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Lorelle Espinosa to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Director of Programs for Diversity in STEM Higher Education

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06/11/2020

... as Program Director, where she will lead the Foundation’ s grantmaking programs aimed at advancing diversity, equity, ... mentoring, and networking and professional development resources aimed at helping...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

07 Nov 2024

Building A Coaching Practice With Your Teams: Purpose, Strategies, and Insights

Thursday, November 7, 2024 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... join us for this interactive in-person meeting to: Hear how your peers are building a coaching practice in their ... members of FAN , as well as prospective FAN members who have a responsibility for foundation...

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Learning Together to Grow the Field

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09/17/2021

... Run in Social and Emotional Learning Outcomes, showing how sports-based youth development (SBYD) programs play a ... be an inflection point in generating greater awareness and resources for SBYD. Lesson 2:...

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Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA

25 Jan 2018

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Thursday, January 25, 2018 (All day) to Friday, February 9, 2018 (All day)

... Techniques for Effective Practice Philanthropy New York' s Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers orients ... philanthropy careers, which includes: A personal strategy: how to recognize and...

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In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize

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11/12/2015

In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’ s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize In January, our foundation put out a call to anyone in America with a promising solution to ... ways. We also knew that there aren’t nearly enough...

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F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact

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06/10/2016

F.B. Heron' s Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact When we set out on Heron’ s current journey, we did so with the idea of ... of operating model...

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Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship

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08/29/2017

... Around the time of World War I, two organizations set out to mold young Americans into resourceful and virtuous ... letter this week, the president of Girl Scouts of the U. S .A. accused Boy Scouts of America...

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Gender Justice

Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

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09/28/2017

... oyster populations in New York Harbor. Oysters filter out excess nitrogen—the harbor' s primary pollutant—produced by the city' s treated wastewater. And their beds could protect...

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Environment and Climate Change

Ford Foundation Partners with Other Funders to Increase Educational Attainment in the Rio Grande Valley

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05/03/2018

... RGV FOCUS leaders recently unveiled the organization’ s 2017 Annual Report showing that Rio Grande Valley students now match or outperform their Texas peers in nine out of 11 key indicators – from high school...

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Alisa Doctoroff and Linda Mirels Nominated to Lead UJA-Federation of New York

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03/01/2013

... for chair of the board. The decision of the organization' s Nominating Committee for Officers, chaired by past President John M. Shapiro, was announced at yesterday' s Board of Directors meeting. The...

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'Docu-Ad’ Exposes Hardship of Those Without Bank Access

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06/03/2014

... a promotional ad for “Spent” declares. “It’ s time for a change.” By commissioning “Spent,” ...

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Economic Security

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American Express

Philanthropy New York Welcomes New Board Chair and Members

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06/06/2025

... 15th, during the business meeting of Philanthropy New York' s 46th Annual Meeting, the membership elected a new Board ... where she oversaw the finance, accounting, IT, human resources , operations, and...

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PNY News

01 Jun 2020

New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting - via Zoom (Week 2)

Monday, June 1, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... and needs of maintaining and advocating for NYC’ s green spaces Plans to support communities and grantees ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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13 Jul 2020

New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting - via Zoom

Monday, July 13, 2020 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... is interest in a collaborative response fund. This week' s meeting will highlight environmental racism. Explore ... and needs of maintaining and advocating for NYC’ s green spaces Plans to support...

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Ford Foundation to Fund City Study of Diversity in Cultural Institutions

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03/04/2015

... people of color right now — maybe we’re missing out on some of the talent if we don’t have diverse audiences, staffs and boards,” said Tom Finkelpearl, the city’ s commissioner of cultural...

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Arts

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National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

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03/13/2015

Civil rights groups that typically march in lockstep have split over new net-neutrality rules, and their discord ... civil rights groups are accusing each other of selling out the communities they represent in...

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Technology

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Sloan Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017

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06/29/2015

Sloan Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America' s Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017 The Digital Public ... 1,600 institutions. “The Sloan and Knight foundations have been such generous...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit

... survey of nonprofit leaders succession planning comes out on top. In fact, it is mentioned twice as often as the ... of the organization: larger organizations, which should have more opportunities to promote internal talent, are not ...

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