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18 Jun 2012

9th Annual Games for Change Festival

Monday, June 18, 2012 - 8:00am to Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 6:30pm

NYU Skirball Center 655 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square, NYC

... and Technology Policy, NASA, National Endowment for the Arts , National Institutes of Health, the Smithsonian, State ... Lucy Bradshaw , General Manager, Maxis Label (Electronic Arts ) Nolan Bushnell , Founder,...

The Elmezzi Foundation Pledges $3 Million to Help End Generational Poverty in Astoria and Long Island City

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09/17/2014

... and directly with diverse program providers, including arts education for students, ESL classes for parents, early ... City to graduate from high school and attain the necessary post -graduate credentials...

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Abby Pitkowsky Joins The Covenant Foundation Staff as Program Director

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04/08/2022

... York area, in roles including youth advisor, director of a post -b’nai mitzvah retreat program, and director of ... NYC region. As program director, Abby will play a central role in contributing to the...

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Citi Releases 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report

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04/26/2021

... 2020 are a stark reminder that companies like ours have a role to play in helping tackle the world’s toughest ... 2025 Sustainable Progress Strategy to play a leading role in driving the transition to a low-...

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The New York Women’s Foundation Honors DeAnna Hoskins, President & CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, and Bryan Stevenson, Founder & Executive Director of The Equal Justice Initiative, at 2019 Radical Generosity Dinner

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10/08/2019

... The Essex House on Central Park West. Also honored at the event were grantee partners of the Justice Initiative Fund ... organizations to the federal government, including the role of Senior Policy Advisor (...

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Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments

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06/18/2018

... outdoor air pollution with the hope of learning what role they may play in human health. The month-long project ... says Atila Novoselac, Ph.D., professor, Department of Civil , Architectural, and Environmental...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Michele Moore As Vice President of Global Communications

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12/06/2019

... in the United States and abroad. She begins her new role in January 2020, succeeding Alfred D. Ironside who ... tenure. Moore comes to the foundation from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), where she...

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Proteus Fund President Meg Gage Steps Down, Paul Di Donato Will Be Interim President

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12/03/2015

... to her credit, Meg Gage has stepped down from her role as President of Proteus Fund and Proteus Action League ... you may know, Paul served as Director of Proteus Fund’s Civil Marriage Collaborative for eight...

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The Weight of Privilege in Crisis

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08/19/2020

... in the last six months. Inequity that has plagued our society for centuries, has shown up in ways that even the ... with me. She asked, “What if part of Philanthropy’s role is simply to bear witness? What if...

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11 Feb 2021

Family Identity and Culture - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, February 11, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... it faithfully guides them in their work? What is the role of the individual in relation to the collective? How ... family culture that reflects a shared sense of purpose The role of the individual in relation...

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21 Sep 2012

A Dialogue with Queers for Economic Justice

Friday, September 21, 2012 -

10:00am to 11:30pm

... Briefing sponored by Atlantic Philanthropies , Open Society Foundations and Wellspring Advisors, LLC in ... Presenters Richard Blum , Employment Attorney, Legal-Aid Society Terry Boggis, Program Director, The...

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Tides Names Judith Hill CFO

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04/01/2013

... that span both the public and the private sectors to the role . “Judith has a proven track record of financial acumen ...

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Long Island Community Foundation Welcomes Mary Beth Guyther as New Program Officer

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09/03/2012

... manages the Foundation’s grantmaking in Health, Hunger, Arts and Technical Assistance. In her role as Program Officer, she is building on LICF’s ...

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Katherine Bleich Joins American Express as Corporate Philanthropy Intern

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07/02/2012

... philanthropic initiatives as an intern. In addition to her role there, Bleich is a second-year Master of Public ... University of Paris, Bleich earned her Bachelor of Arts in European Culture Studies &...

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The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Announces New Chief Operating Officer, Maya Jakubowicz

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07/12/2023

... and Montana Artists Agency. Maya holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara. The ...

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Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

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09/05/2014

... Denis Udall, Program Officer, Hewlett Foundation This post originally appeared on the Stanford Social Innovation ... initially in mathematics and expanding to English language arts . Highly trained, outstanding...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

How We Can Advance Support for Racial Equity and Racial Justice Funding

Release Date:

03/03/2022

... a shared, affirmative vision of a fair and inclusive society Focuses explicitly on building civic, cultural, ... even include providing social services or support for the arts —two sectors traditionally...

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Nudge Your Grantmaking: Applying Behavioral Science Insights to Enhance Program Impact

Release Date:

12/13/2017

... hassles – private funders, too, can play a valuable role in making a wide variety of good programs even more ...

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Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?

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05/19/2017

... This Insights piece originally appeared on The Huffington Post , and is reposted with permission. In May 2015, New ... first cultural plan to direct the City’s policies on arts and culture, from generating...