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Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Releases Final Report

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05/28/2013

The foundation ’ s $340 million graduate-level fellowship ... their education and bring new knowledge and skills back to their home countries. On Thursday, May 23, Ford Foundation...

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William T. Grant Foundation Website Gets New Look

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07/01/2014

William T. Grant Foundation Website Gets New Look The William T. Grant ... about their work and discussing issues that impact America 039 ; s young people. The redesigned site also features...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ten Keys – Ten Years Later: Successful Strategic Planning for Foundation Leaders

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09/2014

TCC Group updates their briefing paper,"Ten Keys to Successful Strategic Planning for Nonprofit and Foundation Leaders," originally published in 2004. Ten Keys ... – Ten Years Later: Successful Strategic Planning for Foundation Leaders .....

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Huffington Post Profiles Christopher Stone of Open Society Foundations

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09/26/2014

Huffington Post Profiles Christopher Stone of Open Society Foundations Christopher Stone is the president of the Open Society Foundations. He is an international ... different from other philanthropies?" The...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces Retirement of William B. Petersen, CIO

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01/20/2015

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces Retirement of William B. Petersen, CIO ... in 2015. Mr. Petersen has served as the Foundation ’ s first Chief Investment Officer since 1998...

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MetLife Foundation and WSJ Team up for the Financial Inclusion Challenge

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03/26/2015

MetLife Foundation and WSJ Team up for the Financial Inclusion ... the MetLife Foundation revised its grantmaking strategy to home in on financial inclusion exclusively. The foundation...

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Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69

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07/12/2016

Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69 Alison Bernstein, ... a program officer with the foundation in 1983 and went on to become a vice president managing other grant...

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Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years

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05/31/2017

Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years The Ford Foundation ... in a speech Thursday at the Detroit Regional Chamber 039 ; s Mackinac Policy...

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Novo Foundation Receives Some of the Billions and Billions That Warren Buffett Is Giving Away

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07/17/2017

Novo Foundation Receives Some of the Billions and Billions That ... Is Giving Away In 2006, Warren Buffett famously pledged to give away most of his Berkshire Hathaway stock,...

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Ten Ways for Family Foundations to Consider Diversity and Inclusive Practices

Publication date:

02/2010

This guide is designed to help foundations think about how more diverse and ... by making their work more effective and more reflective of the communities they serve. By highlighting 10 ways family ... can approach diversity, Council on Foundations seeks to spark ideas and launch further dialogue. Ten Ways for ...

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Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation

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03/2009

In 2002, Arizona’ s Flinn Foundation began implementing a strategy that focused on ... illustrates the benefits of taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation ’ s impact. It describes how ...

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Arcus Foundation Awards Summer 2014 Social Justice Grants

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06/30/2014

Arcus Foundation Awards Summer 2014 Social Justice Grants The Arcus Foundation made grants to 27 organizations to support groups in which LGBTQ youth ... rights. The grants were...

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Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research

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09/18/2015

... hemoglobin disorders, such as thalassemia. This stretch of DNA, called an enhancer, controls the molecular switch ... Health (grant number DP1MH100706), the National Science Foundation , Jane Coffin Childs...

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Ford Joins Foundations In Giving Inside Scoop on Grantee Feedback

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05/31/2016

... short video highlighting three funders — Barr Foundation , Ford Foundation , and Einhorn Family Charitable ... — that have used the Center for Effective Philanthropy’ s Grantee Perception...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study on Common Core

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10/12/2016

William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study on Common Core The Spencer ... and the William T. Grant Foundation have awarded a team of researchers from the University of Michigan...

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Bank of America Foundation Awards Family Service Association $35,000 Grant

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08/25/2017

Bank of America Foundation Awards Family Service Association $35,000 Grant The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has awarded the Family Service Association $35,000 ...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice ... a role in which she will oversee all of the foundation 039 ; s programs in the US and...

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MacArthur and Master Card Foundations Invest $24 Million in Secondary Education

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05/06/2014

... At the Global Philanthropy Forum last week, MacArthur Foundation and MasterCard Foundation shared insights from the funder collaborative launched in 2012 that seeks to increase secondary...

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