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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces New Vice Presidents

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09/11/2015

The Ms. Foundation is proud to welcome two new vice presidents to our leadership team! Susan Wefald joins as the vice president of programs, and Josh Pushkin joins as the vice president of development. Both have extensive backgrounds in nonprofit...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Bess Rothenberg as Director of New Office of Strategy & Learning

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01/08/2016

Bess Rothenberg had been named as director of Strategy and Learning at the Ford Foundation. The new division reflects the foundation’s commitment to continuous learning as it refines its approach to challenging inequality in all its forms.

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Surdna Appoints Shuaib Siddiqui, Director, Mission Related Investing

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06/30/2016

Shuaib Siddiqui, an investment professional whose work has focused on addressing global poverty, has been appointed Director, Mission Related Investing.

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Cricket Island Foundation Welcomes New Deputy Director Seema Shah

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07/27/2016

The Cricket Island Foundation recently completed a fairly comprehensive internal evaluation of our grantmaking strategy and operations.

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New York State Health Foundation Among Health Legacy Foundations That Address Social Causes of Poor Health Outcomes

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12/07/2017

While some legacy health foundations continue to fund work at their affiliated hospitals, many are expanding their efforts to have a larger impact on the communities they serve and beyond.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Next Public Art Challenge for U.S. Cities

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02/15/2018

After a rousing success in creating public displays that help citizens focus on important issues, Bloomberg Philanthropy’s Public Art Challenge is looking for more cities with big artistic ideas.

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New Journal From The Russell Sage Foundation Reimagines Approach to Eradicating Poverty

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02/21/2018

The proposed policies could help lift 23.3 million people of color out of poverty.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP)

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03/07/2018

Michael R. Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced it would provide $20 million in funding to launch Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP), a new global watchdog that will aggressively monitor deceptive tobacco industry...

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Study Supported By The Helmsley Charitable Trust Reveals Path to Normalize Blood Pressure Following Spinal Cord Injury

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03/19/2018

Patients with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) often experience chronically low blood pressure that negatively affects their health, their quality of life and their ability to engage in rehabilitative therapy.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Evaluation of OSF-Funded Education Program for Boys of Color Finds Efforts Didn’t Improve Outcomes

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05/10/2018

Four years and $24 million, the program has not lived up to its promise, according to a report released Wednesday by the Research Alliance for New York City Schools. Schools in the program turned out to be no better at preparing young men of color...

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Mia Vukojevic Joins Rockefeller Brothers to Lead Western Balkans Program

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05/23/2018

... for Security and Cooperation in Europe as a monitoring and reporting officer for the Special Monitoring Mission to ...

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A Look At How Surdna Foundation is Backing Water Infrastructure in American Cities

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06/25/2018

For Surdna’s environment program, that focus is uniquely all about infrastructure, including sustainable and equitable water infrastructure in American cities, ranging from Los Angeles to New Orleans.

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Warhol Foundation Comes Through Again for Texas Arts Orgs

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07/11/2018

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced that it will award $3.6 million to forty-two cultural organizations as part of its spring 2018 grant cycle, reports Artforum. Among the grantees are three Texas arts organizations.

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Research Funded By Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Climate Actions Can Create 14 Million Jobs by 2030

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09/10/2018

Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the report examines a number of effective urban solutions to climate change, including energy efficiency retrofits in buildings, enhanced bus networks and district-scale renewable energy.

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How the Joan Mitchell Foundation Has Championed The Artist’s Market and Legacy

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10/04/2018

The artist's market has skyrocketed, but the Joan Mitchell Foundation's work to secure her legacy is constant.

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