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Ford Foundation Appoints John W. Bernstein as Chief Operating Officer

Release Date:

11/07/2014

... foundation, succeeding Nicholas Gabriel, who will retire in January 2015 after 32 years of distinguished service. Mr. Bernstein brings to the Ford Foundation over twenty-five years of experience managing not-...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Leon Levy Foundation

Ford Foundation

15 Oct 2019

On Nonprofit Leadership Transitions - A Roundtable Discussion

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 -

8:30am to 10:30am

... shared what they were seeing within the communities they fund and questions they were grappling with as funders. ( ... Project will facilitate this conversation. They have a long history in...

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National Geographic Documentary Films Announces Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Paris to Pittsburgh

Release Date:

09/13/2018

... premiering on Wednesday, December 12 at 9pm ET/PT in the U.S. and will air globally in 172 countries and 45 ... who are battling the most severe threats of climate change in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation and WFP Launch Initiative To Strengthen School Meals for Millions of Children

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01/18/2023

... to nutritious food through school feeding programmes in Benin, Ghana, Honduras, and India. The two-and-a-half-year ... School feeding programmes are the most extensive social safety net in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

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03/04/2016

... they're on track to expand their combined annual degree awards by almost 20 percent, creating 94,000 more graduates over the next 10 years than they would have prior to their involvement in...

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Ford Foundation

29 Sep 2015

Preparing CBOs to Participate in the New Health Safety Net

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:30am

In the changing health care landscape of today, hospitals are ... out of the hospital and in community settings for as long as possible. The aim is to improve quality while also ... In...

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Health

Funder Group Support Development of Financial Counseling as Free Public Service for Low-Income Residents

Release Date:

10/18/2018

... Low-Income Residents The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund ) with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, ... Empowerment Centers for their residents. First piloted in New York...

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Wells Fargo Private Bank - Philanthropic Services

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Economic Security

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Freedom Together Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Capital One Foundation

15 Jun 2021

Leveraging Philanthropy to Build a Responsive Small Business Ecosystem

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... silver lining was that the crisis turned a light on the long -standing gaps, hurdles, and prejudices faced by underserved entrepreneurs in an economy that is rigged against them. And with this ... public and...

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29 Apr 2015

What Kind of Welcome? How are Unaccompanied Children from Central America Faring in New York?

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

2:15pm to 4:30pm

... Most of these children settled in New York City and on Long Island . In the wake of significant media attention to the ... (Moderator), Program Director, Migration, JM Kaplan...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing

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06/07/2017

... When it comes to bank philanthropy, the biggest story over the past several years is the massive outpouring of ... employment. But financial giants are also steady funders in an area even closer to home:...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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Advancing Black Philanthropy

Release Date:

08/22/2018

... the ideal time to honor Black philanthropy. Established in August 2011 by Dr. Jackie Copeland-Carson and the ... the voice and leadership of Black folks in driving social change...

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Trinity Wall Street

Engaging Teens Through "Hunger Games" and Skateboarding Culture

Release Date:

06/25/2014

... Teens Through "Hunger Games" and Skateboarding Culture Grants totaling $663,000 from The New York Community Trust to ... are part of the Trust's Hive Digital Media Learning Fund ; “The Hive has...

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The New York Community Trust

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Technology

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Funders Give and Get Advice From NYC Teens

Release Date:

05/02/2013

... to deserving organizations, but on one Thursday night in March, The Opportunity Network turned the tables and ... different career paths, build professional networks and social capital, and hone their skills...

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Between Resistance and Rebuilding

Release Date:

04/05/2021

... by the Building Movement Project on February 4, 2021. In advance of our webinar on April 27th titled One Year ... if we are not in constant rapid response mode as we were over the past four...

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Propel Capital’s Sarah Williams Honored by The Center for Court Innovation

Release Date:

03/19/2018

... Sarah Williams Honored by The Center for Court Innovation Over 250 guests joined the Center for Court Innovation at a ... for disconnected young people through his nonprofit, Made in Brownsville; and Janet...

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Program Overview: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... philanthropists from Carnegie to Rockefeller to Gates have long engaged in social change activities, advocacy and ... Katz ties together the events in...

Ford Foundation Appoints Samantha Power to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

10/19/2020

... School, and William D. Zabel ’61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2017 she ... and commitment to human rights have shaped real, true change in the...

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United Way of New York City Board of Directors Elects Donald F. Donahue and Michael J. Schmidtberger as New Co-Chairs

Release Date:

06/21/2016

... demonstrates United Way of New York City’s commitment to long -term succession planning and keeping high caliber, ... were enormous assets to UWNYC and to me personally. In my view, he was the quintessential...

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NY Women’s Foundation President and City Council Speaker Announce $20M More for Young Women’s Initiative

Release Date:

05/16/2016

... a lasting blueprint for moving policies and investing in the future of young women and girls in New York City over the long -term. The New York City Council and philanthropic...

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