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Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project

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11/18/2016

... Over the past 20 years, the National Dance Project has grown into an essential part of the artistic landscape in the U.S. In its 20-year history, NDP has invested more than $33 million in funding to artists...

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Laura Walker Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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03/28/2017

... Laura Walker, president and CEO of New York Public Radio, has been elected to The Commonwealth Fund’s Board of ... Walker’s leadership, New York Public Radio’s audience has grown from 1 million to 23.9 million...

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

... Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative Autism has a strong genetic component. To date, approximately 50 ... autism and their families. Launched just a year ago, SPARK has already enrolled over...

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Sarah Eagle Heart to Receive 2017 American Express NGen Leadership Award

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07/26/2017

... receiving the award as an emerging leader under age 40 who has already demonstrated significant impact in addressing society’s critical needs. She has a diverse set of experiences crossing corporate, faith...

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Unemployment’s Steady Fall Could Signal Trouble—or a Broader Structural Shift

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08/28/2017

... a Broader Structural Shift The unemployment rate has fallen to a 16-year low of 4.3% and may not be done ... it means the economy is still operating below capacity and has plenty of room to run, or bad news...

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Family of Boy Who Wears Dresses Sues Education Department

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08/30/2017

... boy, and since before he could speak, his parents said, he has gravitated toward things traditionally associated with ... in the liberal enclave of Park Slope, Brooklyn, where Leo has lived all his life, he...

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Toward Liberation: A Staunch Social Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front

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09/29/2017

... initial focus, reproductive justice, Groundswell Fund has expanded to support broader movement building by women of ... investments in reproductive justice. Since then, it has become a key grantmaker in this...

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Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.

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10/02/2017

... into a well-paying job in the booming oil sector here. He has an apartment, a car, a smartphone and a long-distance ... lickin’ good” slogan caught his attention and it has lived up to expectations. “The food...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund

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10/27/2017

... to the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D), has announced a $5 million commitment from the Leona M. and ... from JDRF, the fund manages more than $60 million and has invested more than $10...

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Teagle Foundation Names Andrew Delbanco Next President

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03/22/2018

... and the importance of curricular choices. Delbanco has served on the Teagle board since 2009 and has mixed scholarship in the humanities with a more public role in discussions of higher education. He ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $29.3 Million to Hellenic Fire Service

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07/31/2018

... just east of Athens, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has announced a €25 million ($29.3 million) grant to the ... Since 1996, when the foundation was launched, SNF has supported the fire service through gifts...

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Eric Marchall Concludes Tenure as FCCP’s Executive Director

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10/02/2018

... Director "After four years at the helm of FCCP, Eric has decided to transition out of his role in the coming ... on or around January 15, 2019. Your FCCP Advisory Board has formed a Transition Committee...

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New Staff and Promotions at The New York Community Trust

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12/19/2019

... young women and arts education portfolios. Marie D’Costa has been promoted to Chief Development & Marketing Officer, ... and cultivate new and existing donors. Ayanna Russell has been promoted to Chief...

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The Charles H. Revson Foundation Elects Ariel Zwang to Board of Trustees

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11/17/2021

... Ariel Zwang to Board of Trustees The Revson Foundation has announced Ariel Zwang’s election to the Board of Directors, effective October 26, 2021. Ariel Zwang has served as CEO of the humanitarian organization...

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Tides Announces Kriss Deiglmeier as New CEO

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01/15/2014

Tides has announced the appointment of Kriss Deiglmeier as its new ... leader in the emerging social innovation field. Deiglmeier has more than 20 years of senior management experience that ... nonprofit and...

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Dyson Foundation Names Jennifer Killian New Program Officer

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11/09/2015

... NY—Jennifer Killian of the City of Poughkeepsie has been hired to serve as a program officer for the ... will begin her duties with the Dyson Foundation on Dec. 1, has worked extensively in the field of...

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... Treasurer Chief Administrative Officer, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Audit Committee, Chair; Governance and ... Ingrid Rasmussen - head.jpg Ingrid Rasmussen Chief Financial Officer, The Wallace Foundation...

18 Jun 2014

Social Impact Exchange: 2014 Annual Conference on Scaling Impact

Wednesday, June 18, 2014 (All day) to Thursday, June 19, 2014 (All day)

... JPMorgan Partners ; Vice Chairman, UN Envoy's Office for Health Finance and Malaria Kenneth H. Zimmerman, Director, ... in education, youth development, poverty alleviation, health and impact investing...

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Legislator To Propose Federal Tax On Sugary Drinks

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06/06/2014

... together leading researchers and scientists, public health officials, foundation executives, and community ... Heart Association, the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, the California Endowment and...

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