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Georgetown University President, Vice-Chancellor of St Andrews (Scotland) and Former President of Portugal, Join Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees

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01/01/2013

John J. DeGioia, President of Georgetown University; Louise Richardson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews (Scotland); and Jorge Sampaio, United Nations Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC) High Representative and former...

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Stonewall Community Foundation Promotes Jarrett Lucas to Executive Director

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10/18/2013

... LGBTQ movement is evolving, and Jarrett's commitment to transforming our grantmaking and amplifying our impact in the .....

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25 Mar 2015

Beyond Gender Equity: How Philanthropy is Taking Gender Norms into Account

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Is your grantmaking responding to new understandings of the importance of addressing gender norms along with age, race and class? Gender norms are the beliefs, scripts and expectations we all have for how to be men and women. And addressing them is...

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The Teagle Foundation Partners with the National Endowment for the Humanities

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09/23/2020

The Teagle Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities are partnering to jointly sponsor Cornerstone: Learning for Living.

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Equity-and-Justice Advocate Kavita N. Ramdas As President and CEO

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09/01/2021

Ramdas, who currently leads the Open Society Foundations’ Women’s Rights Program, will join NCF on October 4.

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

14 Jan 2025

Navigating AI’s Workforce Revolution: A Call for New Philanthropic Strategies

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 -

10:00am to 11:30am

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the nature of work. How should education and ...

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Program Officers Join Expanding Surdna Teams in Thriving Cultures, Sustainable Environments, Strong Local Economies

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02/01/2013

The Surdna Foundation is also pleased to announce the appointment of four new Program Officers. To more effectively deliver on their mission to foster just and sustainable communities in the United States, the Foundation recently decided to expand...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Dr. Francisco Cigarroa to Board of Trustees

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10/28/2014

... is the departing chancellor of the University of Texas System , consisting of nine universities and six health ... American was the first Hispanic to lead a major university system in the United States. A...

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Noyes Foundation Launches New Funding Initiative: Building Power Across Movements

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10/02/2015

Building Power Across Movements grantees use the four strategies of the Noyes Foundation’s Movement Building Functions: (1) Engaging Affected People; (2) Exerting Strong Voices; (3) Expanding Influence; and (4) Intervening for Systemic Change.

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

05 Oct 2016

Urban Agriculture & Social Justice Activism

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

http://sph.cuny.edu/ Urban agriculture is increasingly considered an important part of creating just and sustainable cities. Yet realizing social and environmental justice requires moving beyond food production to address deeper issues such as...

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Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy

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09/29/2016

Joseph A. Antolin, Executive Director of the Asset Funders Network, highlights a strategy that works with the formerly incarcerated to become entrepreneurs.

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01 Jun 2017

CFF Annual Gathering 2017

Thursday, June 1, 2017 -

5:00pm to 7:30pm

... strategies being used to impact our regional food system . New this year, we will be featuring the recipient of ... we all have a part to play in creating the just food system that everyone deserves. We...

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12 Jun 2019

CFF Annual Gathering 2019

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 -

5:30pm to 8:00pm

... strategies being used to impact our regional food system . As part of the evening, we will hear from the ... we all have a part to play in creating the just food system that everyone deserves. We encourage your...

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Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp

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05/14/2019

... explanation for that result is that the small nervous system of honeybees imposes cognitive constraints that ... transitive inference. Paper wasps have a nervous system roughly the same size--about one million...

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Casey Family Programs Announces 2020 Casey Excellence for Children Awards

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01/13/2020

... serve as role models, or advocate for much-needed system changes, these honorees are making communities more ... those with lived experience in the child welfare system , who are working to safely reduce the...

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Casey Family Programs

27 Mar 2020

New York Foster Youth Funders Meeting via Zoom

Friday, March 27, 2020 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... of youth, caregivers, and families in the child welfare system . We invite you to come together with funder colleagues ... of youth, caregivers, and families in the child welfare system Plans to support...