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CEO Pay at Large Nonprofits Increases 4%

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09/12/2017

... time since before the Great Recession, according to a new compensation report from GuideStar. Still, the raises ...

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Obituary: Rachel Cowan, Former Nathan Cummings Foundation Official

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09/07/2018

... cancer, her family said. For 14 years she was program director for Jewish life of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, which provided grants to encourage new approaches in spirituality, social justice, aging and ...

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Among Funders of Breakthrough Fisheries Management Research

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10/27/2014

... of Breakthrough Fisheries Management Research A new study has found that implementing stricter fisheries ... millions of people who depend on coral reefs fisheries, as it provides a management solution for...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Announces Detroit Service Corps to Strengthen City's Nonprofit Community

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11/04/2014

... Nonprofit Community JPMorgan Chase & amp ; Co. announced a new five-year program that sends teams of top-performing ... economic challenges and support those who need it most. As part of...

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Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

... sense (the Food Safety and Inspection Service) to a brand- new undersecretary post where it arguably does not. . . ...

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Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach

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09/17/2014

... economic environment. Recently here at Heron we adopted a new investment policy statement that puts an enterprise ... not a new or original idea, but has fallen out of favor as an approach to...

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Doris Duke, Ford, Nathan Cummings, JPB, Open Society and Others Support Initiative to Transform Our Nation’s Cultural Landscape

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11/15/2017

... launch of the African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF). The multi-year national initiative is aimed at ... to reconstruct our national identity, while inspiring a new generation of activists to...

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Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States

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05/14/2014

... journalists, and people who have spent time in prison. NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations today awarded $1.25 ... individuals working to curb mass incarceration and develop new approaches to ensure...

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Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove

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06/21/2016

... the past six years, Jarrett Lucas has been making his way, as he says, "up the non-profit stepping stool," working ... Foundation for the past six years. Now Executive Director , Lucas is steering the...

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Rockefeller Foundation Research Finds College Degree Can Be A Blunt and Inaccurate Way For Evaluating Real Talent

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03/22/2017

... it was hard to source entry-level candidates, according to new research from The Rockefeller Foundation, a New ... Employers are concerned with retaining this talent, as well. "For a...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Female Playwrights at Centenary Stage Company

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04/06/2017

... Women Playwrights Series is back at Centenary Stage, with new plays from writers from all over the country. Centenary ... Fawcett and Michelle Kholos Brooks, and distinctive new plays that will feature...

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Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures

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... and counterproductive organizational gyrations. As we head into an uncertain post-election world, the work is ... and consultants, based in the Tri-State area who fund throughout Africa. Although the...

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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations

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08/17/2017

... of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. The festival is New York City's annual salute to the legendary late saxophonist, featuring storied veteran players as well as young jazz musicians...

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Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly

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08/01/2014

... writes James R. Knickman President & amp ; CEO, New York State Health Foundation, in the Huffington Post. As the state moves ahead "with an eye toward enrolling a million more New...

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Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia

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03/15/2016

... the Society's global network that kick off this week in New York. Asia Society was founded on June 28, 1956, by John D. Rockefeller 3rd in New York to build understanding between the peoples of Asia .....

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Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Honors Teens

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02/08/2017

... Awards Honors Teens A 17-year-old from Bellerose, New York has taken volunteering to a new level and is being honored for her hard work. Dimple ... has been named one of two students in New...

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As Harvey Hammers Texas, Oddo Says Lessons Of Sandy Are Ignored

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08/29/2017

As Harvey Hammers Texas, Oddo Says Lessons Of Sandy Are Ignored As Texas mobilizes in response to the unprecedented floods of ... still need to learn from the critical mistakes made in New York...

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PNY's Call to Action on Behalf of NYC's Nonprofits During COVID-19

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04/24/2020

... During COVID-19 On Monday, April 20, 2020, Philanthropy New York sent a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and ... with very thin margins [4], are shifting scopes of work as essential providers during the...

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Mellon Foundation Announces Imagining Freedom, An Arts & Humanities Initiative Supporting Creatives and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System

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02/15/2023

... and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System ( NEW YORK, NY — February 15, 2022) —The Mellon ... forces of dehumanization, stereotyping, and silencing. As one of the Foundation’s core Presidential...

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