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Brad Tito Joins Westchester Community Foundation Board Of Advisors

Release Date:

11/08/2016

Mr. Tito, a resident of Edgemont, is a program manager with the Communities and Local Government Division of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which works to promote clean energy solutions in New York.

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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The Century Foundation Rallies Against "Turnkey Tyranny" With Presidential Transition

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11/18/2016

With the election of Donald Trump, this warning is frighteningly close to becoming reality, as Trump has vowed to implement surveillance policies that “were frankly unthinkable a year ago.” Obama’s last challenge will be to do everything in his...

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HSC Calls for Comments on Fair Labor Standards Act Effects on Nonprofits

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11/28/2016

As nonprofits prepare to comply with the new Fair Labor Standards Act rule on exempt employee status, which will take effect on December 1, the State is accepting comments on its own proposed rule, which would set an even higher threshold.

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08 Jun 2017

21st Century Philanthropic Pipelines for Twentysomethings - Webinar

Thursday, June 8, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

How do we inspire and prepare the best generation of philanthropic leaders for the field and for our family work?

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Announces Hiring of George Suttles as Program Officer

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01/06/2017

... excited to welcome George Suttles to our outstanding team working to improve the care of older adults," said Terry .....

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Aging

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Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition

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01/23/2017

... collaborative five-month intensive design phase with teams working in partnership with residents, businesses, ... the 100 Resilient Cities Network, the Bay Area is already working to identify solutions to the...

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Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network

Release Date:

01/25/2017

... While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their capacity to survive, adapt to, and ...

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Community Development

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President Of Montauk-Based Environmental Advocacy Organization Stepping Down

Release Date:

02/02/2017

Concerned Citizens of Montauk (CCOM) recently announced that its President, Jeremy Samuelson, who has been with the organization since 2012, will be stepping down at the end of March, 2017, to join The Nature Conservancy as the Director of Mashomack...

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Novo Foundation's Peter Buffett On The Power—And Limits—Of Art And Money

Release Date:

02/13/2017

... wife Jennifer as co-president of the NoVo Foundation , working to advance the rights of women and girls, indigenous ...

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Gender Justice

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Tony Haile, Former CEO of Chartbeat, Joins Media Development Investment Fund Board of Directors

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04/12/2017

Tony brings more than a decade of experience at the cutting edge of digital media, in both analytics and content, to help guide MDIF’s investments in independent news businesses in countries with challenging media environments.

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Media Development Investment Fund

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Communications/Media

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Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize

Release Date:

04/14/2017

... stage, bold ideas being piloted by dynamic visionaries working in the fields of heritage conservation, social ...

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Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund

Release Date:

06/12/2017

Agnes Gund is partnering with the Ford Foundation, in the creation of a new fund, titled the Art for Justice Fund, and has sold a very valuable painting to kickoff the fundraising. She has asked other collectors to do the same, in the hopes of...

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Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"

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06/22/2017

Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voice Heard, tells funders in this PHIL Talk that "basebuilding is a contact sport... change movements are built by a small cadre of people."

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Five Foundation Leaders Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

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09/28/2017

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) board of directors elected new officers and welcomed five new esteemed members during its board meeting.

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

Release Date:

09/29/2017

Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, other approaches might better deliver services in a market-driven, customer-centric way.

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Simons Foundation Releases The Eternal Sky, Part 2: The Hunt for Inflation

Release Date:

10/05/2017

A new short film, the second installment in a series produced by the Simons Foundation, chronicles the work of scientists developing the Simons Observatory. The film traverses the globe, from the barren Atacama Desert in Chile to the sunny beaches...

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Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times

Release Date:

11/02/2017

Ms. Bioh, a native New Yorker whose parents emigrated from Ghana in 1968, has made it her mission, theatrically and personally, to tell stories about African and African-American characters that buck expectation and defy stereotype.

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Arts

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The Story Of Bloomberg LP's Rebuilding Team In The U.S. Virgin Islands

Release Date:

12/06/2017

One of the most dramatic examples of this new model of “all-in philanthropy” is unfolding in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where a well-resourced team from Bloomberg LP.

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Disaster Relief

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Courtney Bryan Joins JPMorgan Chase as Executive Director with Global Philanthropy and Head of the East Region

Release Date:

12/12/2017

Courtney Bryan Joins JPMorgan Chase as Executive Director with Global Philanthropy and Head of the East Region Global Philanthropy invests $250 million annually to promote inclusive economic growth across the globe. Before joining...

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