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09 Feb 2017

Becoming a Successful Board Chair: Tips and Advice from Your Peers - Webinar

Thursday, February 9, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* ... successful board chairs from our network and offer new insights from the newly release...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn

Release Date:

01/04/2017

... came together included a young Jewish man who had moved to the neighborhood just a month before and an African ... woman who has lived there for sixty years. All were there to answer the key question, “What is...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

Release Date:

02/28/2017

... Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive The American Academy of Arts and ... English: cognitive benefits, important habits of mind, and...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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Arts

Education

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Mellon Foundation

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Sends Poets to Princeton Environmental Film Festival

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03/28/2017

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Sends Poets to Princeton Environmental Film Festival The Geraldine R. ... and refugees; it is sending a few of its affiliated poets to the film’s showing in Princeton. “It seemed like...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arts

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Century Foundation Analysis Finds Millions Could Lose Health Benefits If Congress Repeals and States Replace the ACA

Release Date:

04/10/2017

... ACA In the wake of House Republicans’ failed attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the ... Plan B. While the details are not known, the plan appears to include an amendment to...

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Health

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Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs

Release Date:

05/01/2017

... as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs A new study, billed as the first of its kind, by the Ford ... Foundation and the Kapor Center for Social Impact set out to better understand why people leave...

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Social Justice

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

Release Date:

05/19/2017

... Americans are nearly twice as likely as African-Americans to say they've saved enough for retirement, a new poll found. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public ... survey shows older white Americans...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Economic Security

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NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders

Release Date:

06/22/2017

... of billionaire philanthropists, myself included, tend to be of two minds: We like the idea that the wealthy are harnessing their fortunes to social good and we're excited by the prospect of lots of...

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The New York Community Trust

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In Memory of Former Century Foundation President Janice Nittoli

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07/03/2017

... Janice Nittoli The Century Foundation is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Janice Nittoli this morning. Janice ... served as President of The Century Foundation from 2011 to 2014 and was much loved by...

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Collaboration with Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Highlights the Art of Wallpaper

Release Date:

07/11/2017

... Foundation for the Visual Arts, which gives it access to much of Warhol’s work. Flavor Paper borrows a wide ... inspiration. Some papers, such as Flowers, Elvi and the new Ali, have a distinctly Warhol feel...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Arts

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Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning

Release Date:

08/04/2017

... Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning Supreme Court rulings that outlawed ... homes, often adding minimum lot size requirements to boot. Because African-Americans...

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Community Development

Economic Security

Housing and Homelessness

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Rockefeller Foundation’s Focus on Food Waste Includes Food Summit and Pop-up at Blue Hill Restaurant Featuring Chef Dan Barber’s WastED Initiative

Release Date:

08/09/2017

... David Barber, Dan Barber, and many more around solutions to food waste. The evening will feature a special menu ... by Chef Dan Barber’s wastED initiative, a pop-up devoted to the theme of re-using foods that...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

Release Date:

08/23/2017

... general public's help is being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome—the ... that live in and on the human body –and are believed to affect health. The Microbiome...

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Health

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‘Grassroots Means No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector

Release Date:

08/29/2017

‘Grassroots Means No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector “I am so tired of ... for a role because of their race, and are then expected to have the required competencies but don’t.” These are .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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How to Succeed on a Nonprofit Board

Release Date:

08/28/2017

How to Succeed on a Nonprofit Board Late one night, not too long ... they had done so innumerable times in the past. But as a new federal administration took over, it became clear the ... the treasurer resigned...

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How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

Release Date:

08/29/2017

How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America In the wake of ... a void that will never be healed until someone steps in to fill in the gap. Thankfully, corporate America seems to be ... Moreover...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... in East Harlem gets a facelift every few months — a new mural painted by the Harlem Art Collective, which formed ... painted Aztec symbols, for example, and a piece devoted to women’s rights on the barrier...

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Community Development

Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... a Serious Toll A very slender friend recently admitted to me that she “can’t stand to be around fat people.” Her reaction is almost visceral, ... yet they can strongly influence someone’s behavior. A ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... as corporate giving and volunteer programs, as well as new efforts such as impact investing and skills-based ... of companies now channeling the talents of their employees to nonprofit organizations.2 The rise...

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