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

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08/22/2013

The Board of the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) announced that Deborah A. Phillips, Ph. D ., has resigned as President of the Foundation . Dr. Phillips ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford, Rockefeller Offer Templates for Guiding CEO Transitions at Big Foundations

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03/07/2017

... next high-profile gig as the president of the Rockefeller Foundation in March, taking the reins from Judith Rodin. She ... announcement last month that Shah, 43, will lead the foundation , is the latest sign of...

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Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund

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03/22/2010

Like many funders, the F.B. Heron Foundation experienced a decline in its charitable assets during the past two years. At the same time, the Foundation recognized that many of its grantees had ... wealth for low-...

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Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic

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04/21/2016

Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic The U.S. Education Secretary John King is frustrated by what he describes as the ... about how to integrate schools. Speaking...

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Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National History Teacher of the Year Award

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03/13/2015

... has been a teacher for 21 years and has taught history at John Glenn High School in the Wayne-Westland Community ... in history both from Eastern Michigan University. Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National...

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The New York Women’s Foundation and Ms. Foundation Announce Year Two Results of $100M Collective Fund

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03/26/2018

The New York Women’s Foundation and Ms. Foundation Announce Year Two Results of ... women’s foundations located in 26 states and Washington, D .C., to announce Year 2 Two (2017) results of its...

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Patrick Gaspard, Open Society Foundations and Maria Torres Springer, Ford Foundation Named to NYC Fair Recovery Taskforce

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04/26/2020

... Open Society Foundations and Maria Torres Springer, Ford Foundation , Named to NYC Fair Recovery Taskforce NEW YORK ... Force include: Patrick Gaspard , President, Open Society Foundation Jennifer Jones Austin...

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Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk

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05/13/2020

... most at risk from the threat of climate change,” said Catherine Cax, SEDF’s director of investments. “We hope ...

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19 Oct 2015

Learning From Transformational Women Leaders: Leymah Gbowee & Sophia Bracy Harris

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

... of Child Care Centers of Alabama (FOCAL) ; Fellow, John D . and Catherine T . MacArthur Foundation Michael Seltzer ...

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New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

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10/31/2014

... The Hive Digital Media Learning Fund was started by John D . and Catherine T . MacArthur Foundation and The New York Community ...

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Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact

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03/24/2017

Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact In 1917, businessman John Andrus decided to give away half his self-made fortune, ... Like most wealthy philanthropists, he named his new ...

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Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

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04/25/2016

Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders ... most influential people. A brief essay by Elton John credits Mr. Walker and his work with “changing the ... Mark Zuckerberg, Eli Broad, and Leonardo...

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04 Jun 2014

Expanding Education, Youth Development, and Workforce Opportunities Through Digital Badges

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

... have made commitments to use badges since the John D . and Catherine T . MacArthur Foundation , Mozilla, and the ...

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Greer Leaving Post as President and CEO of Nathan Cummings Foundation

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06/10/2014

Greer Leaving Post as President and CEO of Nathan Cummings Foundation Reported first yesterday by the Jewish Daily Forward , the Nathan Cummings Foundation confirmed today that Simon Greer, president and ... to...

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09 Apr 2013

Foundation Administrators Network: Making IT Decisions – Peer Case Studies

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

The Century Foundation, One Whitehall Street, 15th Fl., NYC

The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) creates a supportive ... IT decisions? What decision making process has or hasn’ t worked for your organization? We will use two topics - ... This Program is "...

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic ... of Europe’s largest foundations, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation —based, fittingly, in Greece—agreed to donate a ... medicine and...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/15/2018

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows The ... Richard Feynman and Murray Gell-Mann, and game theorist John Nash. Forty-five fellows have received a Nobel Prize in ... the National...

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Sloan Foundation Awards Fellowships to Four Georgia Tech, Emory Faculty

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03/12/2019

Sloan Foundation Awards Fellowships to Four Georgia Tech, Emory ... Richard Feynman and Murray Gell-Mann, and game theorist John Nash. Forty-seven fellows have received a Nobel Prize in ... received the National...

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