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Doris Duke’s Andrew Bowman to Lead The Land Trust Alliance

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11/30/2015

... at Berkeley, a Master of Laws in environmental and natural resources at the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark ... to be part of such a positive, proactive movement.” Among those to praise Bowman’...

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17 Feb 2016

Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Managers, and funders who fund scholarships/fellowships, among others to join us for this session. Presenters A. ...

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An Update on Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's Limited Life

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10/23/2018

... to provide colleagues who will not be moving over with the resources and flexibility to pursue new opportunities. In ... years of work to improve the lives of the most vulnerable among us. During those decades...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Surviving COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders

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03/17/2020

... be received by a singular organization, but coordinated among many organizations. This integrative approach better ...

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Build Up Companies

Hugh Hogan to Step Down as van Ameringen Foundation Executive Director to Launch Advisory Practice and to Become Senior Advisor to The Action Lab

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03/24/2022

... by under-investment, structural racism and poverty.” Among the many accomplishments achieved during Hugh’s ... to any individual, family or private foundation with resources to give.” Andrew Friedman, Senior...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation expands Health Initiative with partnerships to fight infectious disease and mental illness worldwide

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06/29/2022

... and to connect young people with the mental health resources they need. SNF’s ongoing approximately $750 ... a mission of expanding access to life-changing health care resources , a belief in the importance of...

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New York Women's Foundation Appoints Patricia Eng Vice President of Programs

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06/12/2014

... both from community-based work, as well as from philanthropy , as a grant maker in the areas of economic ... was the founder and executive director of the New York Asian Women’s Center, the first organization...

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Occupy The Box

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03/21/2012

... on those that value self-determination and systems change and use community organizing and advocacy as vehicles ... “We can’t ignore this anymore, something needs to change .” They approach problem solving in a...

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Wallace Foundation Study Shows Significant Progress In Building Stronger Principal Pipelines

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10/31/2016

The study especially noted direct benefits to novice school principals by raising the quality of their training, hiring, evaluations, mentoring and other support during their crucial first years on the job.

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Education

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NYSHealth Foundation Testimony on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in New York City

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12/09/2020

... in its continued efforts to design programs and target resources . Below are key findings from a 2020 NYSHealth ... approximately 1.7x the rate for white women; the rate for Asian women was approximately 1.3x...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arcus Foundation Appoints Annette Lanjouw Interim Executive Director

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04/02/2012

... Netherlands. She is Scientific Advisor to the Trust for African Rock Art and a member of the Species Survival ...

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MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa

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01/21/2015

... insurance products. These services are essential to enable African farmers to increase productivity and incomes and, ...

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Food Systems

JPMorgan CEO's $100 Million Plan to Turn Detroit Around

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02/18/2015

... city of Detroit after visiting his daughter in the West African nation of Ghana. The unfinished buildings there ...

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MasterCard Foundation Initiative to Bring Economic Opportunities to Rural East Africa

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03/17/2015

... studying. At the same time, since the average age of the African farmer is around 60, there is urgent need to involve ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Adds Donald Kaberuka to its Board of Trustees

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11/05/2015

... The Rockefeller Foundation has appointed former African Development Bank (AfDB) president Donald Kaberuka to ...

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Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.

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10/02/2017

... “When you taste it you feel good.” Ghana, a coastal African country of more than 28 million still etched with ...

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The Burke Foundation Awards Support to Help Young Children and Families Thrive

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01/21/2021

... worst records for child health and wellbeing, especially among under-resourced communities, despite being one of the ... and families in the state. New Jersey ranks 47th among the 50 U.S. states for maternal...

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