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28 Jun 2012

Foundation Executive Assistants Network Meeting

Thursday, June 28, 2012 -

12:15pm to 2:00pm

... networking group for EAs (and those in similar roles) led to this convening. At this first meeting participants will have the opportunity to network with one another, set goals for the network and ... several...

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Executive Support Staff

02 Nov 2012

Learn and Let Learn: Supporting Successful Learning Communities

Friday, November 2, 2012 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... Organizations' Scaling What Works initiative invites you to join an interview with participants and leaders of one of ... Learn and Let Learn. GEO will facilitate a conversation to highlight the...

What’s Strategy Got to Do With It?

Release Date:

08/27/2013

... for the Stanford Social Innovation Review. In a speech to the staff of the Hewlett Foundation, William Schambra of ... philanthropy, involving untold billions of dollars, we have in fact failed to...

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The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels

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03/13/2014

The North Star Fund is the first community foundation to sign onto the Divest-Invest Philanthropy initiative's pledge to divest from fossil fuel investments. "Divestment" was not ... the South...

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Environment and Climate Change

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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... executives, business owners and advocates, aims to shift the focus to placing unemployed New Yorkers in emerging, higher-paying industries like the technology sector. “ We ’re going to...

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Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project

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06/23/2014

... a year. The library was among those who best responded to the question posed by the challenge: " How can we strengthen the Internet for free expression and .....

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

... Henderson who became president seven years ago, says: " We spent years ultimately retooling the organization around a .....

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01 Oct 2014

Foundation Administrators Network: Best Resources Swap Meet

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... Administrators Network (FAN) members are resourceful - we have to be! Wearing multiple hats in varying roles, we ’re always discovering smart and proven ways to be more...

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HR & Operations Staff

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MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa

Release Date:

11/07/2014

MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa The programme will ... Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa's (AGRA) effort to improve markets, soils, and access...

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International/Foreign Affairs

The Commonwealth Fund Recaps Health Care in 2014

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12/23/2014

... health care. The problem isn’t finding historic events to note, it’s pruning the list. Here’s a crack at some things that we at The Commonwealth Fund thought worth calling out before ... the ball drops in...

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NoVo Foundation Celebrates International Women’s Day

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03/09/2015

... Celebrates International Women’s Day Every day, we are inspired by stories of amazing girls and women who are standing up to injustice and demanding a better future. Whether at home, ...

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Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool

Release Date:

04/30/2015

... enrolled in the lowest quality programs, according to a new report released Wednesday by researchers at the ... “If every child could be in a high-quality program, we could all go home and not worry about it...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockfeller Brothers Fund Weighs in on Motivation for Fossil Fuel Divestment

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05/18/2015

... particularly those supporting environmental programs, was to be ethically and financially consistent. "Our investments were undermining every grant dollar we made," said Geraldine Watson, vice...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Sloan Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017

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06/29/2015

... Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017 The Digital Public Library ... archives and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. DPLA provides...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Open Society and MacArthur Foundations to be Banned by Russia Along with Many Others

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07/14/2015

Open Society and MacArthur Foundations to be Banned by Russia Along with Many Others On ... in a telephone interview that her group was taken aback to be put on such a list after 15 years in Russia holding ... and...

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Ford Foundation Supports "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film" Series

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09/11/2015

... Society of Lincoln Center will recognize James Baldwin ( we celebrated what would've been his 91st birthday last .....

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Gilman Foundation Donates $75K to Young People’s Chorus for New Music

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09/14/2015

Gilman Foundation Donates $75K to Young People’s Chorus for New Music Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC) is pleased to announce its first grant from the Howard Gilman ... J. Núñez, artistic director...

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Bank of America Backs Community Development and Housing Projects

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09/21/2015

... solutions and stabilize neighborhoods is a key component to building a stronger financial future for our community," ... president for Bank of America, said in a statement. " We 're fortunate...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Bank of America [Corporate]

Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA

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10/26/2015

Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA Want to know more about the Ford Foundation’s new focus on inequality? Have questions about how we ’re changing our...

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How Do You Build a Field? Lessons from Public Health - Rockefeller Foundation

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11/23/2015

... However, credit for containing the disease also goes to a legion of researchers, epidemiologists, community health ... the public health response in West Africa and beyond. We owe the existence of these...

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