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16 Feb 2016

NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia: The State of the Schools

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

... opportunity. Fred Frelow , Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation , will moderate the conversation with Commissioner ... diversity Speakers MaryEllen Elia, Commissioner, New York State Department of Education...

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Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation, to Step Down at the End of 2019

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11/07/2019

Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation , to Step Down at the End of 2019 Dear friends and ... sector: she led efforts to create more and better resources for girls’ and women’s rights work by...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Commission on Language Learning

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12/15/2016

Mellon Foundation Supports Commission on Language Learning ... and Members of Congress. It is composed of national leaders in education, scientific and humanistic research, ... Foundation , a...

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Want to Make a Change in the United States? Look Abroad!

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10/23/2017

... Abroad! By Karabi Acharya, Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . Join her at Philanthropy New York on November 7th ... landmarks. As director at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)—the nation’s...

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Essentials of Foundation Strategy

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12/2009

What separates more strategic foundation leaders from less strategic ones? This research explores the state of strategy at foundations today and identifies ...

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The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces HIV/AIDS Initiatives

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12/05/2016

The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces HIV/AIDS Initiatives New York, NY ... but their resilience needs to be supported with adequate resources . We are honored to continue our work with...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Ford Foundation, JPB Foundation, Amalgamated Foundation and Leading Philanthropies Launch Fund to Support Low-Wage Workers Hardest Hit by COVID-19

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04/14/2020

Ford Foundation , JPB Foundation , Amalgamated Foundation and ... and communities most devastated by the economic and health crises resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. With an...

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches New Climate and Resilience Initiative

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07/08/2019

Rockefeller Foundation Launches New Climate and Resilience Initiative ... elevated the work of the network of city practitioners and leaders focused on global urban resilience. Ultimately, we ... ensure continued...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Additional $36 Million for Racial Justice

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10/14/2020

Surdna Foundation Announces Additional $36 Million for Racial ... will intensify the Foundation ’s sustained support of leaders , organizations, and networks most affected by ... an America in...

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Sheena Wright, United Way NYC President & CEO, named in City & State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021

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10/18/2021

... Wright, United Way NYC President & CEO, named in City & State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021 Black New ... mayor, David Dinkins. Today, a new generation of Black leaders is breaking...

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Is There Really a Conflict between the Public Good and Professionalism in the Foundation Sector?

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08/26/2014

... point out, professionalism has been on the rise in the foundation field since the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of ... has undoubtedly promoted professionalism, but so have leaders in the sector itself (2)...

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New Report from The Century Foundation: How the Federal Government Can Make Funding Accessible to Maternal Health Community-Based Organizations

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07/10/2023

New Report from The Century Foundation : How the Federal Government Can Make Funding ... health disparities is to ensure that CBOs have the resources they need to do their work to best advantage. To ... and expand...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

Beth Cobert Named CEO of Skillful at Markle Foundation

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04/25/2017

Beth Cobert Named CEO of Skillful at Markle Foundation Markle Foundation CEO and President Zoë Baird ... search for a strategic leader to oversee Skillful’s state -based efforts to create a labor...

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Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?

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08/13/2009

... years) and removal of the poor from income taxation. Most foundation funding on low-income issues, however, remained ... agenda and develop—not just capture temporarily—human resources and talent to ...

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Gilman Louie Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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12/03/2012

The Markle Foundation has announced that Gilman Louie has joined its ... help Markle advance the use of information technology to address the most difficult problems facing this nation," said ... Agency...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Yifei Li Joins The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees

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11/01/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation , celebrating 100 years of global innovation, has ... opportunity and strengthening resilience to acute crises and chronic stresses." "I am thrilled and honored to ... May 2001...

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Open Society Foundations Name Head of Culture and Art

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10/01/2019

... of Culture and Art, Rashida Bumbray will lead work to address the aesthetic, political, and capacity needs of arts leaders , individual artists, and cultural activists, while ... across the Foundations’ network...

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Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Surdna Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation Launch the Tipping Point Fund to Help Scale the Impact Investing Field

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12/05/2019

Ford Foundation , Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Surdna Foundation and ... Investing Field NEW YORK, NY – December 5, 2019 – Leaders from the foundation and family office communities...

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