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24 Mar 2015

THREADS NEW YORK

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 -

8:30am to 12:00pm

... We will share our research on the trends that are shaping the future. Then, together, we’ll identify how ... sector, and lend your voice to a conversation that can change the way we work as a sector. Designed...

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OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

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02/12/2015

... more effectively than any government, and you can spark change more agilely than most governments ever could, and we ...

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Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post

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02/26/2015

... effectively with people across cultures to drive systemic change ...." Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in .....

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NoVo Foundation Celebrates International Women’s Day

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03/09/2015

... Celebrates International Women’s Day Every day, we are inspired by stories of amazing girls and women who are standing up to injustice and demanding a better future. ... at work, or on the global stage, these...

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Mellon Foundation Partners with NFF to Build Financial Health of Arts Organizations

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03/12/2015

Nonprofit Finance Fund has received a $485,000 planning grant for the first year of the project, focused on the development of a multi-phased, comprehensive initiative to help small-to-midsize arts organizations navigate, adapt and thrive amid ever-...

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North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform

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03/24/2015

Campaign will call for the end of the "broken windows" method of policing.

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Justice Reform

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

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03/30/2015

... America's children, and quite a few of these scholars are getting support from the William T. Grant Foundation, .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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New York Foundation and Brooklyn Community Foundation Lauded for Nimbleness

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05/27/2015

... makers just got national recognition in part because they are fast on their feet and versatile. The New York Community ... so we're able to be fairly nimble when issues shift and change in New York -...

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Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System

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06/03/2015

... declare why they seek to be elected in 2016, they are promising jobs, growth, and a better future. With nearly ... an uncertain future has become a constant, as lives are increasingly changed by technology and...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Education

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PIMCO Foundation Director Explores Impact of Corporate Giving

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08/31/2015

... shift and see it as a catalyst to perhaps more effectively change lives. Sarah Middleton, executive director since ... years. “It’s a real call to action to say, ‘Well, are we having the biggest impact we...

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Seeks Applicants for Arts & Culture Grants Program

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09/08/2015

... promote equality, contribute to advocacy and policy change and develop capacity for greater civic engagement. ...

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

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Arts

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The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit

... leadership, The Bridgespan Group has observed little change in the No. 1 organizational concern expressed by ... should have more opportunities to promote internal talent, are not doing so. The Nonprofit Leadership Development ...

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Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA

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10/26/2015

On Wednesday, October 28, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET), Ford Foundation president Darren Walker will answer your questions in a Facebook Q&A hosted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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NoVo Foundation’s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/02/2015

... problems themselves rather than acting as facilitators of change -- that is, seeking answers outside their walls, ...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Jonas Center Supports Visionary Project Bringing New Light to End-of-Life Issues

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11/03/2015

... in a feature length documentary that will seek to change the way Americans confront death. . . Jonas Center ...

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Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector

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02/23/2016

Begining in July, Dan Cardinali will become the new President and CEO of Independent Sector. With years of leadership in the charitable community, Dan currently serves as president of Communities In Schools, Inc., the nation’s largest dropout...

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Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

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03/31/2016

More than $1.6 million in additional grants from the Ford Foundation and Visa will ensure that the Filene Research Institute’s Incubator continues to develop solutions that serve financially fragile populations.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval

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04/21/2016

When the Foundation learned that it had to bring itself up to code, it decided not just to focus on technical improvements but also carry out some structural changes to make the building feel "less hierarchical," as the president of the foundation,...

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Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

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04/25/2016

Darren Walker’s moves to steer the country’s second-largest grant maker toward a focus on inequality and inclusion won him a spot on Time magazine's 2016 list of the world’s most influential people.

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