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Making the Most of Interesting Times – and Achieving the Global Goals

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02/22/2018

... aimed at the SDGs. Some are already showing the way forward for this kind of collaboration. Take for example, ... respectful partnerships and bold goal-setting that will lead to creating transformative and...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members, Names New Chair

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06/14/2023

... JD from the Georgetown University Law Center and her BA in English from Yale University. “As a Bronx native, DEI ... impact of leadership programs during my career, and I look forward to helping the Foundation...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?

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11/17/2022

... voting in the United States. The occasion for the event was the publication, by The New Press, of the book 100% ... a kind of perpetual trench warfare about whether we move forward toward a...

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Kristen Ruff and Beeta Jahedi Promoted at Philanthropy New York

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01/01/2013

... Services and Assistant Director of Learning Services. In her new role as Director of Member Services, Kristen Ruff ... membership-related initiatives and member research; lead PNY’s leadership development...

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GroundTruth Announces $1 Million Project on Climate Change

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08/18/2015

... diverse editorial team of reporting fellows and editors to lead a multimedia reporting project over the next three years ... travel to France for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference in December and produce live...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students

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05/02/2016

... Preference to Legacy Students Legacy preference is the practice of providing qualifying students who have some sort of family connection to the school with an advantage in the college admissions process. Most...

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Tow Foundation Funded News Integrity Initiative Awards $1.8 Million to Build Support for Quality Journalism

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10/04/2017

... CUNY Graduate School of Journalism announced $1.8 million in grants that aim to improve people’s lives by fostering ... constructive, inclusive community conversations. Launched in the spring of this year, the...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Communications/Media

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The Tow Foundation

Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

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08/24/2017

... happens when people believe that selling is a disreputable practice that must be tolerated only as a last resort. If you ...

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Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)

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06/13/2014

... Program Associate for the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust. Technology has transformed ... lives: working, volunteering, and participating in after-school and summer activities...

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Technology

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COVID-19: Sharing Information

... amplify the work. developing collaborative funds engaging in advocacy work at the city or state level to support nonprofit grantees adapting grantmaking practices in any way providing operational support to grantees ... a webinar or virtual meeting to share? Add to the Regional Calendar . COVID-19: Sharing Information ...

02 Apr 2013

The Art and Science of Advocacy

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8:30am to 11:00am

Advocacy is much debated in the public sector. A recent Independent Sector study, ... from nonprofit advocates and experts – including the lead author of Beyond the Cause, Independent Sector President ... Diana...

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Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart

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05/15/2015

... It’s just six subway stops between where I live, in Murray Hill, and the East Harlem neighborhood. But when it ... diabetes, and other chronic illnesses that ultimately lead to shorter life spans. How can we...

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New York Health Foundation

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Two New Program Directors

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03/01/2013

... team in key grantmaking areas. Mr. O’Sullivan will lead the Trust’s IBD & Crohn’s Program and also serve as ... Clinical Psychology from Yale, he also has had a private practice ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Sandra O. Moose Named Chair of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Board of Trustees

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06/04/2012

... her new role as Chair of the Foundation’s Board. I look forward to working with her," commented Foundation President ... was a principal founder of the firm’s Financial Services practice and a key...

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James Short Named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corp.

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02/09/2016

... with nearly 30 years of experience, Short is an expert in teacher education and professional development. He comes ... education," said Short. “I’ve had the opportunity to lead the development of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Need for Civil Legal Aid

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06/07/2016

... 1 Civil legal matters often involve assisting people in getting access to basic social systems and amenities such ... and families remain financially sustainable and lead healthy, productive lives is part our...

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Economic Security

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Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing

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02/06/2017

... one of the oldest and largest family-governed foundations in the U.S., Surdna is not just investing to further its ... environmental and financial returns. We hope this will lead to the creation of more funds...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Action Plan for Gathering and Sharing Information on SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Variants and Other Pathogens

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03/08/2021

... plan for creating a national genomic surveillance system in the United States based on a February 2021 convening of ... for Pandemic Prevention and Response. In this role he will lead the...

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice Welcomes Joy Chia as New Executive Director

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07/20/2021

... anti-racist, international values are being put into practice across all aspects of Astraea’s work. As Astraea ... movements that shift power to LGBTQI people – Joy will lead the organization through a...

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