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Wil Priester joins Arabella Advisors as CFO; Shelley Whelpton to Lead Arabella Advisors' Mid-Atlantic Practice

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10/15/2013

... that spanned a range of issue areas, including new social financing mechanisms, open access, education, ...

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Catherine Rick Named Senior Advisor for Nursing Leadership at the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence

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12/11/2013

... leadership and executive level healthcare roles to her new position advising the Jonas Center on its primary ... in health careers. She also worked with the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA...

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28 Mar 2023

Philanthropy’s Voice in Policy, Practice, & Power-Shifting for Housing Justice - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... stable and safe housing. In this webinar, we will hear how Funders Together member the Butler Family Fund has ... of racial and economic justice. They will discuss how philanthropy can resource and partner in...

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Housing and Homelessness

Family Foundations Prepare for the Next Generation

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02/08/2013

... and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy that looks at how younger generations feel about philanthropy. As parents, ... our children. And if we have more than one, we worry about how they will interact with...

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Ford Foundation's Elizabeth Alexander Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board

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06/02/2016

... in arts, media and culture. She guides efforts to examine how cultural narratives affect and shape social movements and how media and the arts, including film and visual ...

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Arts

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Alfred P. Sloan Study Finds Possible Solutions to Sleep Disorders and Depression

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06/09/2017

... disorders. Researchers wanted to know: How do we overcome tiredness in the face of a looming ... In other words, in the face of so-called salient stimuli, how do we override the natural drive to sleep? Alfred...

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10 Dec 2019

Understanding Identity, Privilege and Power in Philanthropic Practice

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... rarely do we have sufficient time and space to reflect on how our own identities influence how we see and how we are seen in our work. Join us for this interactive ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Overcoming Setbacks

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09/11/2018

... As president, Obama offered hope that he would usher in a new period of political progress, increase the role of ... legitimacy at the highest levels of our judiciary. Each new day, it seems, reveals the...

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Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?

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11/12/2014

... plans last week to turn around 94 troubled schools in the city by linking services such as mental health counseling and ... it must have been music to the ears of at least five city organizations that have...

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JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities

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06/02/2015

... Underserved Communities In a collaboration between the City of Philadelphia, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater ... PeopleForBikes Foundation and the National Association of City Transportation Officials, the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit

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06/15/2015

... pensions funds and avert a bankruptcy fire sale of city -owned art. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker ... will be in Detroit on Tuesday for a board meeting in the city . Trustees will also be meeting...

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Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval

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04/21/2016

... planned revamp of its iconic Midtown building, after the city 's Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved ... The $190 million undertaking will bring the building up to city code, and make it...

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With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

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06/29/2016

Six cities were chosen to participate in the inaugural year of the fellowship: Boston, Charlotte, Houston, Memphis, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis.

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Community Development

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De Blasio Derided by Sergeants Union for Deportation Stance

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02/28/2017

... criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio for not requiring the city ’s police force to act as immigration enforcers as the ... Cats Roundtable” radio program on 970 AM, said the city ’s top brass have a “moral obligation...

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Immigration

Helmsley Funds Research Collaborative around Type 1 Diabetes

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08/18/2017

... 1 Diabetes Scientists at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope have received over $300,000 from The Leona M. ... Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD) and coordinated by City of Hope. The goal of the...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

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08/31/2017

... to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña vowed to tackle ... classroom segregation with school rezonings across the city in the upcoming school year. Speaking...

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Education

NYPD Expected To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday

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09/05/2017

... To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday NYPD and city officials are scheduled to announce Tuesday a continuing ... said. Through Sunday, there were 182 homicides in the city compared with 239 in the same...

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Justice Reform

Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’

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09/05/2017

... are the schools Mayor de Blasio doesn’t mention. At 32 city elementary and middle schools, the average English-math ... hour a day of instruction. Four did so poorly that the city Department of Education...

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Education

Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods

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10/02/2017

... plan isn’t kosher — and that’s left many in the city ’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program they ... funded program on Sept. 6, promising free meals for all city students. But Jewish advocates say 30,...

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