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7/21/2014 - Demystifying Funder Transparency: Sharing Assessments - Webcast Recording and PowerPoint

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08/2014

View a recording of the livestream and related materials presented during the program, " Demystifying Funder Transparency: Sharing Assessments ."

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs

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07/06/2015

... forms, present important revivals and translations and are risk takers in the extremely competitive environment of ... justice, or on artists and communities of color, women and people with disabilities......

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy

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09/11/2015

... neurodegenerative disease that affects tens of millions of people worldwide and is a leading cause of irreversible ... (known as intraocular pressure) and age are the leading risk factors for POAG, resulting...

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Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

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05/18/2017

... such as motor vehicle accidents, which kill 44 million people globally each year. Because the majority of the ... evidence-based policies that reduce exposure to risk factors, improve the health of citizens,...

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New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries

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09/25/2017

... released Sunday night. Citizens of Iraq and some groups of people in Venezuela who seek to visit the United States will ...

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New York Times Op-Ed "Good Leaders Make Good Schools" Cites Important Wallace-Commissioned Research Report

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03/13/2018

The piece examines why principals matter and cites, among other sources, work over the years by The Wallace Foundation.

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New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity

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09/23/2019

... almost always concentrates black and Hispanic students in high -poverty schools, according to new research led by Sean ... even moderately small are those where there is little or no segregation. Every...

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Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits

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10/07/2009

... and to a limited degree on sexual orientation and people with disabilities. The core data invites various ... In closing, we invite you to: read the report as a whole. No one statistic or query tells the...

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Nancy Feller Joins The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust as General Counsel

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09/03/2012

... Ms. Feller also supervised the Foundation’s Human Resources , Internal Audit and Travel Services departments. ...

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Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy

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12/04/2015

... suffering from obesity, diabetes, and other food-related conditions More and better food on the table for the 49 ... nutritional needs Smarter, more sustainable use of our resources through a system that...

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17 Sep 2015

How U.S. Funders Can Respond to the Current Global Refugee Crisis - Webinar

Thursday, September 17, 2015 -

4:00pm to 5:30pm

... and elsewhere across the globe have driven a record- high 60 million people from their homes. Half of these refugees and ... have forced refugees and IDPs from their homes Current conditions...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Mellody Hobson and Admiral James Stavridis to Board of Trustees

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12/11/2017

... could not ask for three better or more qualified people to support us in our mission amidst new and growing ... Board of Trustees. Leveraging the Foundation’s resources and influence, I am confident we can...

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Novo and Surdna Foundations Key Backers in Push to Build Community Wealth

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04/04/2018

... House. As executive director Rodney Foxworth told me, “ People [in our community] have tremendous agency, but there ...

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What Makes a Good CSR Leader?

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09/26/2013

... interested in getting into CSR should have. There’s no good answer to those questions, but there are a couple of ... The paper also contains some advice for young people who want to enter the field: Don’t rely...

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Funders as Fellows: The Seeding Power Experience

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04/01/2025

... It might feel safer to avoid scrutiny, and not risk being seen as out of touch or inadequate. Our ... diverse, deep and powerful learning space with other people lessened that power dynamic. This was such a...

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Food Systems

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02 Nov 2023

Acknowledging Inflation in our Grantmaking Practice - for CEOs, CFOs, and Trustees

Thursday, November 2, 2023 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... have adopted for supporting their grantees during times of high inflation Barriers that exist within foundations and ...

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Eleven-Country Survey, Conducted by The Commonwealth Fund, Finds Doctors in U.S. and Abroad Have Problems Coordinating Care with Social Service Providers

Release Date:

12/10/2019

... survey of more than 13,000 primary care physicians in 11 high -income countries (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, ... and remote monitoring of patients with chronic conditions — is rare in most countries,...

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Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

Release Date:

09/05/2014

... on the Stanford Social Innovation Review Blog . High -quality instructional materials are essential for ... strong materials. Developing guides and open educational resources to help teachers supplement...

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