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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Selects Genaro Lopez-Rendon as Next President

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12/08/2015

Genaro Lopez-Rendon, a 40-year-old community organizer and father from San Antonio, has been selected as president of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation.

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If Elite Colleges Want to Address the College Admissions Bribery Scandal — Accept More Low- and Middle-Income Strivers

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03/18/2019

The admission scandal is a stain on the reputation of our top universities. If these institutions want to change their admission policies, they should double down on their outreach to Strivers. I am referring to America’s Strivers — the talented and...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Thanu Yakupitiyage Appointed Program Officer, Sustainable Environments at the Surdna Foundation

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04/27/2023

... within the climate justice movement, I am eager to shift resources to organizations and creative solutions led by the ...

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Andrew Cuomo, Stop a Coronavirus Disaster: Release People From Prison - Op-Ed Co-Written by Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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03/30/2020

... officers fall sick. And because of inadequate medical care in most of these facilities, people in prison who become ... of patients, adding to growing strain on our state’s health care system...

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Ford Foundation

UJA-Federation Board of Directors Elects New CEO

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02/12/2014

... UJA-Federation of New York, to succeed John S. Ruskay on July 1, 2014. Ruskay will step down at the end of June after ... improve and build on our essential mission: to provide care for those in need and to...

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UJA-Federation of New York

Workforce Development

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Fewer Rocks & a Traffic Light = Greater Effectiveness & More Success

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12/14/2010

... role. Wellspring first considered “off the shelf” resources , particularly to strengthen its financial due ... leadership; A short list of targeted indicators of grantee health (fewer “rocks” to turn over); and...

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Gates Foundation Names Robert Hughes as New K-12 Strategy Director

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02/18/2016

... the achievement gap. Bob currently serves on the Fund For Teachers Board of Directors and previously was a ...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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With Support From the Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the Genetic, Environmental, Microbial (Gem) Project Has Reached Its Goal of 5,000 Participants

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06/20/2018

... who have a sibling or parent with the disease and are tracking their diet, immune function, intestinal barriers, ...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Rockefeller Foundation Names Steve VanRoekel, Former White House Chief Information Officer, as Chief Operating Officer

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03/13/2019

... will oversee the organization’s Operations, Human Resources , Organizational Performance, Information ... change in the areas of food and nutrition, community health , productive power, and economic mobility,...

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MetLife Foundation Provides Millions in Grants to Support Ongoing COVID-19 Relief Efforts

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11/18/2020

MetLife Foundation is providing $4 million in grants to support COVID-19 relief efforts for low-income people and small businesses across the United States.

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Disaster Relief

Food Systems

Housing and Homelessness

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MetLife

To Build Community, Start with a Question

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11/19/2014

... wanted to hear about their experiences, the services and resources they need and desire, and their ideas for making ... communities stronger. We looked at 30 sectors—from health and human services, housing,...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

25 Oct 2012

Funder Briefing and Discussion: Five Borough Farm

Thursday, October 25, 2012 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... the potential for urban agriculture in addressing public health , food justice, and environmental issues A ... Foundation , with Community Food Funders , Merck Family Fund and the David Rockefeller Fund...

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Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning

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12/05/2017

... as well as support their own educators’ social-emotional health . Title IV: Funds programs that support safe and ...

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The Wallace Foundation

What It Takes: Supporting New BIPOC Executives

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05/19/2021

... New BIPOC Executives By: Bipasha Ray, New Executives Fund Project Director, Open Society Fellowship Program, Open ... Funders need to double down and add on general support resources during leadership...

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