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Open Society Foundations Appoint Gail Aidinoff Scovell as General Counsel

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07/01/2013

The Open Society Foundations has announced the appointment of Gail ... her range of professional experience from education to arts to tax law, and her reputation as a great team builder make Gail Scovell the...

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Open Society Names Yamide Dagnet as Director for Climate Justice

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12/07/2021

Open Society Names Yamide Dagnet as Director for Climate Justice ... today that Yamide Dagnet will take on the newly created role of director for Climate Justice, leading efforts to ... implementation of the Paris...

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Open Society Foundations Announce New Director of Foreign Policy Advocacy

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09/04/2019

Open Society Foundations Announce New Director of Foreign Policy Advocacy WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce that Sarah Margon ... while also taking a fresh look at the United...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces National Awards to 16 Arts Organizations Leading the Arts Sector

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02/07/2019

... Duke Charitable Foundation Announces National Awards to 16 Arts Organizations Leading the Arts Sector NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2019 – The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation today announced 16 arts...

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Open Society, Tow and Other Foundations Release Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform

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01/12/2016

Open Society , Tow and Other Foundations Release Blueprint for ... and reentry The Blueprint also highlights the distinct role that philanthropy plays in reform at the local, state ... Program Officer within the...

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United Nations Foundation Board of Directors Names Kathy Calvin Next President and CEO

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12/03/2012

... will be Vice Chairman of the Board and will continue her role as Chairman of the Executive Committee (Dr. Brundtland ... in the United States and a global network of corporate, civil society...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Puerto Rico Youth Fellows

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01/13/2021

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Puerto Rico Youth Fellows SAN JUAN—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the 2020 ... and individuals that contribute to strengthening civil...

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How Arts And Culture Make New York A Place For All Of Us

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06/27/2017

How Arts And Culture Make New York A Place For All Of Us by ... Trust This piece originally appeared on Huffington Post and is reposted with permission. Ask any New Yorker what ... tellers, community builders, and...

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18 Feb 2025

"Sing Sing": A Special Film Screening & Conversation on Art, Incarceration, and Systemic Change

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4:00pm to 7:00pm

... Through participation in Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA), he and his fellow actors, in a defiant act of ... their 150th anniversary. We'll also delve into the vital role of philanthropy in...

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Mellon Foundation Grants Over $13M to the National Park Foundation to Support Thirty Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities

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06/29/2022

... to gender and sexuality equality, the legacy of the civil rights movement, and the history of labor and ... their two years to pursue research relevant to their post -fellowship career goals. The first cohort...

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Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

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06/06/2017

... the United Nations and the global community that American society remains committed to achieving the emission ... The Paris Agreement recognizes the indispensable role of all these actors in...

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Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk

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05/13/2020

Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are investing in an effort to help ... in November 2017 by the G20 group of industrialized ...

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National Progressive Advocate Heather McGhee Receives Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Inaugural Fair and Just Fellowship

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05/16/2018

... of its Fair and Just Fellowship. During her year in the role , McGhee will inform the Foundation’s strategic ... 15 years, the last four as president. She will leave her post as president this summer and will...

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The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

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09/13/2017

The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness ... the idea has been enshrined officially in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs as something ... 80-minute discussion in the...

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OSF May Exit Hungary as Orban Purges Civil Groups

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04/20/2018

OSF May Exit Hungary as Orban Purges Civil Groups Billionaire philanthropist George Soros ’s Open Society Foundations, a group that funds dozens of ... may move its staff out of Budapest amid a crackdown on...

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