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John E. Craig, Jr., The Commonwealth Fund' s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has ... since his arrival, and in doing so, has shored up the Fund' s capacity to continue enhancing...

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17 Jul 2014

Pulitzer Winner Barton Gellman on Philanthropy’s Role in Better Balancing Competing Demands on Civil Liberties and National Security

Thursday, July 17, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... between civil liberties and national security in the U. S . From the swift enactment of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 ... Gellman known most recently for his coverage of the U. S . National Security Agency, based...

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Michelle A. Adams and Stephen Berger Elected to United Hospital Fund Board

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06/24/2014

... Tishman Speyer, oversees the real estate investment firm’ s communications, philanthropy, and government and community ... and federal leaders and increasing the organization’ s membership base. Previously, Ms...

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PNY Welcomes Tiffany Langston and Aditi Davray

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09/03/2014

... and special events, executing Philanthropy New York’ s program strategy to provide community building ... opportunities for PNY members and leading the board’ s Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy Committee...

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Ford Foundation Funds Expansion of REACT to Film Educationl Programs

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10/08/2014

... workshops and teacher support. The Ford Foundation’ s goals, to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and ... human achievement, perfectly align with REACT to FILM’ s mission of educating youth on...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Rakesh Rajani as the New Director of Democratic Participation and Governance

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10/21/2014

... and is notably interested in the political economy of policy -making and the nexus between public action, ... Kuleana, which developed a leading center for children’ s rights and established Tanzania’ s...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Dr. Francisco Cigarroa to Board of Trustees

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10/28/2014

... appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’ s Committee on the National Medal of Science, one of twelve of the nation’ s most prominent leaders in the fields of research, science ... full board and...

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Equitable Recovery for All New Yorkers: The NY Stimulus Alliance

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08/09/2010

... Coalition. In addition, Good Jobs New York adds its policy research expertise to analyze and relay relevant data ... people of color and rooted in communities of color—with policy and research organizations...

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Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund

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04/29/2010

... to this crisis/opportunity, in December 2008 Heron’ s Board approved an “Opportunity Fund” in addition to our ... designed to leverage scale (likely to translate into policy engagement); Support activities...

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The Spend-Out/Perpetuity Distraction…and the Merger Option

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02/08/2010

... These are usually decisions that are properly “private policy ” as it were, and not matters for public policy . In August 2009, Anita Nager contributed a blog post on the Beldon Fund’ s...

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Key Themes From Our 36th Annual Meeting

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07/01/2015

... The New York Times), Avila Kilmurray (Director, Policy & Strategy, Global Fund for Community Foundations), ...

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Noyes Foundation Launches New Funding Initiative: Building Power Across Movements

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10/02/2015

... create more humane and sustainable solutions to Nevada’ s problems. Among the issues it works on are economic and ... grantees use the four strategies of the Noyes Foundation’ s Movement Building Functions: (1...

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David Sandman Named President and CEO of New York State Health Foundation

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01/25/2016

... selected David Sandman, Ph.D., as the Foundation' s next President and CEO. Dr. Sandman has been the Foundation' s Senior Vice President since 2008, after serving as ... and expertise in the world of...

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Surdna Appoints Shuaib Siddiqui, Director, Mission Related Investing

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06/30/2016

... his new position on August 1. Shuaib will manage Surdna' s nascent impact investing program, leading an ongoing effort ... foundation from Acumen where he oversaw the organization' s global investing...

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Altman Foundation Promotes Deborah T. Velazquez to Associate Director

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07/14/2016

... in 2008 as Senior Program Officer. Ms. Velazquez’ s core responsibilities include oversight of the ... University of New York at New Paltz and a Master of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at...

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Donzelina Barroso Named as Director, Global Philanthropy, for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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09/28/2016

... Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, one of the world’ s leading nonprofit philanthropic services, announced today ... Global Philanthropy. In this role, she will lead RPA’ s European advisory practice and...

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Wallace Video Series Shows How Illinois Revamped Requirements for Preparation of Principals

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10/18/2016

... project directors at the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University. The videos are available ... preparation programs and to examine ways that state policy could be strengthened to...

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09 Jan 2017

David vs. Goliath: How Arizona Advocates Won Victories in the Fight Against Extremism - Webinar

Monday, January 9, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... and winning a ballot initiative to increase the state’ s minimum wage. How was this possible? These victories did ... national attention after the passage of the state’ s “show me your papers law.” Ten...