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26 Jan 2022

Flexing Your Biggest Muscle: Shareholder Engagement for Foundations

Wednesday, January 26, 2022 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
... Shareholder engagement is one way that foundations can influence a company’s behavior by exercising their ... values. What will you learn? Ways shareholder activism can advance mission-related work in various...

Mellon's “Humanities for All Times” Awards More Than $16 Million to Liberal Arts Colleges for Social Justice-Oriented Humanities Curricular Development

Release Date: 
01/26/2022
... ties to the local communities in which such knowledge can be put to immediate productive use, we know that these schools are perfectly positioned to take on this important work.” “Deep engagement with the .....
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Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 Millionth Dose of Azithromycin, Marking Progress to Help Alleviate the Suffering from Trachoma

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11/16/2015
... eliminate this infectious and preventable eye disease that can lead to permanent blindness as a public health threat by the year 2020. Today, delegations from ... 75 million people at risk, and the Federal...

For Jobseekers: Once You Get the Job

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04/2014
... professional development and education. There are numerous resources that we've noted throughout this section of the ... jumpstart that process, read this list of the "Ten Things I Always Tell a New Grantmaker" from Joyce White , Executive ... to ask. Attend as many educational programs as you can . A program might be on an issue outside your funding .....
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William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy

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07/23/2014
... for Women, the National Council of La Raza, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fund and ...
13 Dec 2010

School Climate: What Is It? And Why Does It Matter?

Monday, December 13, 2010 - 2:00pm to Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 5:00pm
... funders. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Everyone agrees that teachers can ’t teach and students can ’t learn in chaotic, disorganized schools. As the NYC ... puts it, “Effective teaching and learning can...
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Silicon Alley: The Road to Tomorrow’s Workforce

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11/12/2013
... of its West Coast sibling. Maybe this youth and grit can serve as a metaphor for the trend we’re witnessing ... to fill these slots? The question then becomes how — how can we train the next gen of Silicon...
27 Mar 2014

CUNY: The Road to College Success

Thursday, March 27, 2014 -
8:45am to 10:30am
... colleges is an accessible, affordable option that can help low-income students move further into higher ... to improve college success by offering intensive support services to students. Speakers will discuss...
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Foundation Financial Managers Group

... surveys. Email Listserv Current members of the network can access the discussion group here or under My Account ... executives, financial officers and senior managers ( i .e., CFOs, Directors of Finance) of...

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