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Ford Foundation Appoints Diane Samuels as Vice President for Talent and Human Resources

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06/13/2019

... Samuels as Vice President for Talent and Human Resources New York / 13 June 2019 — The Ford Foundation announced today ... Samuels served as managing director of operations at the New...

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The Charles H. Revson Foundation Elects Ariel Zwang to Board of Trustees

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11/17/2021

The Charles H . Revson Foundation Elects Ariel Zwang to Board of Trustees ... served as a board member of the Human Services Council of New York and the Points of Light Foundation. Her...

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Mellon Foundation Features Harlem Studio Museum Director on How Art Helps Us Understand Diversity

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02/23/2017

At a time when society is swiftly being transformed, Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society investigates how diversity and social connectedness are imperative to our shared success and a broader sense...

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Arts

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William Cordery at Surdna Foundation Talks About 'Delusional Altruism℠' In the Philanthropy World

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03/08/2017

After the PNY program, "Achieving Equity…How Exactly?" we sat with one of the panelists, William Cordery at Surdna Foundation, to discuss a concept presented by moderator Kris Putnam-Walkerly she calls "delusional altruism℠."

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Open Society Foundations and Other Funders Mobilizing to Counter Hate

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03/29/2017

ot long after the election, OSF rolled out a $10 million rapid response initiative to support those targeted by hateful rhetoric.

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Rajiv Shah on Rockefeller Foundation Priorities, Multilateralism and Philanthropy

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04/20/2017

Amid a mood of global distrust toward institutions, philanthropic foundations must prioritize winning public confidence, including by partnering together and taking risks, said Rajiv Shah in some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of...

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Nonprofits Likely to Receive $700 Million From Rockefeller Estate

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04/24/2017

Nonprofits are likely to receive as much as $700 million from the estate of David Rockefeller, Sr., the former chair and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and renowned philanthropist, once his assets have been liquidated, Forbes reports.

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Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement

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06/22/2017

In this tag-team PHIL Talk, Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo discuss the importance of fun in engaging communities in social justice work, and the power of "spect-acting" in humanizing policy proposals to elected officials.

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Open Society Foundations: Central Asia at History’s Crossroads

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07/17/2017

Central Asia’s long history of domestic repression and foreign subjugation is well known. Less appreciated, but just as important, is the on-the-ground work activists throughout the region are doing to support the people of Central Asia’s right to...

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases YieldWise: Cutting Food Loss in Half for World Food Day

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10/17/2017

Two years ago the Rockefeller Foundation launched our YieldWise initiative, dedicated to helping cut such post-harvest losses in half.

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Food Systems

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Live Now From The Century Foundation: Diversity Matters: Getting Public School Choice Right

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05/15/2018

Tune into the webcast throughout the day to hear from speakers including former secretary of education John King , professor Melissa Harris-Perry , author Monique Morris , TCF experts, student...

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Education

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Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums

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06/26/2018

In this short video, Westermann and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker discuss why the effort to survey art museums on the diversity of their employees was critical.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Workforce Development

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17 May 2023

What Does It Mean to Be Black-Led? - Going Beyond Demographics

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3:00pm to 4:30pm

Despite the recent uptick in organizations committing to centering DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) in the workplace, many DEI initiatives rely too heavily on performative measures, such as ad-hoc committees and/or tokenistic representation in...

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Liza Sutherland Joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... Sutherland has experience researching a variety of issue areas, while working with clients to develop and ...

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Commonwealth Fund Explains Why the House Repeal Bill Is Unlikely to Stabilize Insurance Markets

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03/13/2017

The ACA repeal bill may not offer the stability insurers will demand to return or to stay in the market long term.

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Health

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JPMorgan Chase Focuses on Asset Building in Communities of Color

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05/26/2017

... can't move faster to build earning power and wealth. A new partnership between CFED and JPMorgan Chase brings asset ... to multiple cities across the country, starting with New Orleans and Miami. JPMorgan...

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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

Release Date:

06/08/2017

... giant announced the launch of Science for Social Good, a new program that partners IBM researchers with postdoctoral ... to take on societal issues through data. With the new initiative, IBM announced 12...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Technology

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... have three options: Bi-Monthly . In the past, Philanthropy New York members and other subscribers have received two news ... policy-focused email. Those will soon be rebranded “ New ...

PRIs and Effective Intermediaries

Release Date:

06/30/2015

... the outset, I’m confident that the recently-established New York Pooled PRI Fund ("NYPRI"), managed by SeaChange, an ... foundation of our size dealing through an intermediary? 1 ...

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