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Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris as Vice President of Programs

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04/19/2016

... barriers to equality and creating economic opportunity and social inclusion, will join the Foundation as Vice President ... support NCF’s efforts to address inequality and climate change ... Nathan Cummings...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Environment and Climate Change

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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

... has explicitly named a commitment to democratic values and social justice, supporting the most vulnerable, respecting ... People are responding to these extraordinary times in extraordinary ways. The...

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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

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06/06/2017

... Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary Steven Wise is an attorney for animals, ... to win court judgments for a handful of intelligent and social animals who, they allege, are...

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Animal Welfare

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

... As more investors seek to use their capital as a tool for social change , a group of asset managers and nonprofit leaders is ... world of philanthropy to share ideas and push advancements in...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Names Nicole Taylor as President and CEO

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11/14/2018

... innovative philanthropic solutions to challenging problems in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, and helps connect ... place to work and a powerful partner to those working for social change...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase Mobility from Poverty

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02/04/2019

Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase ... of poverty, and to promote dynamic leaders who will aim to change the national conversation around ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Mandy Van Deven Joins the Nathan Cummings Foundation as Director of Communications

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09/10/2019

... as its Director of Communications on October 1, 2019. In this role, Mandy will be a key member of the programmatic ... excellent collaborator, and fierce believer in social justice. Her deep...

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Tobias Rees Selected as a Rockefeller Foundation Resident to Study the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Humanity

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09/30/2019

... Supporting Rees’ groundbreaking work on the ways in which contemporary technology is challenging and changing ... Reid Hoffman Professor of Humanities at the New School for Social Research and is a Fellow of...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning

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01/12/2015

NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning Self-control, curiosity, “grit” — these ... he writes, because “personality has been demonstrated to change over time to a...

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Ms. Foundation for Women President Amerita Examines Impact of Take Our Daughters to Work Day

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04/24/2015

... Examines Impact of Take Our Daughters to Work Day In 1993, a small article announcing Take Our Daughters to Work Day in New York City appeared in Parade Magazine. We created that ... rooms,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Cancer Research

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06/11/2015

... “Cancer treatment has seen amazing progress over the past decade,” said Eric Lander, PhD, President and ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Share Research on 'The Theory of the Foundation'

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03/23/2016

... Share Research on 'The Theory of the Foundation' Just over 20 years ago, the iconic management expert Peter F. Drucker published an article in Harvard Business Review entitled “The Theory of the .....

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

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01/06/2017

... it came to tobacco. Fewer than twenty developing countries in the world had even one strong tobacco control policy in place. The tobacco industry was beginning an aggressive ... later, Bloomberg recently...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

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Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights

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08/31/2017

... days before heading into the first round of negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Liberal ... both gender and indigenous rights, and addressing climate change . Those “progressive...

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Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... fewer taxpayers would itemize their tax returns. That change could reduce the value of the charitable deduction as ...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Backs Inclusive Innovation in a “Transitioning” Region

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03/30/2018

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Backs Inclusive Innovation in a “Transitioning” Region The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. ... with in southeast Michigan and western New York—a region long plagued by post-...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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Community Development

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Germany Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison

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04/18/2017

... John Jay College of Criminal Justice/David Rockefeller Fund Fellow Steven attended the February 28 program “ ... set of issues regarding its homeless population, it has long dismantled any laws that...

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Insights

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Housing and Homelessness

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14 Jun 2018

Policy Core Course 2018 - June 14th Sessions

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9:00am to 12:45pm

... Policy Core Course consists of four sessions delivered over two half-days, offering training to foundation trustees ... – have considerable legal rights to exercise their voice in public policy discussions,...

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How Should Philanthropies Respond to Emergencies?

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05/13/2014

... bailing out Detroit, does the funding commit them to a long -term engagement or is it a one-time rescue mission? Ford Foundation discussed in The Atlantic. Earlier this year, several foundations ... view this...

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