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27 Oct 2021

New Leaders, New Opportunities: What Does This Moment Demand From Foundations?

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

NYC foundations who care about community and equity are facing a ... by leadership transitions at four important NYC Foundations : the New York Foundation, the Brooklyn Community ... different institutions — some...

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More Details Emerging About Greer's Ouster from Nathan Cummings Foundation

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06/10/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Simon Greer, who was hired to give the Nathan Cummings Foundation a more prominent profile, "was apparently fired just as he began to put in place a radical overhaul."

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New York Community Trust to Collaborate with NCRP's Philamplify to Assess Community Foundations

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09/09/2015

... to Collaborate with NCRP's Philamplify to Assess Community Foundations In preparation, we’ve spent the past ten ... and strategic, social justice criteria to assess community foundations , incorporating...

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Westchester Community Foundation Names Jennifer Hu Corriggio as Philanthropy Chief

Jennifer Hu Corriggio

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12/07/2015

... Community Trust, one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the country and the home of charitable New ...

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Westchester Community Foundation Names New Board Chair, Members

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01/16/2018

The Westchester Community Foundation has elected Dale Akinla, II, CFP® financial advisor and wealth management professional, as Chair of the Foundation’s Board. Mr. Akinla has been a member of the Board since 2012. Mr. Akinla has held a number of...

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Joel Wallman Named Director of Research at Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

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02/20/2019

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG), a leader in understanding violence, has named Joel Wallman Director of Research. In this role, Dr. Wallman will guide the Foundation’s research agenda on the nature, consequences and responses to violence...

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Ford Foundation Awards $2.7 Million to Artspace for Creative Placemaking

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01/14/2013

Minneapolis-based Artspace Projects, Inc. has announced a $2.7 million grant from the Ford Foundation in support of efforts designed to revitalize communities through the arts.

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Brooklynites' Greatest Hopes, Concerns Detailed in New Study by Brooklyn Community Foundation

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11/05/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation also did deep dives into three neighborhoods: Coney Island, East New York and Sunset Park.

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Right Wing Website Questions Ford Foundation Motives on Advocating for Net Neutrality

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01/16/2015

Ford assures that there is no correlation between their endowment management and grant distribution.

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Ellen Rautenberg Elected Chair of the NY State Health Foundation Board

Ellen Rautenberg

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12/04/2015

Ellen Rautenberg, the retired President and CEO of Public Health Solutions, has been elected to a two-year term as the Chair of the New York State Health Foundation’s Board of Directors.

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Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth Inequality

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04/20/2016

As we consider how to make a wholesale shift in the economic system, have we thought about how a shift in the structure of our workplaces could change the game?

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Century Foundation Says States Are Wrong to Tie Higher Education Funding to Performance

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05/26/2016

The Century Foundation says the performance-based funding model is reinforcing disparities within public higher education and is doing little to move the needle on completion.

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Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors

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10/05/2016

Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors ... faculty, undergraduates and graduate students... Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors ...

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Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved

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11/17/2016

The Pinkerton Foundation, formed in 1966 by the family that made its fortune in private security, has quietly given more than 300 million dollars to children’s organizations in the city, the New York Times reports.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Carnegie Teams Up With City, Other Local Foundations to Help New Yorkers

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12/21/2016

Carnegie Teams Up With City, Other Local Foundations to Help New Yorkers While it isn’t an uncommon ... and technological capacity. New York-based grantmaking foundations distributed about $10.7 billion of the...

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Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation Supports Artists As Catalysts For Social Change

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02/08/2017

The primary driver behind the Rubin Foundation's grant—the idea that artists should be catalysts for social change—is gaining more currency across the arts philanthropy field, much to the detriment of evergreen institutions like the Met.

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Sloan Foundation Supports Study Mapping Space Dust in 3-D

Release Date:

03/23/2017

We Earthlings are essentially just little clumps of stardust, albeit with very complex chemistry.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation Frames the Long-Term U.S. Budget Picture

Release Date:

04/04/2017

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation comments on the rcently released Congressional Budget Office report and the importance of investment in creating a sustainable and thriving American economy.

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Rockefeller Foundation Supports 'Food for Soul' to Combat Food Waste

Release Date:

04/13/2017

Backing from the Foundation will enable Food for Soul to take its successful Refettorio model to some of the USA’s most vulnerable communities.

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Rockefeller Foundation Survey Reveals Insight into the College Skills Gap

Release Date:

05/01/2017

A March 2017 survey by the Rockefeller Foundation noted that half of recent college graduates are not using skills they learned in college at work, and 86 percent are learning new skills outside of college.

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