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DOE Expands Comfort Dog Program In NYC Schools

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10/02/2017

DOE Expands Comfort Dog Program In NYC Schools After a successful year, the Department of ... by adding 30 new schools across the city — nine of them in Brooklyn. The Comfort Dog Program started last year ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Support Facebook Research Initiative to Study Social Media Impact on Elections

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04/09/2018

... and director of research David Ginsberg announced in a Newsroom post that the initiative will be funded by ... experts to develop research evaluating Facebook’s impact in upcoming elections—with the goal of...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Altman Foundation Announces Leadership Transition, New President and Chair

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10/10/2018

... began her tenure at the Foundation as Associate Director in 1986 and became Executive Director in 1991. Since 1986, ... so beautifully on behalf of the people and communities we serve."...

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Aisha Moodie-Mills Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

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10/16/2019

... and social impact advisor. After spending over 20 years in working in D.C. politics and advocacy, she moved to ... be terrific additions to our executive leadership team as we continue to...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board Elects Vicki L. Fuller as New Trustee

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02/08/2023

... advisory assignments, Fuller will be a critical leader in RWJF’s mission of achieving health equity in the United ... talent development, culture and society, and social justice . She is a...

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JPMorgan Chase Shares New Approaches to Summer Youth Employment Programs in Response to COVID-19

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07/08/2020

... Shares New Approaches to Summer Youth Employment Programs in Response to COVID-19 JPMorgan Chase is helping more than ... new approaches to Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEP) in response to the COVID-19...

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EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation Announces New Grants in Emerging Market Countries

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01/13/2022

... - The Emerging Markets Foundation Announces New Grants in Emerging Market Countries Recently, EMpower and its UK ... continues to devastate many of the countries where we work, and Omicron threatens to only...

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NYC Youth and Education Funders Working Group

... improve the quality of life of young people living in NYC. Through their individual and collaborative ... and coordinating joint funding efforts; Identifying ways in which youth and/or education funding...

Gilbert To Join Ford Foundation as Vice President, Talent and Human Resources

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07/15/2014

... and Human Resources Samantha Gilbert, a global leader in the field of human resources, has been named the Ford ... Foundation, a position she has held since 2007. In her new role, she will guide every aspect...

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John E. Craig, Jr. to Step Down as Chair of NPCC Board

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10/13/2014

... has served as NPCC’s board chair for the past 28 years. In addition to departing NPCC’s board December 1, he will ... and serves as its treasurer and corporate secretary. In addition to chairing the NPCC board...

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Ford Foundation Appoints John W. Bernstein as Chief Operating Officer

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11/07/2014

... foundation, succeeding Nicholas Gabriel, who will retire in January 2015 after 32 years of distinguished service. ... chief financial officer of the Leon Levy Foundation, based in New York. With $500 million...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Alfred Ironside Vice President for Global Communications

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11/21/2014

... events. His strategy work with program teams and grantees in the U.S. and internationally has helped lead to important ... events. Earlier, as UNICEF press officer for countries in crisis, he was dispatched to...

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Leon Levy Foundation Names Robert F. Goldrich President

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06/11/2015

... named Robert F. Goldrich, former senior policy advisor in the Bloomberg Administration as its president and chief ... board. Mr. Goldrich brings three decades of experience in finance and economic development...

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Philanthropy New York Endorses Independent Sector’s Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

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06/15/2015

... were developed by the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector in 2007 and updated in 2015 to reflect new circumstances in which the charitable sector functions, and new ...

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Elizabeth M. Hewitt to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Chief Investment Officer, Senior VP

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10/08/2015

... as Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. In this role, Ms. Hewitt will be a member of the ... Committee. “I truly look forward to working with her in the years ahead.” As Managing Director,...

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Nupur Chaudhury Joins NYSHealth Foundation as Program Officer

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01/12/2017

... priority area. Ms. Chaudhury brings a background in community-based health, urban planning, and community ... New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In her role there, she led the expansion of...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Bessemer Trust and Colleagues Remember Paul Connolly

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04/05/2017

... department to new levels of expertise and service. Based in San Francisco, Paul worked with clients and colleagues ... that were dear to them. He raised Bessemer’s standing in the philanthropic community by...

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The Century Foundation Files Lawsuit in Federal Court Against Department of Education

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02/12/2018

The Century Foundation Files Lawsuit in Federal Court Against Department of Education The Century ... Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...

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Report Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds That Post-Ebola Cataract Surgery Can Safely Restore Vision

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04/04/2018

... around the world report. Their findings were reported in the journal EBioMedicine. After the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa from 2013 to 2016, thousands of survivors were ... blindness. The eye...

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