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26 May 2010

Tools for Greater Fulfillment and Impact On and Off the Job: Knowing and Expressing Your Talents and Passions

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

A program in Philanthropy New York’s OF PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL ... connect with others during the job search, on the job, and in life. Open to staff and trustees of grantmaking ... of your talents, experience,...

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04 Aug 2010

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Health Care Reform: What Employers Need to Know Now!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... Foundation Administrators Network is a resource for those working in foundation administration. The network meets quarterly ... participants an opportunity to connect with colleagues in...

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Network Building

13 Mar 2014

So Far So Fast: A Family Foundation Finds its Focus

Thursday, March 13, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... itself together to fashion a high performing foundation in under 4 years? Hear the remarkable story and the lessons ...

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Family Foundation

Four Reasons to Champion Leadership Development

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06/11/2014

... Reasons to Champion Leadership Development This article in Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses findings from ... an American Express program to develop leadership skills in the nonprofit sector...

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'Docu-Ad’ Exposes Hardship of Those Without Bank Access

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06/03/2014

A new commercial from American Express, presented like an investigative nonfiction film, exposes the high costs of living outside the traditional financial system.

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Economic Security

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In A Shift In Giving, JPMorgan Chase Focusing On Economic Growth

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07/13/2014

In A Shift In Giving, JPMorgan Chase Focusing On Economic Growth A ... over the past six months "dizzying." Beginning in December, JPMorgan announced a $250-million ... workers with...

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Community Development

Economic Security

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Ford Foundation Selects Nicolette Naylor to Lead its Southern Africa Office

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10/28/2014

... as head of its Southern Africa office, which is based in Johannesburg and serves South Africa and the Southern ... Africa region. Ms. Naylor will succeed Achmat Dangor in leading the regional office upon his...

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Noyes Foundation Urges Donors to Make More Timely Allocations From Their Donor Advised Funds

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06/29/2015

... with donor advised funds, who are interested in social justice giving opportunities. Donor Advised Funds ... There is currently more than $50 billion sitting in these funds that ultimately are to be...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer

Release Date:

07/15/2015

... program officer for arts and cultural heritage starting in October. Ms. Baff has led Jacob’s Pillow, established in 1933 in Becket, Mass., for 17 years, during which time it was ...

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Mellon Foundation

Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant

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07/16/2015

Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant ... has committed to phase out coal use at six of its plants in the state,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured in NYTimes

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07/30/2015

Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured in NYTimes When Jim Palmer and his wife, Susan, married in 2007, they chose to have the ceremony here, where he was ... Kingfisher Tower, a miniature castle built...

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The Clark Foundation

Is Travel the New Face of Philanthropy?

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09/28/2015

... most generous nations, but now there's even more evidence in a new study called "Good Travels: The Philanthropic .....

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American Express

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Ellen Liu, Director of Women's Health, Ms. Foundation for Women, Selected as American Express NGen Fellow

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10/27/2015

Independent Sector announced the selection of the 2015 cohort of American Express NGen Fellows.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director

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11/16/2015

... of David Spergel as its director. The next set of advances in astronomy will require understanding complex multi-scale ... center will be based at the Simons Foundation headquarters in Manhattan, co-located...

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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Supports NeuroBioBank for Autism Research

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11/18/2015

... psychiatric research. Multiple brain tissue repositories in the NIH NBB network, located in academic research sites across the country, have accomplished this feat by working in...

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The Simons Foundation

Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit

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12/09/2015

... Summit, which will take place at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, will bring together leaders from ... of which are recognized for the leadership they provide in the fields of academic museums and...

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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

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12/16/2015

... we're faced with today, is the growing health divide in underserved communities. Right here in the United States, there are people who have lower life ... know that these figures can't be changed...

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On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)

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01/04/2016

... (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation) In the United States, nearly $1 trillion is committed to philanthropy - sitting in foundations and donor-advised funds. Donors have ... legal entities and...

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What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality

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01/05/2016

The urge to change the world has obstacles, but the grant-makers at the Ford Foundation are on a mission to conquer inequality.

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Ford Foundation

Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy

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01/12/2016

Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy If the questions that came up during oral argument in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association on Monday ... the court would...

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Workforce Development

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The Century Foundation

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