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29 Oct 2018

Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Ibram X. Kendi

Monday, October 29, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Ibram X. Kendi is one of the nation’s leading scholars of racism, a New York Times Bestselling Author and the Founding Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. His book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive...
10 Jan 2013

The First Year: How to Hire, Inspire and Empower a New Family Foundation CEO

Thursday, January 10, 2013 -
11:00am to 1:00pm
Webinar
Hiring a new CEO is one of the most important transitions that any family foundation must go through. The role of a family foundation chief executive is unique—running a philanthropic enterprise in partnership with a family. This webinar, based on...
19 Jul 2010

College-Ready or Not? Preparing High School Students for Success

Monday, July 19, 2010 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC
A Philanthropy Connects program presented by the Donors’ Education Collaborative (DEC) and the Public Education Grantmakers Network (PEGNET). WHO SHOULD ATTEND : This session is for all funders who are interested...
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07 Oct 2015

Making Board Service More Meaningful

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 -
9:15am to 11:15am
Nonprofit organizations face enormous challenges in finding energetic, talented, and qualified board members to help them achieve their missions. According to the 2015 BoardSource Nonprofit Governance Index , 20% of nonprofit CEOs and executive...

Andrew W. Mellon Supports Fellowship Program Diversifying the Intellectual Leadership of Scholarly Publishing

Release Date: 
06/29/2017
The American academic and cultural heritage communities are not keeping up with societal needs for diversity, equity, and inclusion. The University Press Diversity Fellowship Program, an initiative designed to diversify the acquisitions departments...
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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
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Mellon Foundation

Stavros Niarchos & Leon Levy Foundations Supported Research Finds Common Cerebral White Matter Abnormalities in Children with Autistic Traits

Release Date: 
09/06/2017
Researchers in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine found structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter match up consistently with the severity of autistic symptoms not only in children with autism...
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Health
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Leon Levy Foundation
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
18 May 2018

How Racially Equitable is Your Foundation? Assessing Your Practice

Friday, May 18, 2018 -
9:00am to 12:00pm
Are you a foundation executive interested in holding a mirror up to your policies and practices internally to ensure they’re not racially bias or inequitable? Are you unsure of where to start and how to get a process like this going?

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