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The Rockefeller Foundation

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As National Momentum Grows, Advocates’ Voices Ring Out On Capitol Hill

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12/19/2012

... care, no instruction and had been documented by the U. S . Department of Justice to have been treated inhumanly, even ... Pipeline” before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary’ s Subcommittee on the...

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A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year

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03/27/2012

... International Exchange (JCIE/USA) One year after Japan’ s massive 3/11 disaster, talking about the recovery of the ... considering the apocalyptic scenes that confronted us in the immediate aftermath of the...

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Learning in Place

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07/14/2011

... get anxious about leaving things that are familiar—it’ s disorienting. But once I arrive someplace new, I feel ... good way. Just over a year ago, the New York Foundation’ s board of trustees allowed me to...

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The Rockefeller Drug Laws: New Opportunities for Investment with a National Impact

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04/02/2010

... transformation and policy reform following last year’ s overhaul of New York State’ s Rockefeller Drug Laws . We are pleased to have the program’ s moderator, Gabriel Sayegh , Director of the...

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Keeping in Touch, Building Trust

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03/10/2021

... follows are a few strategies we have implemented to allow us to keep in touch with our grantees and build meaningful ... and the path and the passion that brought them to it. It' s also a great way to...

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Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice 

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04/25/2023

... You bet. Essential to our work? Absolutely.  It’ s time we make a change. Oral and alternate reporting (OAR) ... emergent status-quo challenging conversations.  Join Us ! Please register for our next session at...

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Appointments & Transitions

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How do we conspire to shift philanthropy?

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11/02/2023

... Director, Chorus Foundation Organizer Farhad Ibrahimi’ s quote framed expectations for our members at Philanthropy ... change management consultant, Sheryl Petty, to help us identify the culture shifts we need...

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Racial Equity Working Group

... and mission to reflect the need to revisit PNY’ s role as a change agent in the sector. The new mission read: Philanthropy New York’ s Committee for Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy (CEIP) ... around...

Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort

... to effect some level of change within an organization’ s culture or grantmaking portfolio. PNY invites members to ...

The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Jeanette Vega as Managing Director; Martin L. Leibowitz and Monica Lozano Join The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees

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04/02/2012

... of Managing Director. Dr. Vega will lead the Foundation’ s work in Health, including development of strategy, implementation of the Foundation’ s current Transforming Health Systems Initiative, and pursuit...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

02 Jun 2010

Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Equity: How Can School Districts Provide Effective Teaching in Every Classroom?

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10:00am to 11:30am

... and district administrator, who is leading Harvard’ s “Project on the Next Generation,” and Fred Frelow of ... teacher and district administrator, who is leading Ford’ s Transforming Secondary Education...

25 Oct 2013

Sandy, Philanthropy & A Year of Hard Lessons: Main Convening

Friday, October 25, 2013 -

8:00am to 1:00pm

... in response and recovery will discuss philanthropy’ s performance post-Sandy. Philanthropy New York’ s “Best Practices in Disaster Grantmaking,” a report ... American Red Cross Megan Sheekey , President, Mayor...

Anne Tatlock and Janet Robinson to Join Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees

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03/12/2014

... Chair and former Governor of New Jersey. “Anne Tatlock’ s wide-ranging success as a finance executive and her many ... contribute in a meaningful way to Carnegie Corporation’ s mission. Janet Robinson is an...

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The Teagle Foundation

20 Nov 2014

Today’s Libraries

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7:45am to 11:00am

... young people with the skills to succeed in today’ s —and tomorrow’ s —global marketplace, building on their interests and ... American Library Association, nearly all of the country’ s...

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Communications

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New York State

Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

... letter of credit is a document that states that a bank’ s client (in this case a Donor) will guarantee payment should ... the payer of last resort, and assets held in the Donor’ s name become collateral. While...

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Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education

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05/19/2015

... a commentary for The Chronicle of Higher Education . It' s required." Too many engineering undergraduates utter this ... challenges them to decide how to best clean up Worcester’ s heavily polluted...

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Education

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The Teagle Foundation

Scaling Effectively: Create a Plan, Support the Vision and Manage the Risks

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06/17/2015

... going to look like for our organizaiton? What’ s the right model? How do we know we’re ready? I got ... that works with nonprofits and foundations, and the firm’ s perspective on leadership capacity has had a...

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04 Nov 2015

Sectoral Employment Strategies for Young Adults: Lessons for the New Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Programs

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

The long-term changes in the labor market have disproportionately impacted low-income young adults who do not graduate from high school or pursue post-secondary education. The quality of the second chance system has been questioned by many funders...

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Public Policy

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Workforce Development

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New York City

Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi

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04/13/2017

... M - Mindful Preparation Negative views about a person’ s character affects the way we interact with him or her. ... own capabilities behind. Be open to the other person’ s perspective. You might learn...

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