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Century Foundation Reports on Ways Forward on Health Care Reform
Release Date:
01/25/2018
... hosted Health Reform 2020 , the first conference of its kind to explore proposals to leverage public programs ... election, including the opportunities and pitfalls of different public plan options and reform...
09
Dec
2010
Shareholder Activism: Changing Corporate Behavior
Thursday, December 9, 2010 -
7:30am to 11:00am
... the Clark Foundation. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: All interested funders . PROGRAM DESCRIPTION If you bought a company that was ... suppliers dependent on child labor? Would you use your power as an owner to try to...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Michael Burke as New Chief Operating Officer
Release Date:
01/02/2012
... most populous borough, has announced the appointment of Michael Burke to its executive team. Burke was formerly the Chief Operating Officer of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, where for the last ... it be in...
Health Affairs Grantwatch Documents the John A. Hartford Foundation’s Impact on the Growth of Geriatrics Over 30 Years
Release Date:
01/15/2019
... the John A. Hartford Foundation’s Impact on the Growth of Geriatrics Over 30 Years Health Affairs has published a ... in American health care, “essentially from scratch” Working to ensure that “all of...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in Partnership with Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership, Announce The Nonprofit Professionals of Color Collective
Release Date:
01/07/2020
... Ethical Leadership, Announce The Nonprofit Professionals of Color Collective The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and ... nonprofit sector and issues pressing to people of color working in...
Donn Weinberg Concludes Term as Weinberg Foundation Chairman, Judge Ellen Heller Assumes Board Leadership Role
Release Date:
03/01/2013
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation , one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has ... Weinberg has concluded his three-year term as Chairman of the Board. “It has been an honor and...
Anne-Marie Audet Joins United Hospital Fund as Vice President
Release Date:
06/22/2015
... new Quality Institute. Dr. Audet has worked in the field of health system quality for over 25 years, with extensive expertise in the science of quality improvement. She will focus on several strategic .....
Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 Millionth Dose of Azithromycin, Marking Progress to Help Alleviate the Suffering from Trachoma
Release Date:
11/16/2015
Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 Millionth Dose of Azithromycin, Marking Progress to Help Alleviate the ... people at risk, and the Federal Ministry of Health is working...
UJA Federation of New York: Call for Conversations
Release Date:
06/05/2019
UJA Federation of New York: Call for Conversations At UJA, we identify and meet the needs of New Yorkers and Jews everywhere. Our abiding mission — to care for Jews everywhere and New Yorkers of...
PNY Supports Inclusion of Nonprofits in COVID-19 Legislation
Release Date:
03/16/2020
PNY Supports Inclusion of Nonprofits in COVID-19 Legislation On Saturday, March 14, ... office Sunday morning, March 16. Under the leadership of the National Council of Nonprofits, a number...
12
Mar
2015
Difret - Film Screening
Thursday, March 12, 2015 -
5:00pm to 9:00pm
... for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the film Difret and a brief panel discussion. ( Having ... In Difret , a 14-year-old Ethiopian girl is abducted by a group of men...
09
Jan
2012
Unsilencing the Voices of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A briefing about national polling of AAPIs in the United States
Monday, January 9, 2012 -
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States. ... American population grew faster than any other racial group , at a rate of 46...
24
Apr
2012
Foundation Assets as Social Change Agents: Sustainable Investing for the Public Benefit
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -
8:45am to 11:00am
When it comes to foundation assets, the continuity of public benefit and the underlying “practice what you ... Keith Johnson , Chair, Institutional Services Group at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren , former legal...
Inside Philanthropy on the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Impact on Climate-Conscious Conservation in the South
Release Date:
09/20/2018
... The Southern Cumberland Plateau is a rugged landscape of ancient rock and hardwood forest in the Appalachian ... and climate change. In an impressive case study of funders and stakeholders...
03
Nov
2011
The American Economy, Manufacturing, and Sustainability
Thursday, November 3, 2011 -
10:00am to 2:00pm
Emerging from the dark grey smoke of political paralysis, chronic unemployment, increasing ... do something about it in light of the character of our education system? Is the...
19
Jun
2012
-- POSTPONED -- Is Social Justice Sustainable?
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC
... coupled with shifts and trends in the giving patterns of large foundations, have caused many in the social justice ... to emerge about how to expand and diversify sources of support for these critical efforts...
Mark Abrahams Joins FJC as Chief Financial and Investment Officer
Release Date:
08/19/2014
Mark Abrahams Joins FJC - A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds as Chief Financial and Investment ... Abrahams, CPA, MBA, former Senior Vice President and CFO of the American Society for the Prevention of...
New Board President Selected to Lead the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
Release Date:
07/11/2016
... Guttman Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Butler Plum as its new Board President. Susan Butler Plum is the founding director of the Skadden Foundation, which awards two-year grants to...
12
Jan
2023
Philanthropic Purpose, Motivations, and Values - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
Thursday, January 12, 2023 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... and values, as well as lead families through the process of revisiting or refreshing their existing purpose and shared ... through worksheet activities, questions prompts, and small group discussions. In...