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Ford Foundation Appoints Javier Valdés as U.S. Director of Civic Engagement and Government

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05/04/2021

Ford Foundation Appoints Javier Valdés as U.S. Director of Civic ... and will lead the strategy for the foundation ’s work to strengthen representation, participation, and...

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Cricket Island Foundation Welcomes New Deputy Director Seema Shah

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07/27/2016

Cricket Island Foundation Welcomes New Deputy Director Seema Shah The ... completed a fairly comprehensive internal evaluation of our grantmaking strategy and operations. One of the .....

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Euan Robertson Joins Simons Foundation As Chief Operating Officer

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04/01/2019

Euan Robertson Joins Simons Foundation As Chief Operating Officer The Simons Foundation ... functions. Euan comes to the foundation from Columbia University ,...

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Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

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09/14/2017

Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do? Earlier this month, a coalition of philanthropic trade associations—namely, the Council of ... Good at Boston...

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

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04/30/2015

Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts ... for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University . “If every child could be in a high-quality ... Action Council, a civil...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation-Sponsored Team Wins Competition

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04/12/2016

Peter G. Peterson Foundation -Sponsored Team Wins Competition that Raises ... Awareness About U.S. Fiscal Challenges The fiscal future of our generation is up to us — or at least this is the ... G...

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Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on Autism and Genes

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04/21/2016

Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on ... Research Initiative on Thursday announced the launch of an online research initiative that aims to gather DNA and .....

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The MasterCard Foundation Supports $828 Million in Private Scholarships for African Youth

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12/09/2016

The MasterCard Foundation Supports $828 Million in Private Scholarships for ... African Youth Irene Kinyanguli, a senior at Arizona State University , comes from Tanzania, where her father works in a ... But an...

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Carnegie and MasterCard Foundation Headline African Higher Education Summit

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10/06/2014

Carnegie and MasterCard Foundation Headline African Higher Education Summit The ... will provide an energising space for African political and university leaders, experts and organisations – and friends of...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Wallace Foundation President Will Miller Tackles Education Reform in NYTimes Editorial

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04/17/2015

Wallace Foundation President Will Miller Tackles Education Reform in ... students. School districts, states and universities need to do much more to get outstanding principals into these .....

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box' This week, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Daryl Atkinson of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice...

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Justice Reform

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments On Supreme Court Ruling On Affirmative Action

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06/24/2016

Century Foundation Fellow Comments On Supreme Court Ruling On ... upholding race as a factor in the admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin came as a relief for...

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Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights

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08/12/2016

Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights ... complex decision-making within the turbulent environment of a rising column of warm air...

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Environment and Climate Change

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New Video From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's African Health Initiative

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11/29/2017

New Video From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation 's African Health Initiative “ DDCF’s African Health Initiative: Supporting Local Ownership of Solutions ” brings to life one of...

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Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program

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10/07/2015

Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the ... love and loss. As the foundation shifts its overall focus to addressing inequality, Elizabeth will guide efforts...

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Arts

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Crain’s Top 15 List of Foundations Is a Showcase of PNY Members

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10/21/2015

Crain’s Top 15 List of Foundations Is a Showcase of PNY Members The top 15 ... how the fortunes of philanthropists are closely tied to the investment decisions they and their...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Publishes Report Calling for Improved Oversight of Colleges

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04/13/2016

Century Foundation Senior Fellow Publishes Report Calling for Improved Oversight of Colleges The report -- titled “Looking in All the Wrong ... such as whether a college is misrepresenting information to...

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Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove

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06/21/2016

Stonewall Foundation 's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly ... years. Now Executive Director, Lucas is steering the ship of one of the city's most visible nonprofits,...

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Strengthening Protection of Patient Medical Data

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01/11/2017

Century Foundation Releases Report on Strengthening Protection of Patient Medical Data When Americans seek medical care, ... physician records, and other information related to medical treatment...

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