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Arcus Foundation Names Adrian Coman Director of International Human Rights

Release Date:

02/01/2013

The Arcus Foundation , a leading global foundation advancing pressing social justice and conservation issues, ... movement at the international level, Adrian is the ideal person to spearhead Arcus’ work in the...

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Note to Funders: If You Believe in the Importance of Leadership, Fund What Leaders Want to Do

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... enough in a leader to invest in the organization that person leads, why not take the next step and trust that ...

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Cheryl Green Rosario Named Executive Director of The ZAC Foundation

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02/12/2015

Cheryl Green Rosario has been appointed the first executive director for the ZAC Foundation.

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Carnegie's July Fourth Tribute Honors 38 Distinguished Immigrants

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06/30/2017

Carnegie Corporation of New York, established by Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie, thanks naturalized citizens who make America strong.

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Immigration

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Two Esteemed Leaders to Board of Trustees

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11/21/2019

Dr. Agnes Binagwaho is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda, an initiative of Partners In Health. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sahel Consulting: Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd.,...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names JT Batson to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

12/15/2022

Batson, who is CEO and secretary general of the U.S. Soccer Federation, is a seasoned media and technology executive, having built and led several major companies.

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Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund (CCNSF) Accepting Applications for 2017

Release Date:

09/20/2016

The purpose of the CCNSF capacity-building program is to help organizations identify and address their most pressing organizational needs.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

01 Mar 2018

Exploring Career Pathways in STEM - Brown Bag Lunch

Thursday, March 1, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... internships for high school students. The event will be centered around a chapter from Preparing Informal Science ...

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Education

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Children, Youth and Families

Burke Foundation Co-Funds Inaugural Class of Safer Birth Cities: Tackling the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis

Release Date:

09/26/2019

When we listen and respond to the needs of all women, our solutions become stronger.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Long Island Community Foundation Issues RFP for the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund

Release Date:

12/04/2019

... proposals to restore and protect the health and living resources of the Long Island Sound. We are interested in ... people around the Sound; Support local communities in advancing environmental justice. THE...

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15 Nov 2023

Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET) - Admins, How Can We Bring Power Into a Room?

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Would you ... Please join your peers in PACNET for our Fall in- person gathering to discuss mutual...

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Network Building

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Panel

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Executive Support Staff

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Janet Mock Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

06/03/2013

The Arcus Foundation has announced that Janet Mock, a prominent writer and social justice activist, has joined the Foundation's Board of Directors.

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10 May 2012

Strengthening All Families: Spotlight on LGBT Families of Color

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

The intersection of inequitable laws, social stigma, and race-based discrimination collide in ways that create significant challenges for LGBT families of color. Children of color are more likely to be raised by de facto parents like grandparents,...

To Serve Racial Equity, What Are You Doing Less Of?

Release Date:

10/28/2020

... Budget , this frame argues that there are “abundant resources for economic revival”, and that “policymakers have always found resources for their true priorities.” We are always ...

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Partner & Prepare: How to Fund Advocacy During Polarized Political Times

Release Date:

02/06/2012

... discourse, the organization revealed that the proposed policy change would mean that anyone attempting to receive ... this, the Ford Foundation has developed clear goals and resources that allow it “to have...

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10 Feb 2017

Philanthropy 101 - Module 5: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power & Your New Community

Friday, February 10, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:30am

So you are working for a foundation. While Parts 1 through 4 of this series provided an overview of the history of philanthropy, a foundation's leadership and governance, a high-level overview of grantmaking at foundations, and the philanthropic...

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Professional Development

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

09 Mar 2018

Philanthropy 101: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, March 9, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

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Professional Development

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19 Oct 2018

Philanthropy 101: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, October 19, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

So you are working for a foundation. People are drawn to the field of philanthropy to make a difference. While philanthropic organizations may have a broader commitment to strategy, many individuals may lack an explicit strategy for effectiveness,...