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Bloomberg, Sierra Club Direct $60 Million To Closing Half Of U.S. Coal Plants By 2017

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04/10/2015

... deadly coal is a thing of the past," Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune said at an event Wednesday announcing .....

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Ford and Luce Foundations Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in SE Asia

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11/23/2015

... other’s points of view. . . According to executive director Uk Krisna, Center of Khmer Studies (CKS) hopes to ...

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Laurie M. Tisch Honored by United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council

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03/21/2016

... M. Tisch, president of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund ; Monique L. Nelson, chair and CEO of UniWorld Group; ... officer at Macy’s; and Jennifer Warren, managing director and head, U.S. Region at the...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women

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03/29/2016

... Roosevelt, former First Lady and one-time legislative director for Women's City Club of New York (WCC), once said, ... of us should countenance anything which undermines it." As Women's History...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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NY Women’s Foundation President and City Council Speaker Announce $20M More for Young Women’s Initiative

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05/16/2016

... Women’s Foundation), Joanne Smith (Founder & Executive Director , Girls for Gender Equity) and Dr. Danielle Moss Lee ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

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09/29/2016

... by lynching in the U.S. from 1877 to 1950. The nonprofit's director , Bryan Stevenson, said the aim is to help "change ... discourse by openly acknowledging a painful past, much as Germany has...

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Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership

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09/19/2017

... Heifetz and colleagues at Harvard’s Kennedy School, as a form of reflective practice. Marc Manashil, with Dr. ... foundation came to support a form of reflective practice as capacity buildin g, and that’s how...

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The B. Robert Williamson Jr. Foundation

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State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare

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09/29/2017

... the insurance market ” said Donna Frescatore, executive director of NY State of Health. “We’re as committed as ever to ensuring that consumers have enrollment assistance ...

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Health

Nonprofits Scramble to Respond to the New DACA Deadline

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09/29/2017

... said Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO and executive director of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, an ...

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Immigration

In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... set in Russia that had been on the calendar for months. As damage was being cleared at the theater, the play opened ... their hard work realized, says Nancy Giles, the Alley’s director of development. "...

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Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio Communities

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03/16/2018

... over the next four decades,' said Richey Piiparinen, director of the Center for Population Dynamics in CSU's ... We must begin to imagine immigrant support services as a launch pad, not a safety net...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces 2018 Core Support for National Arts Service Organizations

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04/17/2018

... for the dance, jazz, theater and presenting fields, such as by maintaining important networks for advocacy and sharing ... with which they partner,” said Maurine Knighton, program director for the arts at DDCF...

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Ford and PBS Partner on Documentary Series

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06/15/2018

... former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson to Oscar-winning director Lee Daniels and chef and restaurateur Eddie Huang - ...

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New Grant from Mellon Foundation Launches Boston Classical Music Initiative

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09/27/2018

... in Music initiative. The initiative is designed to fund the musical education of middle- and high-school-age ... up for professional success. Rebecca Bogers , the dean and director of the NEC Preparatory...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grants $3.5M to South Arts to Launch "Jazz Road"

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12/10/2018

... tour to the widest possible cross-section of communities, as well as maximize existing resources outside major urban areas. The ... disciplines benefit,” said Maurine Knighton, program director...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Hearing More About c4s? You're Not Alone - Webinar Recording

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05/2020

... when foundations can support c4s Presenters Abby Levine , Director , Bolder Advocacy program, Alliance for Justice ...

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For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities

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08/04/2016

... impact bonds (SIBs) or pay for success (PFS) contracts as they are known in the United States. This gathering ... the case of the DIB for girls’ education and the Schmidt Family Foundation for the DIB for...

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The Brookings Institution

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Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)

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01/10/2013

... at the New York State Health Foundation include veterans as an area of focus. And I’ll be honest: when our Board ... We’re a health funder, not a veterans funder. But as we dug deeper, we realized that meeting...

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The Uncertain Road Ahead for Culture in New York City

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08/14/2017

... and Michele Kumi Baer of the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust This piece originally ... With the unveiling of CreateNYC, New York City joins Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver,...

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