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31 Jan 2011

Promise Neighborhoods: What Is the Promise and How Can Foundations Help It Shine Through?

Monday, January 31, 2011 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... not guaranteed support for implementation and, given the more than 330 applicants from 48 states, not all promising ...

09 Dec 2010

Shareholder Activism: Changing Corporate Behavior

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... governance practices, increase transparency, and think more strategically about environmental and social issues. ...

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04 Feb 2010

Summer Learning Loss: How Can It Be Reduced?

Thursday, February 4, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... cause of the achievement gap between low-income youth and more affluent students – but widespread improvement will ...

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09 Dec 2009

All Politics Is Local: Where Are Women and Girls?

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 -

2:00pm to 6:00pm

... and invited guest Council Member Julissa Ferreras to learn more about the initiatives making a difference for local ...

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Two New Members Join The William T. Grant Foundation Board

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11/01/2013

... the IFRS Foundation, which sets accounting standards for more than 100 countries.   He was also a member of the ...

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PNY Welcomes Shanqua Harrison and Allyson Goldhagen

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02/12/2014

... who are interested in starting their own businesses. More recently, Shanqua accepted the Board Treasurer position ...

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The Century Foundation Welcomes Jeff Madrick as Senior Fellow

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04/01/2014

... infrastructure investment. Madrick is also the author of more than a half-dozen books, including The Age of Greed and ...

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22 Jan 2015

What’s Next on the Healthcare Horizon? Five Big Trends Affecting Philanthropy

Thursday, January 22, 2015 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... and how can providers use those technologies to become more patient-focused? The conversation between the two ...

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Five Management Secrets from Excellent Nonprofits

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11/21/2013

... services at night and on weekends and holidays. To be more effective, nonprofits in New York City are developing ...

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Winning Was Just Part of the Reward

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09/17/2013

... journey that brought us to that point also brought us far more than the award itself. The months-long application ...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces Appointment of Chief Executive Officer

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01/09/2015

... and staff of the Joan Mitchell Foundation could not be more excited with the appointment of Christa Blatchford as ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Dr. Francine Berman to Board of Trustees

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01/22/2015

... from 2001 to 2009 she led an interdisciplinary staff of more than 250 scientists, engineers, and technologists in the ...

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Far Rockaway Leaders Look Ahead

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02/12/2013

... and sharing ideas. Their mission became to attract more resources, particularly youth programs, to what they ...

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Open Comment Period: Simplifying the Excise Tax on Private Foundations

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08/01/2012

... in difficult times because high distribution makes it more difficult to qualify for the lower rate during the next ...

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26 Mar 2015

Using Social Media to Engage Your Stakeholders in Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts

Thursday, March 26, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... why is that? Statistics show that Twitter and Facebook can more effectively reach the readers who care passionately ...

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08 Oct 2015

Making Space for Tinkering, Design-Thinking and Technology in Education

Thursday, October 8, 2015 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... and oversight - these spaces can make tech less, not more , inclusive. Join us for this conversation about ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City

04 Dec 2015

Catching Up: What High Schools Are Doing to Move Kids from Elementary Knowledge to College Ready

Friday, December 4, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:30am

... What are the constraints preventing schools and the system more broadly from employing – and scaling up use of – ...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Former Ambassador as New Trustee

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11/12/2015

... work of the Foundation, including investment management of more than $2 billion in active real estate and investment ...

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