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A Sensible Makeover for the Ford Foundation Workspace

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12/16/2015

A Sensible Makeover for the Ford Foundation Workspace Going to see the president of the ... East 43rd Street in Manhattan, that is expected to close it for two years. When designing the suite in...

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Insights from “Bridging Practice to Lead Forward - An Invitation from the Leadership Transitions Funders Group”

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08/07/2023

... between grantee partners and their longtime funders, and when they do take place, it is late in a process that might have already been underway ... what’s not; organizational shifts and...

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Marcella Tillett of the Brooklyn Community Foundation Named Among 50 Women in City & State's 2022 Above & Beyond List

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03/21/2022

... at Clark Atlanta University. But she shifted gears when a professor explained how social work would offer her a ... as having given her the ability to grow professionally. “ It ’s always been important to be...

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Brooklyn Org

Design and Health: Back Together Again?

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06/21/2017

... how your ZIP code is more telling than your genetic code when predicting health. Last month, I moderated a discussion ... Community Partner’s Elizabeth Zeldin and the Center for Active Design’s Lisa Creighton...

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Simons Foundation-Supported Research: New Map May Lead to Drug Development for Complex Brain Disorders

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07/25/2017

... of all their children’s problems, a single gene mutation can ’t be blamed for complex brain disorders like autism, ... highlights the brain’s network of protein associations. It ’s a first step to developing...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Basketball Legend Join Forces for Youth Empowerment and Establish Field of Life

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12/18/2019

Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Basketball Legend Join Forces for Youth ... of a landmark founding grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Field of Life’s core mission is to serve ... a plethora of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Unlocking the Power of Co-Leadership: Part Two of A Candid Conversation with Rebecca Tye and Camaro West, Co-Executive Directors of Peace is Loud

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12/08/2023

... and why other non-profit organizations should consider it . They share lessons, pivots, and words of wisdom as they ... cost more dollars, the return on that investment is high. When considering a co-leadership...

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Beeta Jahedi Joins The JPB Foundation

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11/01/2013

... Senior Program Associate, President's Office at The JPB Foundation . In this role, she will work with president Barbara Picower in the foundation 's grantmaking areas of health, poverty and the .....

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Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?

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09/12/2013

... powerhouse platform for youth driving social change. It began as many discussions between grantmakers and ... to all the various reasons why most foundations had either declined her funding proposal or...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Names Chun Lai as Chief Investment Officer After Donna Dean Announces Retirement

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10/16/2019

The Rockefeller Foundation Names Chun Lai as Chief Investment Officer After ... and currently serves as Deputy Chief Investment Officer. " It has been a dream come true to be able to use my...

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2/26/2015 - What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement - Recording & PowerPoint Presentation

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02/2015

View materials and the recording of the program, "What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement."

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... possible experiences for our members. Here are ways you can get involved: Share your idea for a new program idea or ... us prioritize your interests. Would you attend (again)? Do you think your colleagues...

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Names Ruth Brenner New Senior Vice President, Finance & Operations

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06/29/2021

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Names Ruth Brenner New Senior Vice President, ... and collaborating with Grants Management, Human Resources, IT , and the Foundation ’s other administrative departments...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966

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10/06/2016

Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966 When the Zimmerli's curators first devised two complementary ... that have prominently re-emerged across the United...

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Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

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08/10/2015

... golfers are more accurate and strike the ball more firmly when they putt attempting to avoid bogey (a loss to par) than ... these asymmetries between situations involving loss versus gain suggest that...

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The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down

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01/15/2016

The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down One of the many consequences of the ... Foundation , the loss of over one-third of its funds forced it to consider spending down its remaining assets. .....

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Simplifying the Excise Tax on Private Foundations

... pay by removing the current two-tiered tax and replacing it with one flat tax rate. The most recent proposals set this ... rate during the next 5 years. In the current scenario, when a foundation...

03 Nov 2021

Legal Series - Within the Law and Outside the Box

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10:00am to 11:30am

... work. Come learn about the wide range of activities both within and beyond grantmaking that could help your foundation advance its mission. Many foundations support ... range of activities both...

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches #Newmanitarian Campaign Asking People to Commit Acts of Kindness

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01/30/2018

Newman's Own Foundation Launches #Newmanitarian Campaign Asking People to ... by giving back because, as Paul Newman said, " It 's just the right thing to do ." In recognition...

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