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Independent Sector Names Sarah Kastelic 2014 American Express NGen Leadership Winner

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06/10/2014

... executive director, 92Y Sina Vann, manager of voices for change, Somaly Mam Foundation "This year’s NGen ... gracing the charitable sector —in the life-changing work they take on daily," said Timothy...

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Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

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08/08/2013

... The evening’s keynote speaker, although famous for her scholarship on public health and food systems, was ... succeed at a piecemeal approach to food systems reform. Work through collaboration not competition...

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Laura Washington Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Director of Communications

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04/14/2015

... core mission and vision, setting and guiding strategy for all communications, web site, public relations engagement ... the New-York Historical Society. There, as Vice President for Communications, she led the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers Insight on Employing Millennials

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05/08/2015

... EY released new findings from a global survey about the work -life challenges today’s employees confront. It asked ... is that, in the United States, Millennials want flexible work arrangements — and indeed,...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Workforce Development

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U.S.-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits

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06/04/2015

... Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits Those who work on Cuba-related grants emphasized that internal changes ... with some of these changes." Others point out that for all the buzz among U.S. foundations...

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After Implementing New Strategic Approach, Andrus Announces First Round of Grants

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07/17/2015

... assessment which led to a new vision and mission. For the first time in over a decade the organization had an open call for unsolicited letters of inquiry this past February. The ... receiving an overwhelming...

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Jane Beyer Named Program Officer at Center for Evidence-based Policy and Milbank Memorial Fund

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09/09/2015

Jane Beyer Named Program Officer at Center for Evidence-based Policy and Milbank Memorial Fund Jane Beyer will join the Center for Evidence-based Policy (CEbP) and the Milbank Memorial ... will not only give the...

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Public Policy

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Taps Sharon Alpert as Next President and CEO

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09/25/2015

... leader, Sharon is currently the vice president for programs and strategic initiatives at the Surdna ... and creating a culture of learning. “In our search for a President and CEO, we looked for...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arts

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Surdna Foundation

MetLife Foundation Supports Expansion of Green Schoolyard Initiative

Release Date:

10/20/2015

... Superintendent Dr. William R. Hite, Jr., and The Trust for Public Land’s Jeff Danter, Senior Vice President and ... and learn,” said Mayor Nutter. “Thanks to the hard work of our City departments and our...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

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07 Jul 2016

Service for Impact

Thursday, July 7, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... principles of Reimagining Service, provides an opportunity for both corporate grantmakers and corporate volunteer ... into the importance of harmonizing the two functions to work in partnership, within the...

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Corporate Funders

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Coalition of Women’s Foundations Release Statement Supporting Key Elements of Obama Budget

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02/11/2016

... opportunity, promote equality and build economic stability for women and working families in America. These efforts include: expanding paid leave; promoting equal pay for equal work ;...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

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Ford, Open Society and Others Join in Support of Public Interest Tech

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02/17/2016

... foundations working to promote the use of the Internet for social good has announced grants totaling $18 million to ... Lab, which is working to develop professional pathways for technologists interested in...

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Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)

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02/18/2016

... the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene ... term, the results suggest Nmu as a potential candidate for new therapies to address sleep...

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United Hospital Fund's Jim Tallon to Step Down in Second Half of 2017

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06/23/2016

... of opportunity to reflect on my time in this role, but for the year-plus ahead, there is a lot of work that I want to see through to fruition,” said Mr. ... look forward to his continued leadership and to the...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Welcomes New Trustees to its Board

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07/15/2016

... president of Demos, a public policy organization working for equality in American democracy and economic ... Civic Participation and serves on the boards of the Center for Working Families and Consumer Reports...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist

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08/24/2016

... than three investment team members reviewing 80 companies for a year to close a single transaction. For -profit investors who find one truly great deal per year ... generous philanthropists do—how hard do...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Impact Investing

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Marlow Kee Named Chief Financial Officer at Simons Foundation

Release Date:

10/14/2016

... support new research initiatives. “I’ve always worked for mission-based organizations and tried to give back,” ...

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Joan Guzik Joins United Hospital Fund as Director, Quality Improvement of the Quality Institute

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01/19/2017

... United Hospital Fund as director of quality improvement for the Fund’s Quality Institute, effective January 3. ... and prior to that as director of quality improvement for the hospital. Previously Ms. Guzik...

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