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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, we’re also discovering that stories are intrinsic to...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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Communications

Greer Leaving Post as President and CEO of Nathan Cummings Foundation

Release Date:

06/10/2014

... that Simon Greer, president and CEO since January 2012, is leaving later this month. According to Greer, his departure is due to differences with the board over the organization's ... interim leadership...

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Governance

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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The Next Big Idea for the Next Decade: The Resilience Dividend

Release Date:

08/21/2014

... As the world continues to change at a rapid pace, it is important to focus on building resiliency, writes Judith ... in a blog post that originally appeared on Medium. com . Here is an excerpt...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Washington Post Focuses on Carnegie Corporation Report

Release Date:

09/05/2014

... changed — which isn’t happening even as the Core is being implemented in many states. It also projects that ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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Macquarie Group Foundation Event Is Speed Dating for Crowd-Sourced Nonprofit Funding

Release Date:

03/12/2015

... donors at TFN's live-ly crowd funding events. This is the latest in an ongoing series of events staged ... since its inception and a supporter of this event is the Macquarie Group Foundation, the...

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Macquarie Group Foundation

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BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work

Release Date:

11/06/2015

... and philanthropies such as the Rockefeller Foundation. It is being applied to programs as diverse as the management of ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Bank of America [Corporate]

Rauschenberg Foundation Partners With Art in America to Launch Pilot Writing Fellowship

Release Date:

02/17/2016

... in the media. The goal of the fellowship program is to foster new discourse about arts and culture that ... Art Museum Houston since 2009; Victoria Camblin is the editor and artistic director of the magazine...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Communications/Media

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Susan L. Solomon, Co-Founder of New York Stem Cell Foundation, is on a Quest

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... L. Solomon, Co-Founder of New York Stem Cell Foundation, is on a Quest One day last week, at a lab in New York ... finance and then became the chief executive of Sothebys. com , the auction house’s online...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

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Health

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JPB Foundation Promotes Betsy Krebs to Vice President, Poverty Program

Release Date:

04/22/2016

As of April 18, 2016, Betsy Krebs has been promoted to Vice President, Poverty at the JPB Foundation.

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Freedom Together Foundation

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$1.6M in Grants from NY Women’s Foundation Focus on Economic Security and Justice

Release Date:

01/19/2017

... change. Through key investment strategies, The Foundation is working to strengthen efforts that: Support girls, young ... of Color : The NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color is the first fund of its...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa

Release Date:

03/03/2017

... strategic grant making and industry development – is steadily gaining attention and traction .. While this is new terrain for evaluators, there are several resources on ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Mellon Mays Fellow Discusses New Book About an Enslaved Woman’s Escape from Nation's First President

Release Date:

03/08/2017

... Escape from Nation's First President Erica Dunbar is considered one of the leading historians of her generation ... 19 th century America, and Black Philadelphia. She is the Blue and Gold Professor of...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Mellon Foundation

‘Bro’ Adams Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow

Release Date:

07/11/2017

... chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, is joining the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a senior ... The chance to advance my own research and writing is also very exciting to me.” ‘Bro’ Adams...

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Mellon Foundation

Carnegie Sponsors 9/11 Commemoration "Tribute in Light"

Release Date:

09/07/2017

2017 marks the first year in which the 9/11 "Tribute in Light" will be presented by a sponsor, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, who along with helping install the display, has also aided the 9/11 memorial by starting a program that allows small...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times

Release Date:

11/02/2017

... She ended up with “Happiness and Joe.” It’s a rom- com . Ms. Bioh, a native New Yorker whose parents emigrated ... family that often lived hand-to-mouth. Her older brother is a doctor, her older sister a social...

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The Tow Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Has Officially Launched The Fellowship Initiative

Release Date:

11/07/2017

... rate. The story of one of these amazing young men is featured in this recent video from Vice . Combined, they ... through training, work experience and mentorship, and TFI is one program where we’ve seen...

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J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Private Foundation Services

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New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger

Release Date:

01/22/2018

... University say that food insecurity among college students is forcing a burgeoning inequality in college completion ... the lack of availability or access to healthy food, is one of the barriers to graduation...

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