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Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Antimicrobial Paints Have a Blind Spot

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05/13/2019

... Have a Blind Spot Antimicrobial paints offer the promise of extra protection against bacteria. But Northwestern ... except for Bacillus timonensis, a spore-forming bacterium. Most bacilli commonly inhabit soil...

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Beyond the Renovation: The Other Exciting Changes at The New York Public Library

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06/03/2013

Our recent funder tour of The New York Public Library gave our members a chance to ... renovations to their historic 42nd Street location. NYPL President and CEO Anthony Marx talks about the other changes ... new...

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College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?

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06/11/2013

... pleased to have Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Vice President Nicole Rodriguez Leach provide our readers with an in-depth recap of both those programs. College and Career Readiness: Are We ...

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As National Momentum Grows, Advocates’ Voices Ring Out On Capitol Hill

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12/19/2012

In this post reprinted from the blog of the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign, Edward W. Hazen Foundation President and Philanthropy New York Board member Lori ...

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Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education

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06/22/2012

George E. Thibault, M.D., President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, talks about the importance of interprofessional education—when students from different ...

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Three Essentials for Accelerating Funder Collaboration

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03/07/2012

Lisa Philp, Vice President for Strategic Philanthropy and Director of GrantCraft at the Foundation Center, provides examples of ... events: Changing the System on March 26th and GrantCraft...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards

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06/07/2010

Despite the billions of dollars distributed to nonprofits in our region each year, ... and the tremendous influence that a nonprofit’s board of directors can exert over an organization, many funders are .....

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United Way of New York City

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Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned

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11/13/2012

... staff learned during Hurricane Sandy that even the best of plans won’t cover everything that can go wrong. In this ... published by The Communications Network, our Vice President of...

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From the Macy Foundation: AAMC’s Marc Nivet On Developing LGBTI Competencies

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05/31/2012

... Jr. Foundation and Dr. Marc Nivet, Chief Diversity Officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), which received a President ’s Grant from the Foundation to define core ...

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Reflections from Jeffrey R. Solomon

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05/21/2010

Since co-writing The Art of Giving , Jeffrey Solomon, President of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies , has ...

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Sequestering the Sector

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02/28/2013

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors President & CEO Melissa Berman discusses what the sequester ...

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Council on Foundations Announces 2013 Philanthropy Awards

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04/04/2013

Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian is among the honorees, ...

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World Bank Looks to Leverage Partnerships With Foundations

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06/02/2013

The World Bank is looking to increase the number of such partnerships — which include a recent effort with ... top philanthropic foundations and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim... World...

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To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy

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05/22/2013

Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian delivered this address ... Policy and Management at Brandeis University’s class of 2013 on Sunday, May 19. In 1831, Alexis de...

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Businesses With a Social Conscience Reach a Tipping Point

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08/01/2013

An op-ed by Phillip Henderson, President of the Surdna Foundation. To my undiscerning palette, a ...

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Schools Rake In Private Funds

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07/28/2013

... the record $47 million in pledges that the fundraising arm of the New York City public-school system received this past year quotes Rick Smith, president of the Pinkerton Foundation, which...

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Improving Effectiveness in an Age of Uncertainty

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In this age of austerity, it is more important than ever to ask and ... they work in. Can you do better? Heidi Williamson, vice president for grantmaking and communication at the Berks ...

How to Build Strong Ties With Companies

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10/08/2013

American Express Foundation President Timothy McClimon and DoSomething,org CEO Nancy ... benefactor. Getting companies to provide more than money is a daunting task for charities But some nonprofits have ...

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Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?

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09/18/2013

An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation. Last fall in California, a broad coalition of community organizations, faith-based groups, advocates and ...

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