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Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation

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03/16/2016

... Strong principals are critical components of successful schools , and yet school leaders usually receive far less ... attention than teachers in the national conversation about education . The Wallace Foundation...

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The Post-Bloomberg Plunge

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04/10/2014

As Mayor Michael Bloomberg's money goes global, NYC nonprofits miss their biggest patron. No other leader of ... which encompasses all of the charitable giving for the former mayor, is the 12th largest...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation promotes Aaron Merki to role of Chief Program Officer

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09/27/2021

... to four core focus areas—Housing, Health, Jobs, and Education —enabling the Foundation to focus greater ... a program director at the Foundation and was responsible for grantmaking focused on aging and older...

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Susan G. Komen Names Dr. Judith Salerno as President and Chief Executive Officer

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07/01/2013

... of the National Academy of Sciences and is widely regarded for her expertise in medical research and healthcare policy, ... serving millions of women through community health and education programs all around...

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Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case

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12/11/2015

... Antonin Scalia hesitantly asked whether it might be better for black students to go to “a slower-track school where they do ... automatic admission of top-ranking students from all high...

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27 Apr 2021

How Philanthropy Can Help Avoid A Tsunami of Evictions

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10:00am to 11:30am

... households. Experts are warning that we need to prepare for a tsunami of housing insecurity in this country and in ... programs that exist to support those seeking assistance. Funders will also share how they...

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New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers

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05/16/2016

... of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to educate and train more social workers to ...

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01 May 2013

CEO Interview Series: Christopher Stone, Open Society Foundations, with Phil Henderson

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... , President of the Open Society Foundations , is our guest for the third session in our CEO Interview Series. Chris came ... School of Government and Director of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Appointment of Sindy Escobar Alvarez as New Program Director for Medical Research

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03/16/2021

... of Sindy Escobar Alvarez as New Program Director for Medical Research New York, March 16, 2021 – The Doris ... deeply rooted in the work of the Medical Research Program for more than 10 years, with extensive...

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Inaugural Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackle Problems with Creative Projects

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05/01/2013

... work.” Saqib Bhatti will draw upon his experiences working with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) ... across the country as cities cut budgets for services like education ,...

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Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

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03/13/2017

... get started in our exploration, we created a board-staff working group to learn more about the state of the impact investing ... taking a similar step. Our top recommendations for fellow...

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Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69

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07/12/2016

... on to become a vice president managing other grant makers for the organization’s Education , Creativity and Free Expression Program (which is ... referred to as Creativity and Free Expression). She worked...

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Rahima Nasa, Named First FRONTLINE Fellow of Tow Foundation Journalism Program

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02/06/2019

... has been selected as the first Newmark J-School fellow for FRONTLINE, PBS’s flagship investigative documentary ... Foundation, which also underwrites the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, the...

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Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

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09/07/2012

... , Senior Partner and Chief Client Services Officer, TCC Group In recent years, I’ve witnessed two interesting ... needs. I wrote about this issue in my recent article for the Foundation Review, “ The Best of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Partners with CARE to Support Women Small Business Owners in East Africa with Village Savings and Loans Associations

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02/23/2022

... existing Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) for agricultural funds in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Democratic ... and Loan Associations on how to use agricultural funds. Working with CARE, Bloomberg is...

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Lata Reddy Elevated to Chair of The Prudential Foundation

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06/14/2017

... and sustainable growth. “Prudential was founded to serve working families. From our beginning, we have always believed ... most intractable problems and position the company for the future by building...

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Are You Concerned about Affordable Housing?

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03/03/2014

... that has been getting worse for decades. Many of the funders involved in Sandy recovery, as well as those more ... focused on housing, to ask him what he's currently working on and how...

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To Achieve Equity, We Must Accurately Measure Need

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10/06/2022

... CEO, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) For so many New Yorkers, economic hardship is an ever-present reality. On top of working full-time jobs, many also work part-time to make ends ... 29, 2022...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film

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05/01/2017

... to step in and help by providing the funding that the group stands to lose—and by matching donations from the ...

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