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Michael Berkowitz to Join The Rockefeller Foundation

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08/22/2013

... risk management efforts. Since joining the bank in 2005, Berkowitz has held multiple other positions, ... Intelligence, and other management positions based in New York, Mumbai and Singapore. Previously, he...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Funding Opportunity Program on the Future of Work

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01/15/2014

... research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers in the United States. We seek research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the...

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Workforce Development

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Russell Sage Foundation

Iris Chen Named Executive Director of The Fund for Public Schools

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08/05/2014

... practices, including the incorporation of technology in the classroom, as well as greatly enhanced professional ... a major expansion of the organization’s teacher corps in New York City, launched a new school...

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Philip Zelikow Joins Markle Foundation As Visiting Managing Director

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08/27/2014

... that use technology and globalization to help all Americans flourish in the economy of a networked world. Zelikow, the White ... the Graduate School. His collaboration with Markle began in...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Ford Foundation Appoints Rakesh Rajani as the New Director of Democratic Participation and Governance

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10/21/2014

... to promote government transparency and accountability. In three years, 65 countries have joined the Partnership and ... research with humor, and satire to engage citizens in education reform. He has authored...

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Public Policy

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Ford Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Alfred Ironside Vice President for Global Communications

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11/21/2014

... events. His strategy work with program teams and grantees in the U.S. and internationally has helped lead to important ... events. Earlier, as UNICEF press officer for countries in crisis, he was dispatched to...

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Education

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Musicians Foundation Celebrates Centennial Anniversary

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12/18/2014

... need to provide emergency financial relief to musicians in distress. In doing so, these socially engaged artists helped pioneer the course of charitable giving in this country. Encouraged by...

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Arts

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Musicians Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Don Chen New Director of Metropolitan Opportunity

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01/05/2015

... leads the foundation's work on equitable urban development in the U.S. and developing world. Chen is a global thought ... He oversaw the implementation of the first two initiatives in the San Francisco...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Ford Foundation

Jerome and Camargo Foundations Appoint New President

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06/05/2015

... of both foundations, and will be working primarily in the US offices in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Cameron is currently Program ... for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, in New...

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Arts

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Foundation for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa

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03/07/2016

... for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa "We Exist: Mapping LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa," a report charting the growth of LGBTQ activism in Africa,...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Foundation for a Just Society

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Derek Coy Named New York State Health Foundation’s Veterans' Health Officer

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09/21/2016

... Health Officer. A United States Marine veteran who served in Iraq, Sgt. Coy previously worked for Iraq and Afghanistan ... of America, the fastest-growing veterans organization in the U.S. He also worked for...

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Noa Meyer Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

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12/16/2016

... added, “Brooklyn Community Foundation’s catalytic role in supporting equality and justice for all of Brooklyn’s ... an organization whose work strengthens our core values as Americans .” Ms. Meyer brings deep...

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Andrew W. Mellon Supports Fellowship Program Diversifying the Intellectual Leadership of Scholarly Publishing

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06/29/2017

... and Robert Harington have written about gender inequities in scholarly publishing. In other sectors that colleagues and I have studied in depth, including art museums nationally, cultural ...

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Mellon Foundation

10 Jul 2017

Countering State Preemption and Protecting the Power of Local Government - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, July 10, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... elections, state lawmakers have become more aggressive in their use of preemption to stop local lawmaking across a ... organizing and communications tactics that have been used in specific states protect the...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Civic Engagement

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Stavros Niarchos & Leon Levy Foundations Supported Research Finds Common Cerebral White Matter Abnormalities in Children with Autistic Traits

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09/06/2017

... Research Finds Common Cerebral White Matter Abnormalities in Children with Autistic Traits Structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter match up consistently with the severity of autistic symptoms...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Health

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Leon Levy Foundation

Arabella Advisors Produces Issue Brief On How Donors Can Support Women’s Mental Health

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10/11/2017

... health challenges affect every woman, man, and child in the United States. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in five American adults has a diagnosable mental health ... the Hope &...

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Gender Justice

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Arabella Advisors

Ford Foundation Funded, "Zero Weeks" Director Ky Dickens, Interviewed By Women And Hollywood

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11/07/2017

Ford Foundation Grantee, Director Ky Dickens Featured in Women And Hollywood Spotlight Interview Ky Dickens ... was inducted into the United States Library of Congress in 2011 for its instrumental role in...

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13 Feb 2018

Learning from the #MeToo Moment: Building an Anti-Harassment Practice in Your Foundation

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

If 98 percent of organizations in the United States have a harassment and discrimination ... continue to be such a persistent and devastating problem in the American workplace? The scandals that have rocked .....

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Professional Development

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The Century Foundation Files Lawsuit in Federal Court Against Department of Education

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02/12/2018

The Century Foundation Files Lawsuit in Federal Court Against Department of Education The Century ... Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...

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