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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Discusses How African Cities Need Urgent Back-Up Plans

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01/17/2017

... How African Cities Need Urgent Back-Up Plans As Africa’ s economies grow, the risks of rapid urbanisation, unemployment and climate change are expected to increase in tandem. The Rockefeller Foundation works...

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Laura Callanan Joins the Foundation Center as Visiting Fellow

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04/01/2013

... New York City office undertaking a variety of activities to elevate work within the philanthropic sector related to ... moment in the Foundation Center’ s work, the partnership with...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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What Is Effective Philanthropy?

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06/05/2019

... Family Endowment Siegel Family Foundation shares a belief with a number of other foundations that our grants need to serve two key functions in order to be impactful. On a ... from our peers...

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Technology

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Siegel Family Endowment

Betsy Edasery Appointed Philanthropy Analyst at TCC Group

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08/22/2013

... Analyst Betsy Edasery primarily supports TCC Group’ s philanthropy team. She has extensive experience working for ... Most recently, Edasery was a National Organizing Fellow with Resource Generation, helping...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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TCC Group

14 Nov 2013

A Quantum Leap Forward: How Funders Can Go from Building “Capacity” to Building “Resilience” in Their Grantees and the Nonprofit Sector

Thursday, November 14, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York

... during the last three years in an initial effort to foster a deeper appreciation of the critical role funders ... start into substantial, impactful efforts. New York City’ s foundation sector is leading on...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

19 Feb 2014

Interested in Working at a Foundation?

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 -

2:15pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York

... interviews from jobseekers may refer those individuals to us for this session. Explore The advantages and ... The range of jobs at a foundation and some general day- to -day responsibilities A realistic picture...

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Environment and Climate Change

05 Mar 2014

A Donor Discussion on Climate Change and Food Resilience with Contributions from Global Indigenous Representatives

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 -

10:45am to 1:30pm

Philanthropy New York

This session will address the vital role funders play to bring Indigenous Peoples’ contributions into high ... donors who share high-impact strategies of collaboration with those communities with...

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Food Systems

International/Foreign Affairs

21 May 2014

Change the Story, Change the World - A Workshop on Storytelling

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Since we first began talking to each other, telling stories has been a powerful way to capture attention, engage an audience, and motivate them to act. As we learn more about how our minds work,...

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Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project

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07/09/2014

Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project A $5 million challenge ... Open Society Foundations will help the Innocence Project' s efforts to...

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Open Society Foundations

30 Apr 2015

"Exit Interviews" with Former and Retiring Foundation CEOs

Thursday, April 30, 2015 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Join us in conversation with three great leaders in the philanthropic field – ... their insider-outsider perspectives on what it was like to lead such dynamic foundations. A candid and energizing...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Taps Sharon Alpert as Next President and CEO

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09/25/2015

... Surdna’ s president and vice president of finance to oversee all operations of the nearly $1 billion organization. She was the lead architect of Surdna’ s first strategic...

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Health

Jewish Interests

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits

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02/11/2016

... of our time, from immigration and criminal justice reform to the future of our youth. This approach— to lead and learn by putting the voices of our community at the ... $1 million to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced

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09/05/2017

... 2017 NCRP Impact Awardees have been announced. This year’ s awards are special because of the challenging environment ... puts emphasis on leading by example, being true partners to communities they serve and...

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Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation

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11/20/2017

... capital when possible, and cultivating opportunities to deploy the full range of Heron’ s “toolbox” ... related investments). Prior to joining Heron, Bezerra was with...

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Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

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11/29/2017

Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership The Walton Family ... in the museums, as well as managerial choices, and lead to long-term benefits for the participating...

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Arts

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Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database

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01/09/2018

Michigan State University UsesMellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database Michigan State ... for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at MSU , will lead the project along with...

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Social Justice

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Novo Foundation Launches New Website and Film Series,The Life Story: Moments of Change

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02/01/2018

... . "This project is grounded in our longstanding work to end violence against girls and women. It is guided at ... and their communities. And for too many, these failures lead to greater...

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Gender Justice

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OSF Report Finds That Women Are Vastly Outnumbered at Europe’s Top Policy Events

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03/08/2018

... Finds That Women Are Vastly Outnumbered at Europe’ s Top Policy Events Europe’ s top 23 policy events feature an average of three male speakers to every woman, according to...

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Gender Justice

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United Hospital Fund Offers New Tool Kit to Curb Antibiotic Overprescribing

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11/12/2018

United Hospital Fund Offers New Tool Kit to Curb Antibiotic Overprescribing The United Hospital Fund ... Joan Guzik, director of quality improvement for the UHF' s Quality Institute program and co-author of...

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