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Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

Release Date:

04/01/2016

Philanthropy News Digest interviews Pamela Shifman of the NoVo Foundation, a private foundation created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U.S. and Global South. Last week, it announced a $90 million commitment to...

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Brad Tito Joins Westchester Community Foundation Board Of Advisors

Release Date:

11/08/2016

... Communities and Local Government Division of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which works ...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

Mellon Mays Fellow Discusses New Book About an Enslaved Woman’s Escape from Nation's First President

Release Date:

03/08/2017

Erica Dunbar, who grew up in Philadelphia, is one of the more than 700 Mellon Mays PhDs who are not only helping to diversify university faculty in the United States, but who are also contributing groundbreaking scholarship and rising to the highest...

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Aetna Joins Corporate Effort to Save Hartford Financial and Psychological Slump

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03/15/2017

... and Psychological Slump Connecticut may be the wealthiest state in the nation, but you wouldn't know that by visiting .....

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With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity

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04/25/2017

In one of the first examinations of early gender development among transgender preschoolers, a new study has found that these children were just as likely as nontransgender children to have preferences associated with their gender, and to have as...

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NY Community Trust, Mellon, Ford Among Supports of New York Live Arts 2017-2018 Season

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07/03/2017

New York Live Arts, under the artistic leadership of MacArthur Genius Award and National Medal of Arts awardee Artistic Director Bill T. Jones and Associate Artistic Director Janet Wong, announced the organization's 2017-2018 season.

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Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap

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07/10/2017

In 2016, the Markle Foundation partnered with LinkedIn and Microsoft to create Skillful, a platform dedicated to filling “middle-skills” jobs in sectors like healthcare, the trades, logistics and other STEM-focused areas.

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Rockefeller Supports Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste

Release Date:

07/25/2017

... Ruth Reichl, PBS/Food Writer; Brian Roe, The Ohio State University; Christine Datz-Romero, Lower East Side ...

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Food Systems

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Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors

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08/15/2017

... Roger Vann Roger C. Vann has been Executive Director at State Voices since 2014. He previously served as COO and ...

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Carnegie Corp.’s Academic Leadership Award Recognizes Seven University Presidents

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09/12/2017

... Boston, Massachusetts Mark P. Becker : President, Georgia State University; Atlanta, Georgia John J. DeGioia : ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

Two Google veterans have developed a convenience concept called Bodega that they’ve been testing in 30 San Francisco-area locations and now want to roll out to other markets, according to Fast Company. Bodega is a five-foot-wide pantry box filled...

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Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... coastal and inland cities in Texas, which is now a federal state of disaster. "Hurricane Harvey was a devastating .....

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The Kids Are Alright: Millennial Generalizations Are Getting Old

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09/20/2017

Since 2009, the Case Foundation, in partnership with Achieve, has engaged over 100,000 millennials through surveys, focus groups, and one-on-one interviews with the goal “to accurately capture and comprehend” how young adults engage with...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge

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11/29/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the selection committee for the 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge, a nationwide competition that encourages city leaders to think big, be bold, and uncover inventive ideas that confront the toughest problems U.S...

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Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters

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12/05/2017

... shown that the quality of a skilled local workforce and a state ’s support for constantly developing those skills is ...

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New Report From Silicon Valley Community Foundation Helps Companies Align With the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals

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12/11/2017

A new report from Silicon Valley Community Foundation – The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Why, When and How Guide for Business – will help business leaders understand the Sustainable Development Goals and the key role that...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announced Roz Lee As The New Vice President of Strategy and Programs To Its Staff

Release Date:

01/24/2018

Roz Lee to Bring Expertise in Racial, Gender, Economic, and LGBTQ Justice to Nation’s Oldest Women’s Foundation

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Trinity Joins Brief Filed in Support of Dreamers

Release Date:

01/29/2018

Trinity joined 86 other religious organizations that recently filed an amicus curiae brief supporting an injunction against overturning DACA “on the basis of faith and morality, that these children and young adults must be protected.”