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Columbus Statue May Get An ‘Explanation’ Plaque

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08/29/2017

... criticism of his plan to remove some of the city’ s monuments — possibly including the Christopher Columbus ...

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Sophia Stewart Joins Ford Foundation as Department Coordinator

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07/01/2013

... Office Coordinator at The NGO Committee on the Status of Women , New York (NGO/CSW/NY). There, she worked as a liaison ... domestic and international NGOs and the organization UN Women to help bridge...

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United Way of New York City Names Elwanda Young as Interim President & CEO

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09/03/2012

... active in community life as a member of both the Black Women for Black Girls Giving Circle and Black Agency ... Journal recognized her as one of 25 Influential Black Women in Business. The United Way of New...

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Support from MasterCard Facilitates Launch of the Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project

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03/25/2015

... Project and sustain ongoing education programs in U. S . and internationally. The Global Girls Entrepreneurship ... dedicated programming, specifically designed for young women in high school. Through the...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs

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07/06/2015

... Program recognizes the out-sized influence of the city’ s small and mid-sized nonprofit theater organizations on the ... has an annual budget between $75,000 and $3.5 million. Women lead about half of the...

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Mellon Foundation

AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce

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11/03/2015

... in Event on the STEM Workforce In the United States, it' s estimated that 75 percent of all jobs will require STEM ... countries around the world. And yet students, particularly women , are dropping out of...

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Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice

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09/08/2017

... only hold 13% of top leadership positions. And although women comprise 75% of the nonprofit workforce, they make up ... different. The staff and board of Third Wave Fund is 90% women and 70% people of color...

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Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’s Salaries in Decline

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09/14/2017

Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’ s Salaries in Decline American household income is rising, ... is part of the reason the gender pay gap is narrowing: Women are earning more, but their male...

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Economic Security

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How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility

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02/09/2018

... Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day. Ms. Foundation for Women has outlined how to make children at work day a ... the fourth Thursday in April, by the Ms. Foundation for Women , was originally created for girls...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Names Rafael Maldonado as Vice President and Chief Information Technology Officer

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12/14/2021

... role, Maldonado will be a key member of the Foundation’ s leadership team, responsible for the strategic development ... he was responsible for overseeing all of the Association’ s information systems,...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative

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12/10/2015

... Texas will receive support from world-class experts to address local issues including economic development, job ... their first term in office, and four of the 21 mayors are women . The cities' major...

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New FORE Grants Support Community-Based Organizations Combatting the Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Crisis

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03/29/2023

... the opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose crisis in the U. S . The funds will support community-driven initiatives to ... to support programs, build capacity, bolster staffing, address technology issues, and...

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Arlene Rodriguez Selected for Noyes Foundation Board

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07/02/2012

... management and evaluation work, and led the organization' s external relationships, communications and public ... program, and was the Director of the Foundation’ s Organizational Sustainability and...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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Westchester Community Foundation Names Tara Seeley as New Program Officer

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02/02/2016

... funding colleagues in this dynamic county.” Seeley’ s career-long commitment to the nonprofit sector includes ... was profiled in the Center for Effective Philanthropy’ s research report, "Working with...

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Ford's Darren Walker Writes, "Let America Be America Again"

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01/06/2017

... the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme ... recent weeks, I’ve found myself ruminating on Hughes’ s Let America Be America Again, especially...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Social Justice

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

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09/29/2017

... to the violent civil war. Today, they live in a foreign land , impoverished, unable to pursue their careers or support ... refugees; approximately 1 in 4 persons of the country’ s 4.4 million is now a refugee...

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New Study Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Identifies Nature's Strongholds

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04/23/2018

... by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Identifies Nature' s Strongholds A new study by The Nature Conservancy has ... growing impacts of climate change and help ensure nature’ s survival. As droughts,...

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Ford Foundation to Support Ongoing Work of Generation Indigenous Response Fund

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02/21/2019

... of Native leaders.Native Americans in Philanthropy’ s #GenIndigenous Fund was inspired by the President’ s drive to respond to the extreme disparities experienced by ... to support Native youth leading...

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Pursuit Bonds, Funded by Inherent Foundation, Helps Provide Workforce Training for Disadvantaged New Yorkers

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03/15/2019

... for disadvantaged New Yorkers was cited in the city’ s written proposal to the company. But Mr. Hsu said he also ... of Pursuit, a nonprofit social venture. “But there’ s real skepticism about that among...

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