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The Wallace Foundation Names Bronwyn Bevan as New Director of Research

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07/31/2019

... at the University of Washington Seattle, College of Education , Bevan succeeds Edward Pauly, who retired at the ... will contribute significantly to the design of initiatives in the foundation’s program areas,...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Youth Leaders are Changing the Conversation on College Access

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06/30/2016

... process of applying to schools. “We want to believe that education is the great equalizer and there is social mobility ... to learn something.” “Keep that burning urge for positive reform,” Enoch offered,...

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes Two New Public Policy Fellows, Shamira Lukomwa and Kimberly Roberts

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06/26/2019

... anti-racism work both at home and abroad. Her passion for racial and gender justice fuels her desire to shape equitable policies through education and advocacy. Although a proud native New Yorker, ... also...

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PNY News

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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29 Jan 2020

A Trip Down Memory Lane: Activism, the Culture and the Individual Artist

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... fellowships to housing to unrestricted monies, support for individual artists can take many forms. Support for ... those more likely to become artists are white women of a higher...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The New Philanthropic Village

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09/01/2016

... used phrase. Apparently that village isn’t only needed for children. It takes a village to support philanthropy. Media Impact Funders. Grantmakers for Education . Funders Together to End...

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Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers

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How Collaboration Can Spur Innovation and Spread Good Ideas (Part II)

... create new and innovative approaches to learning. How can education funders help their grantees work together to tackle ... I have some thoughts on collaboration as a mechanism for spread and scale. Initially...

Cheryl Green Rosario Named Executive Director of The ZAC Foundation

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02/12/2015

... (TZF) a nationally recognized water safety advocacy and education foundation, announced that it has named Cheryl ... as Executive Director. Ms. Rosario previously worked for The American Express Foundation,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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University of Pennsylvania Receives $6 Million Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gift to Launch Paideia Program

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03/15/2019

... the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program (Paideia) for its undergraduate students. The Program will reimagine ... ancient Greek ideal Paideia – which translates into “ education of the whole person” and...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Education

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Ms. & New York Women’s Foundation Join Others in $100M Pledge to Support Economic Security of Women & Families

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11/13/2015

Ms and New York Women’s Foundation Join Others in $100 Million Pledge to Support Economic Security of Women ... U.S. women’s foundations, along with the Women’s Funding Network, in announcing...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Seven Performing Artists Win 2018 Doris Duke Artist Awards

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06/26/2018

Seven Performing Artists Win 2018 Doris Duke Artist Awards In a short film released today by the Doris Duke Charitable ... Dee Dee Bridgewater, Regina Carter and Stefon Harris for their continuing contributions to...

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DDCF Creates Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship

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03/12/2019

... Fellowship , an inaugural program which will open for application in April 2019 to clinical investigators currently engaged in ... helped them during training. Given the low number of...

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Open Soceity Foundations to Increase Commitment to Global COVID-19 Response

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10/07/2020

... the Open Society Foundations today announced $70 million in global investments, focused on providing immediate relief for vulnerable communities and pushing back against ... and North Africa. This follows on...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Disaster Relief

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Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term

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10/29/2015

... joined The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees in 2008. David Rockefeller Jr., joined The Rockefeller ... on one hundred years of impact and to launch new work for a second century. David Rockefeller Jr...

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20 Jun 2017

Charter and District Schools Sharing Innovations: How Philanthropy Can Help

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... City opened its doors to its first public charter school in 1999. Since then, the sector has grown to include 216 ... and school culture. Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group , in...

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05 Nov 2014

Should Nonprofits Be Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and What is Philanthropy’s Role?

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... with the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) to advocate for City and State governments to revise their nonprofit ... contracting practices in a manner that would increase funding to human service...

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New York State

Making the Most of Interesting Times – and Achieving the Global Goals

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02/22/2018

... Poverty on February 15, 2018. As Robert Kennedy remarked in 1966, “Like it or not, we live in interesting times. ... most creative of any time in the history of mankind.” For...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Continues Pandemic Relief Efforts with New Grants Totaling over $27.7 Million

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05/29/2020

... grants focus on U.S. community response and health care in Europe and Africa. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) ... food aid, essential services, educational opportunities for young people, and the arts;...

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Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

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10/07/2021

... their families can thrive. Each fellow is a groundbreaker in their own right, pursuing bold change on a host of ... to thrive, learn, feel safe, known, and loved. “ For our families to be the backbone of...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Xavier de Souza Briggs as Vice President of Economic Opportunity and Assets

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11/01/2013

... development, and build just and inclusive cities in the United States, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the ... and Justice, and Hilary Pennington , Vice President of Education , Creativity and Free Expression,...

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