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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Appointment of Sindy Escobar Alvarez as New Program Director for Medical Research

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03/16/2021

... serves as vice-chair of the Board of Directors of the Health Research Alliance, a coalition of non-profit funders ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Ford Foundation Launches Global Fellows Network to Tackle Inequality Worldwide

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06/01/2020

... the next generation of social justice leaders who are advancing innovative solutions to end inequality in ... to fight inequality, is critical at this moment. The first group of Ford Global Fellows represents...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Insights from “The Path to Racial Equity: How Board Readiness Informs Organizational Readiness for Black Board Leadership”

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02/03/2023

... or misalignment. However, a critical examination of the practices and mindsets that contribute to the racial ... the history of the ways an organization may have caused harm to Black communities and...

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New York Life’s Impact Investment Initiative commits $50 million to Enterprise Community Loan Fund.

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11/10/2021

... disparities and provide equitable access to the capital resources required to gain power, autonomy, and impact for ... or preservation of more than 123,000 homes, 600,000 annual health care visits, 16,000...

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New York Life Insurance Company

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Housing and Homelessness

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RISE Together Fund, an Initiative of the Proteus Fund, Receives Largest Grant in the Rise Together Fund History

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11/15/2022

... ask those I care about what to say for them, or what to do for them. I can share what I have with them to stand ... creativity of the BAMEMSA field are only limited by the resources afforded to it. This gift...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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What Benefits One Might Benefit Us All

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11/01/2017

... four years that explore the intersections of gender and health , education, justice reform and many other topics of ... of gender, race, housing insecurity, poverty, mental health and addiction. Another working...

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Scientists to Create a "Gut Cell Atlas" with Funding from the Helsmley Charitable Trust

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10/25/2019

... distinct cell functions and interactions in human health and Crohn’s disease. Helmsley’s Gut Cell Atlas ... of trillions of cells. Each one matters, yet there is no complete catalog of all the cell types in...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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14 Jun 2011

Speaker's Bio: Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., MPH

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 12:00pm

... Nirav R. Shah is the 15th New York State Commissioner of Health . As Commissioner, Dr. Shah oversees the administration of the state’s public health insurance programs, which provide ...

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20 Nov 2018

Equity Speaker Series: Titus Kaphar and The Jerome Project

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 -

5:00pm to 6:30pm

... other African-American men who shared his father's first and last name. Kaphar then began creating a series ... Please indicate by which organizer you were invited. ( no fee) Non-Member Funders: Please...

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27 Oct 2022

The Path to Racial Equity: How Board Readiness Informs Organizational Readiness for Black Board Leadership

Thursday, October 27, 2022 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... their board leadership and asking questions such as: What do we want to envision for our future? And in what ways does ... a toolkit was developed to provide actionable steps and resources for preparing boards...

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Economic Recovery Through Racial Equity: Thoughts from Maya Wiley

Release Date:

01/07/2010

... creating various competitive innovation funds for public infrastructure projects from education to broadband, ... of the systems failures that produced the mess in the first place and recognition that it isn’t...

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30 Jun 2021

Equity and Evaluation: Can We Embrace Both in Collecting Demographic Data?

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

... the how and why of collecting demographic data and how to do it in service of equity. Join PNY and PEAK ... demographic questions Successes and challenges in advancing evaluative practices...

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COVID-19 Relief Awards: Commonwealth Fund Staff Respond

Release Date:

04/01/2020

... front lines and inform state and federal policy audiences, health system leaders, and the public about the challenges we are facing and potential ... Response Fund to provide immediate and longer-term ...

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NYCT Believes Backing STEM Education is Critical to Building a Strong Workforce

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04/28/2015

... help make the city more code literate, but will likely do it on the terms of the partnering corporations. In ... impressive lineup of industry partnerships, private and public organizations need to fund K-12...

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The New York Community Trust

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Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR award Plant Humanities Fellowships Supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

08/19/2019

... by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Offered for the first time this year, the fellowships enable emerging ... of rare books and manuscripts, herbaria specimens, online resources such as JSTOR Global Plants,...

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Mellon Foundation

Let's Get Explicit About Power

Release Date:

09/24/2020

... of power that may be manifesting in your organization: resources , structures and processes, identity and ... expertise, relationships, and lived experience. The use of resources to achieve desired results is...

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RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund

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10/29/2014

... outbreak, as well as working to strengthen the region’s health -care delivery infrastructure. Troubled by the U.S. public and media response to the Ebola outbreak, actor ... of what the outbreak represents and...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care Organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund Support

Release Date:

10/19/2015

... written by researchers at the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare, School of Public Health , University of California, Berkeley, draws on ... Affordable Care...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Initiative to Increase Arts Integration in Research Cirricula

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08/06/2015

... initiative that will allow a2ru to disseminate best practices in the integration of arts practice at research ... was awarded in 2012, supporting the creation of the first comprehensive guide to best ...

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