Release Date:

12/18/2019

... Futures and Options. We sat down with Salesforce’ s Chief Philanthropy Officer Ebony Beckwith to hear more ... and opportunity in New York City, where Salesforce’ s presence is growing. First, I’m excited to...

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Member News

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Education

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Salesforce

The Century Foundation Adds New Fellows

Release Date:

01/01/2013

... “The Century Foundation works every day to shape the public dialogue and influence policy choices by offering ... received her Ph.D. in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University. Edward...

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Appointments & Transitions

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William T. Grant Foundation

Far Rockaway Leaders Look Ahead

Release Date:

02/12/2013

... I was part of a small delegation (that included staff from the United Way of New York City , the New York ... we listened to their ideas about youth leadership, public education and community-police relations...

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16 Jan 2013

Service for Impact Meeting

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 -

8:00am to 10:30am

... hunger or higher education, investments in a nonprofit’ s ability to maximize the time and expertise of volunteers ... provide a high return on that investment. A study from the TCC Group found that "when...

Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing

Release Date:

06/09/2015

... of those loans. Aeris expects to be collecting data from 250 loan funds by 2018. Joining Aeris is the Global ...

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Community Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

MetLife

Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge

Release Date:

09/14/2015

... delivered a campaign-style speech to hundreds of the city' s wealthiest business leaders. "I realize Mayor de Blasio ... sometimes gets picked on unfairly," she said, to laughter from the crowd...