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Ford Foundation Appoints Catalina Devandas Aguilar to Board of Trustees

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06/15/2022

... to its board of trustees. Devandas Aguilar brings 20 years experience across human rights advocacy and law and her ... grantmaking. Our entire organization will benefit from her experience and leadership.” “It...

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Ian H. Solomon and Sewell Chan Join the Luce Foundation Board of Directors

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11/16/2023

... significant additions to the Luce Foundation Board. Their experience and expertise are intrinsic to our mission. The ... President and CEO Mariko Silver said. "Each brings vast experience and unique...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

09 Jan 2014

Generation Next - Young Donors Inspiring a New Generation of Philanthropists

Thursday, January 9, 2014 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

... philanthropists. The webinar will include a discussion of how involvement in their family’s philanthropy led them to ... their organizations are doing to encourage new donors, and how they envision the future...

Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

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09/08/2014

... of the principal has, traditionally, been overlooked. How about a new education reform push, one that focuses less ... managerial jobs and oversee instruction, too — what and how students are learning. The...

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Citi and Goldman Sachs Launching Projects with NYC to Boost Women Business Owners

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03/12/2015

... that people would buy it. But she hasn’t figured out how to sell it. “We’re going to teach you how to take that amazing mole and get into the stream of ...

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Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

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01/24/2017

... you hang around philanthropy, the more you'll realize how deeply family background influences people's giving. Read ... philanthropic families we've also often been struck by how closely the...

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Stay Midtown Program' to Respond to Recent Rental Cost Increases in Detroit

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03/22/2017

... The Stay Midtown program is one tangible example of how these recommendations can be implemented. Launched in ... quality of life will also be monitored along with how it affects neighborhood and community...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership

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09/19/2017

... B. Robert Williamson Jr. Foundation . I wanted to learn how this foundation came to support a form of reflective practice as capacity buildin g, and that’s how I began my conversation with the foundation’s...

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The B. Robert Williamson Jr. Foundation

Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

Release Date:

11/16/2017

... 55 people across the U.S. territory. "We have to reimagine how we're going to rebuild," said Miguel Soto-Class, founder ... who will submit a report by early next year on where and how federal...

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

... underlies the foundation’s initiatives and describes how a focus on continuous improvement fits into this. ... to find workable solutions to complex problems, such as how to effectively train and support...

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Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Judges Panel to Be Chaired by Clark Foundation President Douglas Bauer

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10/22/2018

... Giroux) – A prizewinning poet and journalist examines how fracking affected the environment of a small Appalachian town, and how a struggling single mother fought back... Goddard ...

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The Clark Foundation

Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy

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10/2007

How do foundations maximize their impact? What is the role of ...

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Good Charity, Bad Charity

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08/10/2013

... op-ed by Princeton University professor Peter Singer on how to choose between different areas of philanthropy cites ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

13 May 2013

TED: Media As A Catalyst for Ideas and Community

Monday, May 13, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... with foundations to meet shared objectives. Explore How the original vision for TED has evolved and how it today reflects curator Chris Anderson’s philanthropic goals and the public interest How...