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13 Apr 2023

Preparing for and Managing a Productive Board Chair Transition - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, April 13, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... larger decisions or a revisiting of the organization’ s purpose and practices. All members of the board have a role to play in preparing for and managing these inevitable ... engagement, family legacy, and...

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Family Foundation

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Mellon Foundation Pledges $10 Million to Detroit Institute of Arts to Help with "Grand Bargain"

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06/11/2014

... to the Detroit Institute of the Arts to support the museum' s $100 million contribution to Detroit’ s bankruptcy "Grand Bargain," an effort to prevent the sale of art to cover the city'...

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Arts

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Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program

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02/16/2016

... Graduate Scholars Program at the University of Oxford' s Saïd Business School. Established in 2013 with a gift ... to pair an MBA earned in a year with one of Oxford' s many other one-year master...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Education

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Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Fight Bias Against Muslims

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03/30/2017

... of and reducing bias against Muslims across the U. S ., 11 organizations will soon launch projects funded through ... said Zeyba Rahman, senior program officer of DDFIA’ s Building Bridges Program. “This year...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

11 Oct 2012

Avoiding Leaky Pipes: Enhancing Donor-Grantee Collaboration

Thursday, October 11, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

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Given the challenging economic times, it’ s only natural for donors to want their scarce resources to be well spent. In reality, the pipeline that brings resources from donor to grantee is often...

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant Helps Launch AGU Ethics and Equity Antiharassment Initiative

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07/12/2019

... Catalyzing Cultural Change in the Sciences with New Resources and Tracking Tools. This initiative is designed to ... that affect gender discrimination through new educational resources and validated...

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The Rockefeller Foundation, Moore Foundation Join Fund for Shared Insight

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11/10/2015

... effort among funders that pools financial and other resources to make grants to improve philanthropy. Shared ... Fund, which provided targeted support for Shared Insight’ s work in its first year. The...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Health Department, United Hospital Fund And Partners Release Small Primary Care Practices In NYC Report

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06/14/2018

... health care providers, and they serve some of the city’ s poorest neighborhoods. The report is intended to help ... in which small practices can share the cost of needed services – such as care managers,...

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Health

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Leigh Bonney Named Chief Financial Officer for The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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03/01/2012

... integration in Research and Development for Pfizer’ s acquisitions of Warner-Lambert, Pharmacia, and Wyeth. She ... smaller biotechnology acquisitions into Pfizer’ s Research and Development operations. Prior...

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13 Jan 2010

Opening a Second Front Against the Dropout Epidemic

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... senior year – close to 50% in New York City. The U. S . currently ranks 18th for highschool graduation among the ...

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Altman Foundation Welcomes New Trustee, Lisa Hinds

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05/19/2020

... Vice President at EnTrust Global, one of the world’ s largest hedge fund investors. With over $19 billion in ... a balanced portfolio. As the former chair of Riverside’ s Stewardship Committee, she led...

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Surdna Foundation Appoints Sophy Yem as Program Officer, Philanthropy

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10/01/2019

... Prior to her appointment, she served as the Foundation’ s grants manager since 2017. “I’m thrilled to that Sophy ... Foundation. “Sophy is deeply committed to Surdna’ s mission to advance social justice and...

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DDCF Announces Inaugural Awardees of Child Well-being Leadership Development Grants

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04/23/2019

... well-being of vulnerable children and families in the U. S . “Effective and diverse social sector leadership is ... tackling the complex, systemic issues that unduly burden U. S . communities contending with...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Public Policy

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Doris Duke Foundation

A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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08/28/2015

... New Orleans. Although many people will tout the city’ s recovery, few people in black working-class neighborhoods ... Resource Generation, and others, have explicitly dedicated resources to support black-led...

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Civic Engagement

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North Star Fund

NYSHealth Foundation Releases New Survey Results for How People Find and Use Health Care Price Information

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04/07/2017

These reports summarizes survey results on how people view, seek, understand, value, and respond to health care price information, both nationally and state-specific, including New York State.

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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10 Jun 2025

A Philanthropy for Our Times: Reimagining Purpose and Practice in a New Era - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

In an era of overlapping crises, philanthropy must evolve—not just in practice, but in purpose. How can funders move to meet this moment with courage, accountability, and impact? Join this webinar and hear speakers highlight bold governance and...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

07 Dec 2016

Rock Your Panel! How to be a Great Moderator

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

How many panels fail to engage the audience? What is the role of the moderator in facilitating a compelling panel ... How to best prepare your panelists and plan for your role as moderator How to joyfully welcome...

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Professional Development

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Leadership Development

Kress Foundation Trustee to Lead Metropolitan Museum of Art

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03/12/2015

... was formally elected to the Museum presidency at today’ s regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, was chosen after an ... Kress Foundation, the Council for Library and Information Resources...

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million

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04/19/2019

... lab that will provide the institute with the tools it needs to expand and upgrade its digital research and ... Bootcamp, which brings together journalists from the U. S ., Greece , and other countries for an...

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