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Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair

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06/17/2015

... is pleased to announce Russell Pennoyer as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Pennoyer succeeds Henry Gooss, who has served in ... since 2009. Pennoyer, a senior advisor to Brittany Capital Group...

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Simons Foundation Study Shows New Insights on Ocean Microoganisms

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01/26/2016

... in the oceans -- including those that capture half of the carbon taken out of the atmosphere every day -- ... from 14 different institutions, was initiated as part of a working...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Peter Peterson, Billionaire and Philanthropist, Dies at 91

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03/20/2018

... a billionaire and business executive who became one of the most prominent voices to argue for entitlement reform and reducing the U.S. national debt, died of natural causes early Tuesday, his family said. He...

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Rockefeller Foundation, Prudential Launch New OZ Initiative in Newark

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05/28/2019

... and Prudential Financial announced last week the terms of a $5.5 million initiative that would help six U.S. ... , OZs in downtown Newark ranked sixth nationally out of nearly 8,000 tracts for growth potential...

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MAC Has Raised Half A Billion Dollars For HIV/AIDS and Isn't Done Yet

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05/25/2019

... and Isn't Done Yet Christian Mitchell was fresh out of the Fashion Institute of Technology when he first got a very coveted job working for MAC Cosmetics. In fact, before his employment...

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Listen to A. Nicole Campbell in Conversation with DeAnna Hoskins: "The Integral Role of Cultural Competence in Movements"

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04/07/2022

... in Conversation with DeAnna Hoskins: "The Integral Role of Cultural Competence in Movements" The Nonprofit Build Up, ... by A. Nicole Campbell, Founder & CEO, Build Up Advisory Group , and DeAnna...

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Rodney Christopher Named First-time F.B. Heron Foundation Fellow

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03/01/2013

Rodney Christopher, Vice President of Advisory Services for the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), ... Innovation Fellow, starting March 4, 2013 for the period of one year. The F.B. Heron fellowship in Social...

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Everyone Deserves a Fair Slice

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06/30/2020

... a wealthy private equity investor with a broad portfolio of investments ranging from IT and financial services to the ... of change’ demands. We both have witnessed how the power imbalance in...

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Building on #MeToo, Foundations Look to Change Workplaces in the U.S. and Around the World

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03/19/2019

... work in the U.S. and around the world is the initial focus of a new philanthropic collaborative that brings together 11 funders and “at least” $5 million annually in grants to ... ties to the #MeToo movement...

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Unbound Philanthropy

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The Atlantic Philanthropies 2020 Hindsights: Top 10 Lessons

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09/17/2020

... the foundation made. To create our “Top 10” list of hindsights and lessons, we looked back over 35 years of grantmaking, asking ourselves: What worked? What didn’t? ... often and that answer questions other...

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Young Men of Color Initiative Details Its Investments

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03/03/2015

Young Men of Color Initiative Details Its Investments Member institutions of the Executives' Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys ... awarded millions of dollars in the past year to...

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Aetna Foundation Announces Launch of the 2015 GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities Grants Program

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03/27/2015

Aetna Foundation Announces Launch of the 2015 GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities Grants ... The Aetna Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the 2015 GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities grants...

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Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)

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01/05/2016

... access to fresh produce in communities with high levels of poverty, food insecurity and diet-related diseases, while also serving as hubs for education , community engagement, and job training for ...

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Study Reveals The Hidden Lives of America’s Poor and Middle Class (Citi and Ford Foundations)

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01/06/2016

Study Reveals The Hidden Lives of America’s Poor and Middle Class (Citi and Ford ... finances in the last 30 years: jobs, wages, benefits, education , technology, and financial products. We all know ... Diaries...

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Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors

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02/03/2016

... Lauren N. DeCaporale-Ryan, PhD, works at the University of Rochester Medical Center, but her focus isn't on patients. ... and each other. "My role is different from that of anyone else I know in...

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How Do I Master That Skill? LinkedIn, Markle Want To Help

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03/18/2016

... Help Living online is great fun. But pizza, the scent of an ocean breeze — and some kinds of job training — still need to be experienced in the real ... and the estimated salary.” Training Finder is part...

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Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

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04/01/2016

... for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation Of the 1.8 billion young people in the world, approximately ... world, one in seven girls is married before the age of 15, 38 percent are married before...

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As Schools Adopt Social-Emotional Programs, A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help

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05/17/2017

... Parents, teachers and students streamed into the library of Palo Alto’s Gunn High School on a warm evening this ... that calls for schools to do a better job for the hundreds of thousands of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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JPMorgan Chase Releases New Data Platform, The Good Jobs Index

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11/14/2017

... Platform, The Good Jobs Index New research that is part of a collaboration with Georgetown University to bring ... that provides a window into the shifting realities of employment opportunity in the US,...

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Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters

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12/05/2017

... the digital economy. History has shown that the quality of a skilled local workforce and a state’s support for ... will help them gain a competitive advantage in the future of work, Amazon has a rare...

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