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"Ruptured Silence" is a new media and dance performance that examines contemporary perspectives about the confederate flag, a bygone symbol, and its usage as an intimidation tool.

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NoVo Foundation Leaders Talk About Aversion to Measurement

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12/10/2015

As the non-profit funding sector focuses increasingly on numbers, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, co-directors of the NoVo Foundation, seek to counter that trend. The hyper-focus on measurement ignores what truly motivates people to give away large...

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The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down

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01/15/2016

... said Lena O. Townsend, the foundation’s executive director . “The most we ever had was back in around 2000, ...

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Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club

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03/30/2016

... Generous-Parental-Leave Club Sandra Schwarzer, global director of human resources at Open Society Foundations, one ...

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Lee Wasserman Fights Climate Change with Rockefeller Funds

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04/18/2016

... Wasserman Fights Climate Change with Rockefeller Funds As director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, a New York–based ...

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What Makes for an Effective Program Officer?

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12/08/2016

Essential Skills and Strategies (ESS): Tools and Techniques for Effective Practice is an intensive peer learning program we offer each January to program officers and directors newer to the philanthropic sector

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12 Jul 2017

Service for Impact

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9:00am to 11:00am

... volunteerism. Presenters Meghan B. Bracken , National Director , Corporate Responsibility, KPMG Ray Johnson, Vice ...

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Mellon Mays Fellow Discusses New Book About an Enslaved Woman’s Escape from Nation's First President

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03/08/2017

... of Delaware. Since 2011, she has also served as inaugural director of the program in African American history at ...

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Nicky McIntyre Begins Tenure as CEO of Foundation for a Just Society

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07/03/2017

... officer. Nicky joins FJS after ten years as the executive director of Mama Cash in the Netherlands, where she oversaw ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data

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04/26/2017

... past year, says Jeff Carter, Innovation Team's executive director . "Instagram was phase one, and we would never have .....

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AARP, Commonwealth Fund Release State Scorecard on Long-Term Services and Supports for Seniors

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06/15/2017

... Susan Reinhard, R.N., Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Director , AARP Public Policy Institute. “The proposed cuts ...

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Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

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07/26/2017

... Martha Olson and Susan Knapp. Abe is a former Budget Director of the City of New York and is currently Senior ...

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Doris Duke Foundation Awards 17 Physician Scientists DDCF’s 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/27/2017

... their patients’ lives,” said Betsy Myers, program director for medical research at DDCF. “At this crucial ...

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At Rockefeller Forum, Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste

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09/21/2017

... reflect product's shelf life," said Katherine Neebe, Director for Sustainability at Walmart. "I commend CGF for ... confusion for consumers," said Peter Freedman, Managing Director of The...