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07 Oct 2015

Making Board Service More Meaningful

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... to help them achieve their missions. According to the 2015 BoardSource Nonprofit Governance Index , 20% of ... they join boards. Presenters Lalita Advani, Director of Grantmaking , Credit Suisse Richard Brown,...

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Teagle Foundation President Offers Advice to Campus Officials Meeting With Foundations

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12/14/2016

... President Offers Advice to Campus Officials Meeting With Foundations During my years as a provost and then as a ... President Offers Advice to Campus Officials Meeting With Foundations ...

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William T. Grant Foundation President Receives 2013 Spencer Foundation Award

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10/18/2013

The Association of Public Policy and Analysis Management (APPAM) has selected Adam Gamoran, President of the William T. Grant Foundation, as the recipient of the 2013 Spencer Foundation Award.

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

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01/12/2017

The San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation has announced a $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across the World Wide Web.

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The Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2022 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars

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06/29/2022

Major grants will support five pioneering early-career biomedical scientists.

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Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science

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12/01/2017

Private funders are starting to support big projects, and they’re rewriting the playbook on fueling scientific research.

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Aetna Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation Earn CyberGrants Ovation Awards

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06/27/2018

... new ground in the industry and for other corporations and foundations . Additionally, they take the lead in leveraging ...

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F.B. Heron Foundation Leads Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact Investment

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07/02/2015

F.B. Heron Foundation Leads Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact Investment When people ... to see the potential. Once they do, they often assume that foundations must be doing the bulk of impact investing. In...

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Howard Gilman Foundation and the American Express Foundation Fund "The Gospel at Colonus"

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08/03/2018

Conceived, adapted, and directed by MacArthur Genius Grant winner Lee Breuer, "The Gospel at Colonus", is an ancient Greek tragedy turned into religious parable within the framework of the Pentecostal church, that unites cultures and époques, and it...

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4 Foundations Recognized for Aiding the Needy and Minorities

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03/26/2013

... Community Foundation, and the Novo and Levi Strauss foundations —today received the National Committee for ... awards for creativity and leadership in giving... 4 Foundations Recognized for Aiding the Needy and...

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Verizon Foundation Launches Diabetes Study

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05/29/2015

A pilot program will try to determine if mobile technology can help diabetes patients.

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Simons Foundation Expanding Its Space

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05/09/2016

The Simons Foundation, founded by mathematician and hedge-fund billionaire James Simons and his wife, Marilyn, is expanding in the Flatiron District.

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A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah

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01/12/2018

The former USAID administrator, and president of one of the United States’ largest foundations, reflects on the role of philanthropy in times of austerity and the greatest challenges Rockefeller is undertaking both domestically and abroad.

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Ford Foundation President to Step Down

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03/06/2013

President Luis Ubiñas has announced that he will leave his position in September of this year.

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Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2016 Fellows

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04/08/2016

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its 2016 class of fellows. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were selected from a group of nearly three thousand applicants.

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Camille Kramer Joins the Tow Foundation

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03/01/2013

Camille Kramer has been named the new Executive Assistant to the Tow Foundation's Executive Director, Emily Tow Jackson, and comes to the foundation from a corporate background where she has supported senior management for over a dozen years.

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Ford Foundation’s President to Depart in September

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03/06/2013

An examination of Luis Ubiñas' tenure as President.

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Applications Sought for Jerome Foundation Scholarship

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05/05/2016

A committee of directors from the foundation will judge the scholarship applicants based upon academic merit, creative accomplishment, community service and leadership.

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Weinberg Foundation Launches New Website

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10/22/2015

The Weinberg Foundation is proud to announce a complete redesign of its website. The new website is intended to present information more clearly and concisely.

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A Sensible Makeover for the Ford Foundation Workspace

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12/16/2015

The Ford Foundation plans a $190 million renovation of its building, 320 East 43rd Street in Manhattan, that is expected to close it for two years and will bring it to current workspace standards and styles.

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