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The Other 95 Percent: How Foundations Can Give All They’ve Got

Release Date:

05/09/2016

... Some foundations both divest and engage in shareholder action – for them, it’s not an “either-or” ... to include companies specifically targeted for shareholder action . Still other foundations choose not to...

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Impact Investing

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Educational Foundation of America

The Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Financing Roadmap to End Pandemic by End of 2022

Release Date:

04/06/2021

... kick-starting a just and sustainable global recovery. An Action Plan for Financing Global Vaccination and Sustainable Growth issues a call to action to leverage $44 billion in special drawing rights ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

14 Jun 2022

Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... a new reporting method. We will begin to develop an Action Plan in follow-up sessions and navigate effective ... with team members and nonprofit partners How to create an Action Plan to shift your current...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Grants Managers

Program Staff

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Transparency

08 Apr 2025

The Transportation Road Ahead: A Briefing with the Clean RIDES Network

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

... Justin Balik , Senior State Program Director, Evergreen Action Hana Creger , Associate Director of Climate Equity, ... a potential shift in focus toward state-level climate action Insight into what it will...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Dyson Foundation’s Leadership to Change in June

Release Date:

03/19/2015

Andrea Reynolds will replace Diana Gurieva as President of the Foundation.

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Dyson Foundation

The New York Environmental Funders Network

The New York Environmental Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program areas of environment, climate, sustainability and conservation in New York City and/or State. The Network’s aim is to advance...

Open Society Foundations Appoint Gail Aidinoff Scovell as General Counsel

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... builder make Gail Scovell the perfect candidate for the post ,” said Chris Stone, President of the Open Society ...

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Open Society Foundations

The Century Foundation Adds Senior Fellow Barton Gellman

Release Date:

04/01/2013

... Foundation. After twenty-one years at The Washington Post , where he served tours as legal, military, diplomatic ...

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The Century Foundation

The Century Foundation Adds New Senior Fellow

Release Date:

03/01/2013

The Century Foundation has announced the addition of Michael Likosky as Senior Fellow. Likosky founded and directed the Center on Law & Public Finance at New York University, and was Senior Fellow at the Institute for Public Knowledge.

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Former Brazilian Secretary of Justice Pedro Abramovay to Join Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

08/22/2013

The Open Society Foundations has announced that Pedro Abramovay, a leading Brazilian human rights advocate, will head up its work in Latin America.

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Open Society Foundations

The Wallace Foundation Names New Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Release Date:

12/16/2014

... of Science in Business from Long Island University, C.W. Post . The Wallace Foundation Names New Chief Financial ...

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Arts

Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Declare Overhead Dead

Release Date:

03/18/2014

... viewed as professional, competent and trustworthy. This post is a further articulation of a point made by Melissa ...

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Insights

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All Funders

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Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Nonprofit Financials

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Ms. Foundation for Women Announces New Vice Presidents

Release Date:

09/11/2015

The Ms. Foundation is proud to welcome two new vice presidents to our leadership team! Susan Wefald joins as the vice president of programs, and Josh Pushkin joins as the vice president of development. Both have extensive backgrounds in nonprofit...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

12 Jul 2017

Exclusive Preview & Discussion with Stanley Nelson: Tell Them We Are Rising

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 -

4:30pm to 7:00pm

... today’s HBCUs, whose relevance is being questioned in a post -segregated nation The role of documentary film in ...

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Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Children, Youth and Families

Simons Foundation's Quanta Magazine Celebrates Five Years of Public Service Science Journalism

Release Date:

07/17/2018

In an uncertain time in the media business, Quanta Magazine has flourished as a source of deeply reported, well-crafted articles about the cutting edge of scientific and mathematical understanding.

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Member News

Funding Area

Communications/Media

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The Simons Foundation

Tides Announces Kriss Deiglmeier as New CEO

Release Date:

01/15/2014

Tides has announced the appointment of Kriss Deiglmeier as its new CEO.

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14 Nov 2014

The Science of Effective Convenings – Smart Approaches to the Details

Friday, November 14, 2014 -

7:45am to 10:30am

... the major design components articulated in the Gather guide , as well as get and share advice about how to navigate ...

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Professional Development

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

HR & Operations

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Carol Levine to Receive Award for Raising Awareness About and Influencing Policy on Family Caregiving

Release Date:

10/21/2014

Carol Levine, Director of the United Hospital Fund's Families and Health Care Project will receive the President's Award from the State Society on Aging of New York.