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In this short video, Westermann and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker discuss why the effort to survey art museums on the diversity of their employees was critical.

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19 Jun 2019

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Wednesday, June 19, 2019 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... Legal Boundaries and Opportunities Sean Delany , Executive Director , Lawyers Alliance for New York Explore Relevant ... Your Impact With 501(c)(4)s Lukas Haynes , Executive Director , The David Rockefeller Fund...

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11 Dec 2018

Impact Investing in the Arts 101: Building Your Funding Tool Box

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... their own practice Presenters Daniel Gallant , Executive Director , Nuyorican Poets Cafe Gina Gibney , CEO & Artistic Director , Gibney Dance John Oddy , Senior Philanthropic Director ,...

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Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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01/15/2019

The Markle Foundation is pleased to announce that Steven Denning has been elected to its Board of Directors.

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Ford Foundation Appoints Nishka Chandrasoma as Vice President and General Counsel

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04/04/2019

The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Nishka Chandrasoma as its next vice president, secretary, and general counsel of the foundation.

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17 Jun 2020

Building Powerful Advocacy Movements: Crisis and Opportunity

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... to policy needs Speakers Chai Jindasurat , Policy Director , Nonprofit New York Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, Co- Director , Building Movement Project Michelle Yanche , Executive Director , Good...

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The Covenant Foundation Announces New Grants to Support Jewish Education, to be Disbursed in 2022

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01/12/2022

The Covenant Foundation announced $1.7 million in new grants

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Chair Peter O. Lawson-Johnston Passes Gavel to Longtime Board Member Peter Lawson-Johnston II

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06/21/2023

... title of chair emeritus . The board has elected longtime director Peter Lawson-Johnston II, to succeed him. Peter ... elected Peter Lawson-Johnston II, who has served as a director since 1984, as its new chair...

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11 Apr 2018

Foundation Effectiveness: What It Takes

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Foundation effectiveness is deceptively difficult. Drawing on the latest Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) research, as well as CEP’s experience working with hundreds of foundation clients, Phil Buchanan will explain what it takes.

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $5 Million to Evaluate Virtual Diabetes Specialty Clinic Model

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08/10/2020

The grant to the Jaeb Center for Health Research Foundation will be used to evaluate the efficacy of a virtual specialty clinic model for improving clinical and psychosocial outcomes for people with diabetes.

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21 Oct 2020

A Peek into the Cloudy Crystal Ball Reality of Health and Human Service Budgets

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

A straightforward look at budget realities—on the federal, state, and local level—is a first step for philanthropy to develop a thoughtful, practical, and needed response, both as a sector and as individual foundations. Come hear from experts from...

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24 Apr 2025

Considering the Future: Blending Fiction and Reality

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10:00am to 11:30am

Join us for a dynamic fireside chat blending imaginative visions of the future with bold, practical approaches in a year critical for multilaterlaism and international cooperation. Our speakers will examine the "logic of the past" versus the "logic...

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Understanding Muslim America

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08/11/2011

Our February 14th members briefing—sponsored by the Daphne Foundation, the New York Foundation, the North Star Fund, the Open Society Foundations, the Proteus Fund, and the Trinity Church Parish Grants Program—provided our members with an...

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CECP Announces 2013 Excellence Awards in Corporate Philanthropy

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02/26/2013

The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy awarded its Chairman's Award to IBM for the Smarter Cities Challenge, a three-year, $50 million competitive grant program to make cities around the world smarter and more livable.

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Target Hands Decision on $5-Million Schools Gift to Online Voters

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08/15/2013

... its “Give With Target” campaign. (Target President of Community Relations Laysha Ward is also quoted in the ...

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Red Cross Awards $1 Million to Staten Island Foundation for Sandy Recovery Efforts

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08/14/2013

... Hurricane Sandy Nonprofit Recovery Fund and help support community -based organizations providing home repairs for ...

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Philanthropists Lay Out Education Priorities

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11/21/2013

... Ford Foundation Program Officer Fred Frelow and New York Community Trust Program Officer Shawn Morehead previewed the ...

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Dodge Foundation Awards $4.4 Million In Grants For Arts, Education, Environment, Media

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07/16/2014

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation recently approved $4.4 million in 90 grants to arts, education, environment and media nonprofit organizations throughout New Jersey.