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Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?

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09/12/2013

... project because it falls outside existing Board-approved program priorities — and therefore I can’t even engage ... father to study in the U.S. How long did it take for that program to pan out? More...

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09 Feb 2016

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 2 - Webinar

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

Join us for the second webinar, of a four-part series, that will ...

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Helmsley-backed DATA2GO.NYC's Veterans Data Highlighted by Social Science Research Council

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11/11/2016

... Science Research Council (SSRC) and its Measure of America program today released new data on New York City’s ...

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NYCHA Now

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02/11/2021

... Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) Program with a proposed new $25B initiative - Public Housing ... Blueprint for Change as an imperative for our city! Join us in supporting and calling for...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Digitization Initiative of the Library of Trinity College Dublin's Most Valued Collections

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04/02/2021

... curation & digitization The Virtual Trinity Library program is centered on the Library of Trinity College ... interview. This video is well worth viewing. They reminded us of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis...

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The TransitCenter Shares New Video: The Legacy of Racism in Transit - How We Got Here and What to Do About It

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10/06/2021

... Transit in the Twin Cities, for instance, initiated a program to add benches and shelters at bus stops, ...

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Citi Foundation Announces Inaugural Global Innovation Challenge To Empower Nonprofits Improving Food Security Around The World

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02/22/2023

The deadline to register is March 22, 2023, at 4 p.m. EDT .

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Mexico’s Muxe Leaders Assert Rights and Strengthen “Social Armor” Through Visibility - Work Supported by The Arcus Foundation Grantee

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02/21/2023

... problem that creates safety risks,” says Beatriz Ramos, program coordinator for the Ixtaltepec regional office of ... for witnesses, not for them to testify. It was simply for us to collect information so we...

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

... to live in poverty. Saru Jayaraman is co-founder and co- director of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United and ... Behind the Kitchen Door, and Christine Owens is executive director of the National...

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Surdna Foundation

'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color

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09/02/2015

... everything is fine,” said NoVo Foundation Executive Director Pamela Shifman, who assumed that role in 2014 after six years as NoVo’s Director of Initiatives for Girls and Women. “But ...

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Artist Catherine Opie Elected to Warhol Foundation Board

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12/15/2015

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts today announced the election of artist Catherine Opie to the Warhol Foundation Board of Directors.

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Mellon Foundation Awards Guggenheim $3M Endowment For Conservation

Release Date:

03/25/2016

... an additional $6 million), endows the position of deputy director and chief conservator, held since 2007 by Carol Stringari, and a new position, director of engagement, conservation, and collections. The ...

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Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project

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10/18/2016

... that matters. Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Founding Artistic Director , Dianne Berkun Menaker, conceived of the project and is co-curating it with director Kristin Marting... Howard Gilman, Laurie M. ...

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UJA-Federation of New York Convenes Panel on Growing Poverty on Long Island

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01/30/2017

... included Jolene Boden, LCSW, Long Island District Director of JASA; Melinda Carbonell, LMSW, Director of Care Coordination, Long Island FQHC, Inc.; and ...

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Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... to the Pew Research Center. Tracy Pitcher, executive director of the St. Paul’s Center for homeless mothers and ... nationally or from abroad. Says Justin Reuter, executive director of the Boys and Girls Clubs...

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14 Sep 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is the second part of a two-part series. The ... first part was a site visit to a model summer learning program at PS 48 in Jamaica, Queens. Research has ... Summer Learning Association Sheila...

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Weinberg Foundation Names Jonathan D. Hook Their First Chief Investment Officer

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04/17/2014

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has named Jonathan D. Hook as its first Chief Investment Officer.

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Research Funded by William T. Grant Foundation Aims to Show Why Some Veterans Go Hungry

Release Date:

05/30/2019

A new study seeks to understand why some veterans experience food insecurity, having little access to healthy food, skipping meals or using money budgeted for groceries to pay other bills.

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Arabella Advisors Adds Chief Information Officer, Vince L'Erario

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07/27/2020

Arabella Advisors is thrilled to announce the appointment of Vince L’Erario as the company’s first chief information officer (CIO).

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College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?

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06/11/2013

We recently held two programs — organized by PNY’s Education Working Group and the New York City Youth Funders Network — that explored how educators, policymakers and nonprofits are rethinking and supporting student readiness for college and the...

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