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Ford Foundation Appoints Pradeep Nair as Regional Director for India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

Release Date:

03/09/2017

... regional expertise and more than 20 years of experience building partnerships among government, corporate, ... His global experience and leadership, and his expertise in building partnerships in the region...

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Appointments & Transitions

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

Gun Violence in the United States Is a Crisis of Public Health and Public Safety – and Philanthropy Is Stepping Up

Release Date:

01/14/2020

... is significant (and long overdue), the philanthropic community must also play its own unique role and be bold in ...

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Insights

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Health

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Arnold Ventures

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, and the JPB Foundation Announce $1.2 Million Grant to Support the Fresh Air Fund’s New NYC Summer Spaces and Youth Employment Programs

Release Date:

07/24/2020

The programs will provide 26,000 play slots for kids ages 5-13 and employment for over 200 youth.

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Workforce Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

Release Date:

09/10/2014

... $100,000 in debt face tough choices, but it’s low-income community college students with $15,000 in debt that I worry ... We used to recognize that having an educated society was good for us all. We ought to...

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Insights

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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Ford Foundation

To Get Beyond Two Percent, We Have to Go Beyond Giving

Release Date:

10/08/2013

... you were considering investing in a company and found out that it didn’t bother buying up-to-date technology, ... paying its employees competitive wages or seeking out the best management practices. Would you...

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Insights

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arabella Advisors

The William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Scott Evans as New Board Chair

Release Date:

06/17/2021

... and has served as the chair of the Finance and Investment Committee since 2018. Mr. Evans succeeds Russell Pennoyer, a ... and will take over as chair of the Finance and Investment Committee , a position he...

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William T. Grant Foundation

Why We Engage in Public Policy

We see policy work as a way to achieve our mission to promote philanthropy and a robust nonprofit sector in the region, ultimately contributing to a more equitable world through effective philanthropic practices.

The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Neill Coleman as Vice President, Global Communications

Release Date:

07/02/2012

... crisis and a new role for HUD in advancing sustainable community development. Before assuming the leadership of ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Communications

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The Rockefeller Foundation

17 Apr 2013

Keeping Risk Above Water Part 2: Investing in Adaptation, Disaster Response & Recovery

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

... emerging challenges and opportunities for investment in building our capacity to prevent and respond effectively to ... , Executive Vice President & Senior Portfolio Manager, Community Capital Management...

04 Jun 2013

Collective Giving: Your Personal Philanthropy

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... giving and giving circles with EPIP-NY. This skills- building program was designed for foundation staff and the ... and collective giving can support social change at the community level; and How to apply...

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Issue-Based

20 May 2014

Philanthropic Advisors Network

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 -

8:15am to 10:00am

... a new peer network last fall to create a peer-learning community for NYC-based philanthropic advisors. The network ...

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Network Building

Audience

Philanthropic Consultants/Advisors

Topic(s)

Communications

Michelle A. Adams and Stephen Berger Elected to United Hospital Fund Board

Release Date:

06/24/2014

... firm’s communications, philanthropy, and government and community relations. From 2002 to 2010 she was executive ... Association for a Better New York, where she focused on building relationships with city,...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Simons Foundation Names Boyana Konforti Director of Education & Outreach

Release Date:

09/02/2014

Boyana Konforti has been named director of Education & Outreach for the Simons Foundation.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Education

Health

Technology

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The Simons Foundation

Altman Foundation Promotes Deborah T. Velazquez to Associate Director

Release Date:

07/14/2016

... and the arts. She also advances critical capacity building and systems change grants across multiple program ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Altman Foundation

Post Election: Can Philanthropy Move The Conversation On Gun Safety?

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... show during the next two years while Ford renovates its building on East 43 rd Street. The film follows the community of Newtown, Connecticut, in the aftermath of the ...

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President's Message

PNY News

Funding Area

Arts

Jack Rudin, Son of May and Samuel Rudin Foundation Founders and Patriarch of Real Estate Family, Dies at 92

Release Date:

12/06/2016

... trade unions throughout his career. His philanthropy and community involvement in health care, education, the arts and ...

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Member News

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May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Expands Entrepreneurs of Color Fund to Drive Inclusive Economic Growth in South Bronx and San Francisco

Release Date:

02/13/2018

... Inclusive Economic Growth in South Bronx and San Francisco Building on the success of Detroit’s Entrepreneurs of Color ... the firm’s small business lending commitment and community investments to drive...

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Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jessie Smith Noyes Report Finds Gaps, Opportunities in Impact Investment Field

Release Date:

06/26/2018

... the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation finds. The report, Building Power Across the Impact Investment Field (29 ... were firms dedicated to impact , socially responsible, community , or ESG (Environmental, Social,...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Rockefeller Playhouse and Family Properties Gifted to the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Release Date:

07/31/2018

... the addition of the “Playhouse,” a large Tudor-style building built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1927 as a venue ... extensive art collections each year. A regular calendar of community programs at Pocantico...