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03 Aug 2017

FAN Brown Bag Lunch: The Work Life Juggle

Thursday, August 3, 2017 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

... staff member is important at every level, and it’ s vital that an environment is created to encourage ... for foundation administration, including human resources and operations. Registration 12:30 - 1:30 PM...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

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Novo Foundation's Peter Buffett On The Power—And Limits—Of Art And Money

Release Date:

02/13/2017

Novo Foundation' s Peter Buffett On The Power—And Limits—Of Art And Money AS THE SON OF THE WORLD’ S ONCE-RICHEST MAN (at the moment, Warren ... has spent a lifetime with access to nearly limitless ...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Nicky McIntyre Begins Tenure as CEO of Foundation for a Just Society

Release Date:

07/03/2017

... in the Netherlands, where she oversaw one of the world’ s largest public funds that supports the rights of women, ... leader in philanthropic advocacy to ensure more and better resources for this field...

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Social Justice

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Foundation for a Just Society

Alliance for Charitable Reform Hosts Annual Summit for Leaders

Release Date:

04/11/2017

... guide to keeping in contact with your lawmakers with resources to help - was unveiled at the Summit. If you missed ...

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Caught Our Attention

Ford Foundation Suggests that It’s Time to Reboot Grantmaking

Release Date:

06/29/2017

Ford Foundation Suggests that It’ s Time to Reboot Grantmaking Communities in Schools (CIS) is ... no reserves in the bank to make up the difference, CIS’ s 990 Forms show the organization dipped into restricted...

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Inside Game: A Foundation Supports LGBTQ Leaders in the Halls of Power

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... Leaders in the Halls of Power While it was the nation’ s highest court that granted marriage equality to LGBTQ ... places away from the capital. In fact, well before Trump' s election threw up obstacles...

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LGBTQ

SVdP-USA Launches Disaster Services Corporation

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... in recent weeks in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U. S . Virgin Islands. The corporation, which will remain under the auspices of SVdP-USA’ s national council, represents a necessary change in legal .....

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Bloomberg Commits $64 Million to Beyond Coal Campaign

Release Date:

10/12/2017

... the United States. The funds will support the Sierra Club' s Beyond Coal campaign, which has almost achieved its initial goal of retiring 50 percent of the nation' s coal-fired power plants by 2017...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Grantee Brings Star Tortoise Back From Extinction

Release Date:

10/12/2017

... ), a medium-sized tortoise found only in Myanmar’ s central dry zone, has been brought back from the brink of ... Conservation Division of the Myanmar Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental...

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Animal Welfare

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

With Support From The Rockefeller Foundation, NRDC Releases Report: What, Where and How Much Food Is Wasted in Cities

Release Date:

10/25/2017

... largest component of what we send to landfills in the U. S ., representing nearly 22% of disposed municipal solid ... waste all the water, land, energy, money, labor, and other resources that go into growing,...

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Has Officially Launched The Fellowship Initiative

Release Date:

11/07/2017

... to build their skills, networks and ability to access resources . Despite a growing economy, nearly one in three ... lives and strengthen economies. Much of the firm’ s efforts are focused on helping young...

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J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Private Foundation Services

Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

Release Date:

11/29/2017

Walton Foundation and Ford Foundation announced today they are each committing $3 million over three years to support creative solutions to diversify curatorial and management staff at art museums across the United States.

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Arts

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UJA-Federation To Launch Largest Anti-Poverty Push In Its History

Release Date:

01/31/2018

... of New York launched Connect to Care. It was the charity’ s central response to the economic downturn, and it provided, ...

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Food Systems

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UJA-Federation of New York

Supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dance/NYC Launches Immigrant Artists Initiative

Release Date:

02/27/2018

... Dance/NYC unveils foundational research, New York City' s Foreign-Born Dance Workforce Demographics ( ... ) as well as online information resources available on the Dance/NYC website; and announces .....

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Open Society Foundations Announce 2018 Leadership in Government Fellows

Release Date:

03/05/2018

... about how to better navigate government and leverage its resources to develop strategies that advance and defend ...

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Civic Engagement

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Open Society Foundations

Bloomberg's Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World

Release Date:

03/14/2018

Bloomberg' s Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World We’ve ... since 2008 for tobacco control.) Given Big Tobacco’ s huge budget to promote smoking, it' s fortunate that two...

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Elizabeth Good Christopherson of the Rita Allen Foundation and Adam Falk of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Join the Alliance Board of Directors

Release Date:

04/06/2018

... the foundations will be represented on the Alliance’ s board of directors. Elizabeth Good Christopherson, ... on the Alliance board. The complete list of the Alliance’ s board members is here. “I would like to...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Tisch Fund Gives $10 Million to Initiative for Arts and Mental Health

Release Date:

04/24/2018

... improve the lives of those with dementia and Alzheimer’ s disease, fight stigma around mental illnesses and help ... Arts & Minds , for example, takes people with Alzheimer’ s disease into museums for...