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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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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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Mia Vukojevic Joins Rockefeller Brothers to Lead Western Balkans Program

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05/23/2018

... Place: Western Balkans program. Ms. Vukojevic’s career in public service spans nearly 25 years, including ... officer for the Issues Affecting Women Programme based in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to her tenure...

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How Open Road Alliance is Helping Cure a Blind Spot for Philanthropists

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10/02/2018

... while attending the 2011 Burning Man arts festival in Nevada. Michaels, who’s married to billionaire dealmaker ... facing unexpected roadblocks. It made its first grant in 2012 and now offers loans, too. Open...

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Gish Jen Joins the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Board

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01/26/2022

... having represented the U.S. Department of State in Turkey, Armenia, Japan, China, Egypt, Serbia, and Israel. ... diplomat, academic, and mentor, with lived experience in the Chinese immigrant community...

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Weinberg Foundation announces communications leadership transition

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05/19/2022

... Foundation, Mr. Demchak enjoyed a more than 30-year career in broadcast journalism. He worked as a reporter, anchor, or manager at radio and television stations in Maryland, including WBFF-TV in...

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The Future of News

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05/08/2009

... is undermining the health of an industry that has operated in roughly the same way for centuries. Every week brings news ... scrutiny. Whatever the solution, it’s urgent that we come up with some way of...

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17 Jun 2010

How Democracy Works Now: The Senate Speaks

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street, NYC

... battles, led by Senator Ted Kennedy, of 2006 and 2007. We will be featuring the 11th story called The Senate Speaks ...

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How The New York Community Trust Is Shaping K-12 Education in New York

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02/13/2018

How The New York Community Trust Is Shaping K-12 Education in New York Collaborating with other funders takes a whole ... skilled at it than others. Community foundations stand out in this regard. Some of the...

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NYS Health Foundation Launches Consumer Empowerment Initiative, Seeks Proposals

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03/23/2016

... Health Care Consumers. Too often the health care system is putting patients last, when they should come first. ... tools and resources for consumers; make the health care system easier to navigate; identify...

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U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories

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09/28/2017

... history of legal immigrants as part of a new tracking system set to roll out next month. The policy applies to not ... reported by BuzzFeed, the new rule was quietly published in the Federal Register last week...

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Opposition to Eliminating the Estate Tax

... per person (effectively $10.9 million per married couple) in 2016. According to research conducted by The Brookings ... would reduce giving during life by a similar magnitude in dollar terms. To put this...

Toyota Named Among of World’s Best Companies on Addressing Water Concerns

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10/22/2015

... water information collected on behalf of investors. In a year when the World Economic Forum has ranked global ... the greatest threat facing the planet over the next decade in terms of impact, CDP’s new global...

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Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing

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10/11/2016

... Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing When my wife, Betsy, and I formed the ... ago to help solve large-scale environmental problems, we were faced with a big question:...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives

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05/29/2014

... future nurses to meet the demands of the global healthcare system . The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare ... future nurses to meet the demands of the global healthcare system ... Jonas Center for...

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Simons Foundation Contributes to Research Outlining Cellular Communication Processes

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08/30/2016

... hit a home run – function properly most of the time, and in some scenarios quite remarkably. The findings are an important basic advance in how cell sensory systems function. They shed light on the ... “...

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