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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Community Development

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A Conversation with Brandee McHale, the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals 2022 Trailblazer Purpose Award Winner

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12/07/2022

... impact over time. As this year’s recipient, we wanted to learn more about Brandee, personally and professionally. ... the days of this approach and working in silos are over. Society ’s most pressing challenges...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Citi Foundation

Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies

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06/23/2014

Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, ... disciplines. The four participating institution are the University of Alaska, University of Arizona,...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Education

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William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Lauren Supplee as Senior Program Officer

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09/08/2020

... Lauren Supplee as Senior Program Officer We are pleased to welcome Lauren Supplee as our new Senior Program Officer, ... Family Strengthening. Dr. Supplee serves on the Boards of Society for Prevention...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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07 Mar 2024

How Foundations are Responding to the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Rulings

Thursday, March 7, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... wake of the Supreme Court’s June 2023 rulings against university policies that take race directly into account for ... that the changes would discourage philanthropic efforts to support racial equity. ...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Three Actions Philanthropic Funders Can Take to Advance Equity for Immigrant and Refugee Workers

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07/30/2020

Three Actions Philanthropic Funders Can Take to Advance Equity for Immigrant and Refugee Workers By: ... of this program was funded by a grant from the World Education Services’ (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund , where I...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Immigration

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Alison White Joins Arcus’ Great Apes & Gibbons Program as Research, Learning and Evaluation Program Officer

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07/23/2020

... for diversity among peoples and in nature, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alison White (preferred gender ... focus on ensuring that learning from the field and broader society inform the foundation’...

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Arcus Foundation

Adam Falk Named Next President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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06/29/2017

... Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named Adam Frederick Falk to be the next president of the Foundation, effective January ... to Williams, Falk was a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Give Cash a Chance

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02/24/2015

... know what works—it is that we lack the political will to tackle the issue. This is why The Century Foundation’s ... A study by Jane Waldfogel, sociologist at Columbia University , that followed the expenditure...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

Inaugural Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackle Problems with Creative Projects

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05/01/2013

Three innovators who will use unique approaches to tackle deeply-rooted social and economic issues were named ... across the country as cities cut budgets for services like education , health care and senior care...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Social Justice

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12 Sep 2012

Pathways to Economic Mobility: How Can Philanthropists Help the Poor Build Wealth?

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -

9:00am to 4:00pm

... with The Philanthropy Roundtable, will host this event to explore strategies to help low-income workers pursue economic independence ... Foundation Annika Little , Project Manager, Asset Funders ...

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What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed

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03/13/2012

... consultation and contact with patients—will be central to lowering costs and improving healthcare quality, and will ... Senator Catherine Abate (now CEO of Community Healthcare Network ), and NYU’s Wagner...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million

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04/19/2019

... inclusion and access efforts globally. Grants were awarded to ninety-five organizations in the United States, Greece, ... Kingdom, and elsewhere, including the incubator for Media Education and Development (...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Craig to Retire at the End of 2014

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03/17/2014

... and in doing so, has shored up the Fund's capacity to continue enhancing "the common good" for decades to come. ... world."   A graduate of Davidson College and Princeton University...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

ASPCA Elects Tim F. Wray to Chair of the Board

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07/02/2012

The Amer ican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has announced that Tim F. Wray, an investor and ... a Master's degree as a Sloan Fellow from the Stanford University Graduate...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Our Journey: Celebrating the Eighth Year of Philanthropy 101 and Sharing What's to Come

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09/13/2023

... the Eighth Year of Philanthropy 101 and Sharing What's to Come This is part 1 of Philanthropy New York’s ‘Our ... bigger sense of community and desire to build my own peer network ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Evaluation

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Hartford Foundation Awards $6.7M for Monitoring the Healthcare Landscape

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03/17/2016

... better lives for all older adults. One of the keys to effective grantmaking is to partner with innovative ... a collaborative, led by Dr. Tony Back, co-director of the University of...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Aging

Health

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How Do I Master That Skill? LinkedIn, Markle Want To Help

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03/18/2016

How Do I Master That Skill? LinkedIn, Markle Want To Help Living online is great fun. But pizza, the scent ... breeze — and some kinds of job training — still need to be experienced in the real world. While...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Community-Based Organizations Across The U.S. Receive $10 Million Through The Citi Foundation And LISC

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02/20/2019

... funding and technical support through the Bridges to Career Opportunities initiative (Bridges) to expand ... technology, and construction. Through an expanded network of local sites across...

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