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Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia

Release Date:

12/09/2016

... to make a significant difference in society. That’ s the good (and perhaps hardly surprising) news in a new report from our organization, the Center for Effective ...

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09 Feb 2017

Becoming a Successful Board Chair: Tips and Advice from Your Peers - Webinar

Thursday, February 9, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... successful board chairs from our network and offer new insights from the newly release Splendid Legacy 2: The ...

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Family Foundation

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SmartCEO Honors Weinberg Foundation President, Rachel Garbow Monroe, as CEO of the Year

Release Date:

12/16/2016

... Awards, held on Tuesday, November 15, at Baltimore’ s B&O Railroad Museum. She becomes the 14th SmartCEO of the ... recipient in Baltimore. Each year, SmartCEO magazine’ s editorial staff names a CEO of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality

Release Date:

12/20/2016

... Disconnected from Worker Reality Media coverage of America' s independent workers leans more positively than the ... conversation that actual workers have on social media, a new media analysis by Cision...

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Workforce Development

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn

Release Date:

01/04/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In ... from thriving. Last, suspending skepticism, they imagined new solutions... Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s...

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Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/21/2017

... Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U. S . and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2017 ... are transforming their fields and opening up entirely new research horizons. We are proud...

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

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02/28/2017

... and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U. S . to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive The ... effort established to examine the current state of U. S . language education, to...

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Mellon Foundation

Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

Release Date:

03/17/2017

Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor' s Office in a Quest for Better Health Aetna recently announced a new RFP for the latest cycle of its Cultivating Healthy ... says Aetna. The foundation cited just a...

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

Release Date:

03/24/2017

... — are increasingly researched and understood. Now, a new pilot project initiated by the World Wildlife Fund ... of any human activity, yet one-third of the world’ s available food either spoils or gets thrown...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Sends Poets to Princeton Environmental Film Festival

Release Date:

03/28/2017

... it is sending a few of its affiliated poets to the film’ s showing in Princeton. “It seemed like a natural fit for ... explained Martin Farawell, director of the foundation’ s poetry program, which since 1986...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

Release Date:

03/29/2017

... assets. The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this ... TerraCycle®, and Target Corporation. The organization’ s cistern will be located on its...

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Lisa Green Hall Joins Nathan Cummings Foundation's Investment Committee

Release Date:

04/24/2017

Lisa Green Hall Joins Nathan Cummings Foundation' s Investment Committee The Nathan Cummings Foundation is ... announce the appointment of Lisa Green Hall to the Board’ s Investment Committee as an...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Tiffany & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding

Release Date:

04/26/2017

... Ocean conservation philanthropy is global, and it’ s local. It’ s market-based and regulatory. It’ s about blue whales and ... complex science behind the issue. This can leave small or...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid Have Better Access to Health Care Than the Uninsured and Fewer Medical Bill Problems

Release Date:

04/27/2017

Commonwealth Fund’ s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid ... in some cases, better than private coverage, according to new a Commonwealth Fund report. Medicaid is currently the nation’...

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Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs

Release Date:

05/01/2017

... as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs A new study, billed as the first of its kind, by the Ford ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

Release Date:

05/19/2017

... to say they've saved enough for retirement, a new poll found. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public ... and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401( k ) s or other...

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Economic Security

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Commonwealth Fund: What Might a Medicaid Work Requirement Mean?

Release Date:

05/31/2017

... proposals, including the idea in the just-released 2018 U. S . Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget ... gaining Medicaid eligibility. While the administration’ s HHS budget proposal lacks detail...

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

Release Date:

06/14/2017

... organizations, are paramount, according to the Princeton, New Jersey-based Rita Allen Foundation. The 40-year old ... looking for breakthroughs to the world’ s most persistent health challenges, from finding a...

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NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders

Release Date:

06/22/2017

... social good and we're excited by the prospect of lots of new money flowing into the social sector. What' s a cause for concern, though, is that a tiny sliver of the population—which is already hugely...

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In Memory of Former Century Foundation President Janice Nittoli

Release Date:

07/03/2017

... and more dynamic public policy presence, recruiting new fellows, stabilizing the endowment, and laying the ... we are today. Our thoughts and prayers are with Janice’ s family and friends on this sad day...

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