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Open Society Names Mary Fitzgerald to Lead Information Democracy Work

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06/22/2021

... digital actors accountable, exploring new business models for media, and protecting human rights, such as the ... participation in the digital realm and explore business models that advance high-quality...

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Open Society Foundations

07 Feb 2024

Practice Makes Better – Navigating Difficult Dialogues Across Difference, Revisited

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Whether you manage difficult conversations between peers or find yourself a participant in one, challenging the norms around power in your professional partnerships is easier said than done. It’s with this in mind that we’ve cultivated a space for...

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Board & Trustees

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

25 Feb 2025

Practice Makes Better – Navigating Difficult Dialogues Across Difference, 2025 Revisited

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 -

10:00am to 11:30am

Zoom Meeting

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Leading With Race Equity: Building Stronger Culture and Practice 2024-2025

... critical analysis of inequity and building more equitable models of practice? As philanthropic organizations have begun ... designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work towards...

What Does It Mean to Do Policy Work in a Foundation?

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03/27/2014

... and the arts. We do this by developing and then sharing evidence -based information and ideas in our fields. The chart ... 2. Feasible solutions – policy proposals with evidence of success; and 3. Insufficient...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, American Institutes for Research, and Spencer Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

Release Date:

04/28/2021

... help build the capacity of the partner organization to use evidence from research in its decision-making. The newest ... researchers, practitioners, and systems leaders can apply evidence -based interventions...

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William T. Grant Foundation

For-Profit Colleges Say the Gainful Employment Rule Will Kill Access. Don’t Believe Them. - New Report from The Century Foundation

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09/25/2023

... of posting earnings and debt data online ,1 which, the evidence shows ,2 is not enough to improve student outcomes ... for this report offers a closer look at the data, bringing evidence to bear in a discourse...

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The Century Foundation

Navigating Backlash: Lessons for a Thriving Multiracial and Multicultural Workplace

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02/10/2025

... has unlocked improved performance outcomes—and we have evidence from periodic independent assessments of grantmaking ... sense of belonging and job satisfaction. Sadly, this evidence -based narrative at the RBF...

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Transparency

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Note to Funders: If You Believe in the Importance of Leadership, Fund What Leaders Want to Do

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... leaders need and what funders fund. If, indeed, there is evidence to show that leadership really matters, why aren’t ...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Don Chen New Director of Metropolitan Opportunity

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01/05/2015

... His books include the co-authored Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change (2007) and ...

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

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02/18/2016

Robert L. Hughes, President of New Visions for Public Schools, will become the new director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's K-12 education strategy.

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How Funders Can Use the Power of Art to Heal in Post-Conflict Settings

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11/02/2016

... who are engaging in this field in order to make evidence -informed decisions about effective programming in ...

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28 Mar 2018

Elevating the Public's Understanding of Science Through Popular Culture - A Webinar Hosted by Media Impact Funders

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

... new ways for funders to engage the public with science and evidence , and advance understanding of science and the ...

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Darren Walker Reflects on the Polling Results Released on the Coverage of Race in the News Media 50 Years Post-Kerner Commission

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03/06/2018

America's alarming disunion is evident any time you turn on the news or read the paper. But a recent survey commissioned by the Ford Foundation indicates that our disconnect goes beyond our political disagreements—that our division may be...

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Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation Awards Rapid Response Research Grants to Address Pressing Issues Facing Young People in the U.S.

Release Date:

03/28/2018

... in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in policy and practice... William T. Grant ...

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07 May 2020

Intro to Adaptive Leadership: Leading in Times of Great Change - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 7, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

This program is the first of a two-part series that will include content sharing, small group time with peers, large group reflections and Q&A. Attendance is not mandatory for both sessions, but together, they certainly build a more coherent set...