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Schott Foundation Welcomes Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks and Miren Uriarte to the Board of Directors

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02/26/2016

... The Schott Foundation announced the addition of two new members to the Board of Directors: Sharon J. ... 2014, President Barack Obama named her to the President’ s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Leon Levy Foundation Promotes Three Managers

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02/08/2016

... Controller Justine Koch, who has added the title of Human Resources Manager; and Meredith Ross, Grants Manager and ... Manager, Ms. Ellis is responsible for the Foundation’ s internal and external...

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COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund Provides Half a Million Dollars in Grants to Long Island-Based Nonprofits

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04/21/2020

... received grants. “While the Coronavirus has affected all people across the country, its impact on communities of ... As the needs are much greater than our current resources , we are requesting contributions to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Long Island Community Foundation

What Is Effective Philanthropy?

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06/05/2019

... by funding programming to enhance one or all of these specific areas, or by leveraging the expertise ... inform others. Promoting a culture of sharing positions all grant makers to better serve nonprofits, and...

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Technology

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Siegel Family Endowment

Palau to Sign National Marine Sanctuary Into Law; Bloomberg and Tiffany-supported Global Ocean Legacy Campaign Win

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10/22/2015

... Sanctuary Act, which will establish one of the world' s largest protected areas of ocean in the Pacific island ... the EEZ, appropriate vessel monitoring systems (VMS) on all ships, stowage of fishing...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Public Policy

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Infrastructure Design as Innovation

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04/02/2019

... design that fuels and supports a foundation’ s innovation. Good organizational infrastructure design is ... not understand why they are unable to innovate or identify new ways to address more complex socio-...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Build Up Companies

01 Dec 2021

For Us, By Us Farm - Based Education - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

... their own language and wisdom, given the lack of access to resources , infrastructure and land What systemic issues ... Justice Educator, Rock Steady Farm Who should attend? All interested funders. What to...

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Food Systems

Design Thinking for Advocates: Don’t Knock it Till You Try It

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02/23/2016

... it Till You Try It By Salem Tsegaye, Program Associate, New York Community Trust You’ve probably heard of design thinking by now. It’ s an approach to creating innovative products and...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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24 Jun 2015

Learning the Way: DACA, Educational Attainment and Philanthropy - Webinar

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... for a work permit, and in some states, a driver’ s license, among other benefits. Nearly 800,000 immigrants ... application, including over 400,000 individuals who meet all but the program’ s...

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Children, Youth and Families

A Commitment to Deep Change in 2025 - Launching a Philanthropic Toolkit for Transformational Systems Change

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12/13/2024

... of where to turn. Despite an increase in philanthropy’ s orientation toward systems change, the know-how and ... systemic orientations required to truly move systems into new ways of addressing social and...

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Make Room for Makerspaces

Release Date:

12/08/2015

... Associate for the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust Makerspaces are community-oriented ... So are funders. Recently, The New York Community...

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The New York Community Trust

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A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project

Release Date:

02/28/2014

... nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize recognizes NPP' s important role in informing Americans about the nation' s war spending; the United States accounts for 43 percent of the world' s...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Live Now From The Century Foundation: Diversity Matters: Getting Public School Choice Right

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05/15/2018

Tune into the webcast throughout the day to hear from speakers including former secretary of education John King , professor Melissa Harris-Perry , author Monique Morris , TCF experts, student...

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Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

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08/08/2013

... to learn, network, ideate, collaborate and celebrate CFF’ s accomplishments. The second annual CFF gathering included ... practitioners who were engaged to help inform CFF’ s new working...

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Nudge Your Grantmaking: Applying Behavioral Science Insights to Enhance Program Impact

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12/13/2017

... awarded behavioral economist Richard Thaler this year’ s prize for economics for “integrating economics with ... they received their harvest earnings. Shoppers at a New Jersey mall were presented with...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows

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03/31/2022

... Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows NEW YORK —The Open Society Foundations today announced an award ... on a range of issues at the core of the Open Society’ s work such as...

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Social Justice

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Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D. Resigns as President of Foundation for Child Development

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08/22/2013

... in the PreK-3rd arena and to extend this work in exciting new early learning directions," said Ruth Ann Burns, Chair of ... to thank Deborah for her energy and hard work on FCD’ s strategic planning...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Foundation for Child Development

Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem

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03/03/2014

... physics and everyday life. The Simons Foundation’ s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division is pleased ... a program focused on developing, implementing and applying new methods for determining the...

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Science

Technology

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Wallace Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals

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06/24/2014

... Will Miller. “To strengthen this critical role, this new initiative will require districts to rethink how their ... on bureaucratic compliance,” added Jody Spiro, Wallace’ s director of education leadership. “...

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