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Ian Magee Joins F. B. Heron Foundation as Vice President, Finance and Operations

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01/01/2013

... as the Executive Director of Strategy and Research at the University of Chicago, having first joined the university as its Director of Financial Strategy in 2009. ... both in Mechanical Engineering &...

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Dorothy Q. Thomas Named Interim CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women

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08/22/2013

... at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. In 2008, she held a visiting fellowship ... of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University , Thomas received the...

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23 Apr 2013

Elder Abuse: How Funders Can Make a Difference — Conversations with GIA

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

Webinar

... the National Center on Elder Abuse, both located at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. ... Elder Abuse & Neglect and National Center on Elder Abuse, University of California, Irvine...

15 Nov 2011

The Impact of the 28 Percent Cap on Charitable Giving

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 -

12:00pm to 2:30pm

Webinar

... giving. Hear experts discuss a new study from the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy . You’ll learn how ... of Economics and Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University -Purdue University...

Corinne H. Rieder To Retire As Executive Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation

Release Date:

07/02/2014

... Street College of Education and later moved to Columbia University , where she was the University 's director of federal relations and then became the corporate secretary of the university...

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Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

... But new research from Michael Platt, the James S. Riepe University Professor in the psychology, neuroscience and marketing departments at the University of Pennsylvania, along with Steve Chang from Yale...

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Joan Guzik Joins United Hospital Fund as Director, Quality Improvement of the Quality Institute

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01/19/2017

... as the regulatory coordinator at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville, New Jersey and ... development and planning. She holds an MBA from Boston University and a BS in...

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NYS Health President Speaks Out for Free Lunch for NYC Children

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05/23/2017

A hungry child can’t learn or realize her full potential, writes David Sandman in HuffPost. Hungry kids find it harder to do what is good for their health and engage in a natural part of growing up: being physically active and playing.

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Education

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New York Health Foundation

Rockefeller Supports Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste

Release Date:

07/25/2017

... Lynette Johnson, Society of St. Andrews; Prasanta Kalita, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Justin Kamine, ... Ruth Reichl, PBS/Food Writer; Brian Roe, The Ohio State University ; Christine Datz-...

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Russell Sage Foundation Trustee Hiro Yoshikawa and Former Visiting Scholar J. Lawrence Aber Win MacArthur Foundation Grant

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12/21/2017

... Sesame-IRC team are RSF trustee Hiro Yoshikawa (New York University ) and former RSF visiting scholar J. Lawrence Aber (New York University ). Yoshikawa is co-author of the RSF book Cradle ... childhood...

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Mellon Releases New Publication Celebrating 30 Years of Grantmaking in South Africa

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10/22/2018

Three decades of grantmaking are detailed in a new publication produced by the Mellon Foundation.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Mellon Foundation

Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth

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06/10/2019

... partnered with a team of microbial ecologists from the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, and San Diego State University , and with chemists at Northwestern University , to...

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Newly Established Phyllis Mailman Professorship Endowed by the Tow Foundation, Mailman Foundation, and Joshua Mailman Foundation

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06/24/2019

... the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University . The endowed professorship will be based in the ... and Joshua Mailman, made a transformative gift to Columbia University in honor of their...

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The Charles H. Revson Foundation Elects Dr. Stephen Blacklow to Board of Trustees

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11/01/2022

... universities and institutions, including Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Memorial Sloan Kettering ... Dr. Blacklow received his MD and PhD degrees from Harvard University in 1991, completed...

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29 Sep 2015

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Pros & Cons of Performance Evaluations

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with peers about ... Cell Foundation, Inc Oscar De La Cruz , Manager, Human Resources & Benefits, The Andrew W...

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What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

Release Date:

07/01/2010

... Hill Foundation and an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health (a special project of ... discusses why NGOs, independent advocacy groups, and community -based organizations...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

Release Date:

08/16/2012

... are pleased to have Patricia Jenny, Program Director for Community Development & the Environment at The New York Community Trust, provide us with a recap. To Frack or Not To ...

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Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative

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02/15/2013

The five-year Healthy Food & Community Change initiative will work to improve access to ... Illumination Fund today is launching its Healthy Food & Community Change initiative with a commitment of $15...

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Community Development

Food Systems

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4 Foundations Recognized for Aiding the Needy and Minorities

Release Date:

03/26/2013

... Foundation, the Woods Fund of Chicago and the California Community Foundation received the National Committee for ... grant makers—the Woods Fund of Chicago, the California Community Foundation, and the Novo...