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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Three Prominent Foundation Leaders Join Foundation Center Board of Trustees

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04/20/2015

... grants principally in five core program areas: higher education and scholarship, libraries and scholarly ... Cities and Metropolitan Opportunities initiatives, which support innovative strategies to increase...

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Sozosei Foundation Aims to Set a New Course for Decriminalizing and Treating Mental Illness in America

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10/07/2020

... Ms. Beck brings to the Foundation an extensive background working at the intersection of race, justice, health, and ... treating mental illness,” said Ms. Beck. “We seek to support and catalyze ideas and...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Depelsha McGruder as Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer

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04/08/2020

... to serve underrepresented Latino, African American, and youth audiences, resulting in triple-digit increases in ... McGruder started her career as a broadcast journalist, working as an on-air reporter, anchor...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees Elects Two New Members

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06/08/2023

... good for the greatest number,’ and we look forward to working with them both.” Prior to her work in older adult ... Schools. As she transitioned from serving the nation’s youth to the nation’s older adult...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Funds New “Leadership In Action” Program to Improve Healthcare for the Most Vulnerable

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08/01/2017

... distinguished senior leaders who have spent their careers working in the health care field. The collaborations will ... state advocates and people who’ve spent their lives working in the health care system,”...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Who Is Hilary Pennington? A Few Questions for Ford's New Executive Vice President

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01/25/2018

... and research firm] Yankelovich, Skelly & White. I started working with him when he was 60 and I was 28. We founded Jobs ... remained a very influential mentor as I transitioned into working in philanthropy...

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Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart

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02/19/2015

... symptom after symptom of a poisoned root. It’s systemic: education , agriculture, politics, media—the planet and the ... a longer period of time and that provide general operating support . We’re not dictating...

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Between Resistance and Rebuilding

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04/05/2021

... at local and national levels. Even if we aren’t working with the same level of urgency, it is important to ... While the philanthropic sector made quick investments to support people-of-color-led nonprofits in...

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Dana Foundation Appoints Two New Board Members

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07/18/2023

... delivers on public television’s essential mission of education , inspiration, and service to the American public. ... chair of the NAM Neuroscience, Behavior, Brain Function group . He has held numerous...

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15 May 2018

ComNetworkNY: Communicating Without Stereotypes: Getting Smart on Gender and Race

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

... leaders with intensive communications responsibilities, working in either philanthropic organizations or nonprofit ... who were formerly members of Public Policy Communicators NYC : Please email register@...

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12 Dec 2018

ComNetworkNY Brown Bag Lunch: Storytelling and Other Lessons From ComNet18

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

*This gathering is intended for communications staff working in either philanthropic organizations or nonprofit ... who were formerly members of Public Policy Communicators NYC : Please email register@...

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Communications Staff

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A Long Overdue Guide for New Philanthropic Organizations

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04/17/2019

... worked alongside our grantees to provide partnership and support that extends beyond the grants themselves — whether ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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The New York Women’s Foundation Receives 2018 Art for Justice Fund Grant

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12/07/2018

... grant from the Art for Justice Fund. The grant will support The Foundation’s Justice Fund , a seven-year ... is a part of The Foundation’s strategy to propel and support bold systemic change across the...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Arts

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On Earth Day, Open Society Foundations Announce Climate and COVID-19 Fund

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04/22/2020

... an existential risk to all the communities and causes we support . This funding is part of our ongoing commitment of ... progress towards an inclusive, green, and just future—or support the destructive,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... by three months more than children in a reading control group . Most notably, children of the most math-anxious ... gap.” The Overdeck Family Foundation is proud to support this research that contributes to the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Technology

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2019 Scholars

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07/01/2019

... are supported by the Open Philanthropy Project . This new support allows the number of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars ... program’s 43-year history. “We welcome this remarkable group of scientists—their bold...

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Finance & Asset Management

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29 Mar 2019

Applied Finance Part 2 of 2: Charting a Course Toward Financial Resilience - Building the Planning Muscle

Friday, March 29, 2019 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... are to build their financial planning “muscle” and how funders can support them in this process. Intended Outcomes Upon ... Management Associates, LLC Designed for All interested funders ,...

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All Funders

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26 Mar 2025

Philanthropy's Paths Forward for Racial Equity & Racial Justice

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Foundations working toward racial equity and/or racial justice are ... Racial Equity (PRE) Who should attend? All interested funders , regardless of roles. Our intention is to support those who...

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Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy

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12/04/2015

... and impact investors. The practice goal is to support those who are working to transform food system to make delicious, ... produced food accessible for all. "After 10 years of working...

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