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Darren Walker: Using Privilege to Fight Privilege

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08/31/2016

... his elevation three years ago to president of the Ford Foundation was greeted with universal applause. But there’s ...

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New Mellon Fellowship Program Explores Cultural Preservation through Long-Term Conservation of Navajo Textiles

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08/04/2017

... been awarded a $300,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch a fellowship program centered on care ...

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Mellon Grant to Help Seattle Art Museum Establish Asian Paintings Conservation Center

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10/27/2017

... a $3.5 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish and endow a center dedicated to the ... with an eye toward completion in 2019. Once it’s open , visitors will be able to see the...

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Arts

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How We Can Advance Support for Racial Equity and Racial Justice Funding

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03/03/2022

... a shared, affirmative vision of a fair and inclusive society Focuses explicitly on building civic, cultural, ... excessive scrutiny or lack of preparation. Typically, a foundation has more flexibility to shift...

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

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12/05/2013

... Barrett, Vice President of Grants Management, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( ASPCA ) ... awarded by the largest U.S. foundations, according to 2011 Foundation Center statistics...

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From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss

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01/15/2015

... Glin, Associate Director - Africa Region, The Rockefeller Foundation This piece originally appeared on the ... technologies already exist . For instance, Science for Society India has designed business models...

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Do You See Yourself In the First Nations Struggle?

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03/02/2017

... of Strategic Partnership at the New York Women’s Foundation The views and opinions expressed in this article ... the official policy or position of the New York Women’s Foundation . Philanthropy, Lady Liberty...

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01 Nov 2023

Shifting to Build More Equitable Practices - From Grantmaking to Evaluation to Vendor Relationships

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2:00pm to 3:30pm

... their way of working in order to build something new or open up a new possibility in their work. From programming to ... Ways in which you can use your assets to work through your foundation 's equity-...

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28 Jan 2014

CEO Interview Series: How the Tables Have Turned on Darren Walker

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 -

2:45pm to 6:00pm

Philanthropy New York

... As the recently appointed new president of the Ford Foundation , Darren Walker is our guest for the fifth session ... for Education, Creativity and Free Expression at the Ford Foundation and previously held...

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The Fierce Urgency of Atlantic: Bending the Arc in Our Final Years

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02/26/2015

... provides an unprecedented impetus to deliver on our foundation ’s promise of strategic, big bet philanthropy to ... doors . The three new hospitals on campus are the first to open in San Francisco in decades...

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Lorelei Williams Joins The Sister Fund as Interim Executive Director

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08/22/2013

... design and evaluation. Her clients have included the Ford Foundation , the Brazil Foundation , the Kellogg Foundation , The Steve Biko Institute ... others. Williams has also served as Co-Chair...

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Rockefeller Supports Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste

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07/25/2017

... and Data (ReFED) and with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and The Fink Family Foundation , will present a one-day summit on September 13, ... Harlem Grown; Helen Hollyman, Vice; Lynette Johnson,...

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12 Nov 2013

The Secret Ingredients to Effective Funder Collaboratives & Collective Impact

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1:45pm to 5:00pm

... New York Members Briefing sponsored by The Frances Lear Foundation , The Tow Foundation and the New York Juvenile Justice Initiative. This program is "Partially Open ." Presenters...

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Sample Job Descriptions: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Executive Director / President

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10/2013

The following jobs descriptions for senior chief executive officer professionals were previously posted on PNY's Jobs Board. We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site.

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The Perpetuity Debate

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04/29/2014

... represented foundations included: • Edward W. Hazen Foundation , founded in 1925 continues in perpetuity spending ... of income and expenses) takes higher priority than helping society (a sum of people and...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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17 Nov 2016

Expand Your Comfort Zone: Taking Risks in Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, November 17, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* Philanthropy is often described as society ’s “risk capital.” Private generosity can ... muddies as we direct our...

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Program Overview: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... Where are the new opportunities for philanthropy—and society ? Producer/moderator: Stanley Litow , Vice President ... Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, IBM, President, IBM’s Foundation Michele Cahill , Vice...

Private Assets and Public Space: A Conversation with John Tyler, Steve Johnson, and William Dietel

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09/25/2009

... and many benefits such organizations provide to our civil society . A monograph recently published by the ... Dietel: While Mr. Tyler is basically correct—private foundation assets are essentially private money...

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