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There's Something Rotten in the State of Development Funding

Release Date:

11/16/2015

... the world that actually meets (and exceeds) the United Nation ‘s target of granting 0.7 percent of Gross National ... world countries would not provide any additional ODA resources to fund the SDGs, however,...

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Sophia Stewart Joins Ford Foundation as Department Coordinator

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07/01/2013

Sophia P. Stewart is the new Department Coordinator in the Office of Communications at the Ford Foundation. Before joining the foundation, Stewart was the Office Coordinator at The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York (NGO/CSW/NY).

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Laura Wolff Named Acting Director of Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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06/03/2013

Laura Wolff, currently the Senior Program Officer of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, has been named as Acting Director. She succeeds Margaret Ayers, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, who after 38 years of extraordinary...

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The Sister Fund Welcomes Tina Cherena as Its New Executive Director

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10/01/2012

On October 8th, the Sister Fund welcomed Tina Cherena as the organization's new Executive Director.

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HLH Family Foundation Inc

Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

Release Date:

08/22/2013

Sheila P. Burke, R.N., M.P.A., FAAN, a faculty member and former executive dean at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Simon Stevens, Executive Vice President of UnitedHealth Group, have been elected to The Commonwealth...

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United Hospital Fund

14 May 2012

Conversations for Grantmakers: Our Returning Veterans

Monday, May 14, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Teleconference

Find out how the Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester, NY, is using a collaborative approach to treatment; a national model, that cares for the whole person. Veterans receive the breadth of services needed to regain their mental, physical and...

28 Jun 2012

Effective Education Reform: Partnering with Teachers

Thursday, June 28, 2012 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Black Male Donor Collaborative, 333 Seventh Ave. 13th Floor, NYC

How can youth and parents successfully organize for school change without teacher allies? Join us for a conversation about the critical role progressive teachers play in grassroots education reform in New York City. The National Economic &...

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19 Jul 2012

Supreme Court Decision in Arizona v. United States: Implications for Funders

Thursday, July 19, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

This one-hour call will provide an overview of the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision on immigration enforcement, including a discussion of the legal implications, community responses nationwide, and roles for funders. A ...

23 Oct 2012

Embracing the Power of Education - GFE 16th Annual Conference

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 10:30am to Friday, October 26, 2012 - 3:30pm

Join Grantmakers for Education and the nation 's largest gathering of education grantmakers at their .....

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11 Dec 2012

Wagner's Dream Screening and Q&A with Award-winning Filmmaker Susan Froemke and Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 -

4:30pm to 9:00pm

National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Avenue, NYC

Join arts and media funders for a special reception, tour of the new National Opera Center and screening of Wagner's Dream , followed by a Q&A session. Wagner's Dream: Official Trailer Wagner's Dream is a sweeping documentary showing a behind-...

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13 Jun 2013

Disaster Grantmaking and Preparedness: The Role of Family Philanthropy

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

Usually, disasters bring out the best in people. Donations to charities surge as television coverage increases. Government agencies work closely with nonprofit organizations, private philanthropy and corporations. Yet we know from experience that...

Jessi Stafford Joins The Century Foundation as Blogger & Social Media Specialist

Release Date:

10/15/2013

Jessi Stafford is the new Blogger & Social Media Specialist for The Century Foundation. In her position, she produces content for the foundation's Blog of the Century and develops and executes TCF's social media strategy, including day-to-day...

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Goldman Sachs, Buying Redemption

Release Date:

10/26/2013

... on Wall Street, it has staked out a position as one of the nation ’s leading corporate philanthropists, giving away ...

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09 Jan 2014

Generation Next - Young Donors Inspiring a New Generation of Philanthropists

Thursday, January 9, 2014 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

The dream of many family foundation donors is to instill a lifelong love of philanthropy and giving back to future generations of one’s family. In some cases, this love of philanthropy translates into a desire on the part of younger family members...

Teagle Foundation Announces Appointment of Two New Directors to Its Board

Release Date:

02/12/2014

The Teagle Foundation is pleased to announce two new members of its Board of Directors: Elizabeth Boylan and Brian Rosenberg.

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07 May 2014

Philanthropy New York's 35th Annual Meeting, with Hillary Rodham Clinton

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 -

12:45pm to 6:15pm

... for all women? What national strategies from around the nation can be employed in New York? Option 2: Language and ...

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Public Policy

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Gender Justice

Boys & Girls Clubs of America Taking Arts Programs to the Next Level with The Wallace Foundation

Release Date:

03/20/2014

... arts programming in select Boys & Girls Clubs across the nation . Described in Wallace’s report, Something to Say: ...

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Arts

Children, Youth and Families

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The Wallace Foundation

The Post-Bloomberg Plunge

Release Date:

04/10/2014

As Mayor Michael Bloomberg's money goes global, NYC nonprofits miss their biggest patron.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy

Release Date:

05/12/2014

... who, with his wife, ranked third on the 2013 list of the nation ’s most generous benefactors. “Attacks and Vitriol ...

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New Arcus Report on Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation Reveals Potential of Collaboration Among Industry, Conservation and Government Sectors

Release Date:

04/18/2014

New Arcus Foundation report on Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation Reveals Potential of Collaboration Among Industry, Conservation and Government Sectors

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Animal Welfare

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