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Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy

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12/13/2018

... windows offer a grand view of Central Park. Yet Tisch’ s view goes far beyond that. While her family is known as long-standing ...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase Mobility from Poverty

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02/04/2019

... Bets, or Mobility LABs, and announced during Robin Hood’ s conference – No City Limits: Reimagining the Poverty ... Fight 2019 – will be built around part of Robin Hood’ s work to identify and invest in...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair

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05/14/2019

... 2018, and began his term as Board Chair at the Council’ s Leading Together 2019 conference. He succeeds Javier Soto, ... around the country and across the globe. In today’ s environment, where society is more...

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MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research

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06/04/2019

... ultra-quantum matter (UQM) allows for quantum phenomena beyond what can be realized at the level of the individual ...

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Science

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The Whiting Foundation Announces New Grants for Public Humanities Projects Expanding Our Understanding of History and Culture

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05/25/2022

... to reflect on history, philosophy, and culture, they not only enrich their own lives – they can also change the ... work to deploy the humanities for the public good. Since it began in 2016, the WPEP has given...

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Committee for Children Launches Out-of-School Time SEL Program with Support from The Wallace Foundation

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03/26/2019

... -- Committee for Children (CFC) announced today that it is creating a new social-emotional learning (SEL) program ... care, summer camps, and other learning environments beyond the classroom, through support...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Coalition of Arts Funders Launches Emergency Artist Relief Fund With Seed Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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04/08/2020

... Relief is an ambitious effort to support the country’ s individual artists in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 ... the United States. Organizers will continue to fundraise beyond the launch of the grant...

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Debra Fazio-Rutt Joins The New York Women's Foundation as Vice President of Strategic Communications

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04/14/2021

Debra Fazio-Rutt Joins The New York Women' s Foundation as Vice President of Strategic Communications ... and justice forward for women and girls in New York and beyond . Debra has a demonstrated track record...

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Education Funders Research Initiative - Building Better Schools

Thursday, November 21, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation

... driven by one question: How can we improve on what' s working in NYC? This program is the Initiative’ s second in-person event . Our first in-person event on October 8th...

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After the Election, Building the Beloved Community

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11/23/2016

... address. This is the work we are all now engaged in. It is vital work, and I am in awe of the energy and urgency ... Have we heard and heeded the frustration of America’ s hollowed-out middle class, anxious...

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Economic Security

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Race to Lead; Confronting the Racial Leadership Gap

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06/2017

... Lead; Confronting the Racial Leadership Gap The Building Movement Project has just released Race to Lead; ... in nonprofit CEO/Executive Director positions. Here’ s a quick look at the findings: It ’ s NOT about Differences in Background or Qualifications ...

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Shamira Lukomwa

... of Public Administration degree from Columbia University’ s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and dual ...

Jacqueline Jones Named President of Foundation for Child Development

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07/01/2014

... Jacqueline Jones, a national leader in the movement for high-quality early learning, has been named ... on September 2. In the first term of President Obama' s administration, Dr. Jones -- well known for...

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New Class of Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackles Economic and Social Inequality

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08/12/2014

Three innovators combating issues of economic and social inequality with outside-the-box thinking were named Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows.

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Technology

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A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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08/28/2015

... New Orleans. Although many people will tout the city’ s recovery, few people in black working-class neighborhoods ... Rights Act, the crowning achievement of the civil-rights movement , which was recently...

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Civic Engagement

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Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller' s 100 Resilient Cities Initiative 100 Resilient Cities will now leverage Rebuild by Design’ s successful rebuilding, recovery, and resilience approach ... region to cities...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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NoVo Foundation Picked by Cuomo to Create New York City Women's Center

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10/27/2015

... Foundation Picked by Cuomo to Create New York City Women' s Center Governor Andrew Cuomo’ s administration picked the NoVo Foundation, a nonprofit ... will be at the center of the worldwide women’...

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The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation

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12/14/2015

The Nation Details Eric Holder’ s Appearance at Ford Foundation Eric Holder was the nation’ s first black attorney general at a time when civil-rights ... a new assault on voting rights to the Black Lives Matter...

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Former NYC Official & Former Philadelphia Mayor Named 'What Works Cities' Senior Fellows (Bloomberg)

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02/08/2016

... and city leadership experience to support the national movement focused on utilizing what works practices in ... using data and evidence in creative ways to improve people' s lives in cities. The wisdom...

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