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Don Chen, Social Justice Veteran, Selected as Surdna Foundation’s Third President

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08/20/2018

... and professional dedication to advancing social justice is what attracted him to Surdna. “The U.S. is facing unique ... national foundation.” Chen currently leads the Just Cities and Regions team for the Ford...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Reaches Landmark Closure of 318th U.S. Coal Plant, on Track to Retire All Coal Plants by 2030

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09/15/2020

... 60% of coal-fired power plants by 2020, we’ve proven what ’s possible when we work together and lead from the ... and Bloomberg LP, three-term Mayor of New York City . “This milestone shows us how far we’ve come...

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17 Dec 2009

Current State of Federal Immigration Policy with the National Immigration Law Center

Thursday, December 17, 2009 -

11:00am to 2:00pm

MEMBERS: Please log in to register yourself or a colleague online by clicking on the link above (visible through December 15th). NON-MEMBERS: Please fill out this online form . A Philanthropy New York...

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Wallace Foundation Study Shows Significant Progress In Building Stronger Principal Pipelines

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10/31/2016

... Hillsborough County Public Schools, Fla. (Tampa); New York City Department of Education; and Prince George's County ... to demonstrate skills, creating talent pools and using data to match principals with...

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

06 Feb 2018

Homelessness Innovations: Are Known Solutions Informing NYC’s Response to Youth Homelessness?

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... and temporarily displaced 70,000 people. In New York City , more than 62,000 homeless people fill municipal shelters every night . At least 23,000 of the City ’s homeless are children and roughly 3,000 are .....

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Housing and Homelessness

16 Jul 2015

Service for Impact

Thursday, July 16, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... (Facilitator), Executive Director, Community Leadership, Gap Foundation Jinny Jeong, Evaluation and Data Insights, CECP Adam Lebowitz , Director, Corporate & ...

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03 Nov 2021

Legal Series - Within the Law and Outside the Box

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... interested funders, regardless of role at your foundation. What to expect: presentation followed by Q&A. What will you learn? Explore grants to non-charities and ... Speakers Andrew Schulz , General...

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Legal Issues

JPMorgan Chase Makes $50 Million Philanthropic Investment to Help Address Immediate and Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19

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03/18/2020

... like AdvancingCities . “We are mobilizing the firm’s resources to support customers, employees and ... capacity as they adjust their programming and provide resources to support their remote working...

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Disaster Relief

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund and the Tarsadia Foundation Announce the Opportunity Challenge: $1 Million to Uplift Immigrant Communities

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03/10/2020

... Opportunity Challenge will unleash creative thinking about what is a chronic challenge for so many people.” The need ...

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Wallace Foundation Names Jody Spiro, Ed.D., Director of Education Leadership

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02/01/2012

... states and districts; through her work with the New York City Leadership Academy and the National School ... Long Island University; Senior Assistant to the New York City Schools Chancellor; Director of...

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Rockefeller Joins Macarthur Foundation to Help Address Critical Social Challenges

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03/12/2019

... Network, who will add their expertise and financial resources to the Catalytic Capital Consortium. MacArthur’s ... expand and accelerate The Rockefeller Foundation’s Zero Gap innovative finance portfolio,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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27 Mar 2014

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Evaluating the Onboarding Process

Thursday, March 27, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with peers about ... The Samuel Bronfman Foundation Maria Nielsen, Human Resources Director, The Atlantic Philanthropies...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Xavier de Souza Briggs as Vice President of Economic Opportunity and Assets

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11/01/2013

... work, the Economic Opportunity and Assets program works to promote economic fairness, advance sustainable development, and build just and inclusive cities in the United States, Latin America, Africa, Asia and...

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Mission Investors Exchange names Nhadine Leung as Managing Director

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02/23/2017

... business and was Chief Operating Officer of Living Cities , a multi-sector network of the world's largest ... in improving the lives of low-income people and the cities where they live. Ms. Leung is a...

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Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates

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03/28/2018

... climate adaptation initiatives, such as the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative with the Rockefeller Foundation, the ... “14 Solutions” and “Embracing Change” are great resources for understanding how...

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Insights

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

Research Funded by William T. Grant Foundation Aims to Show Why Some Veterans Go Hungry

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05/30/2019

... of Health and Human Performance, sought to determine what barriers keep veterans from obtaining and eating quality ... with Military.com. "I really wanted to understand what was happening in the veteran...

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Hartford Foundation Funds New Geriatric Workforce Center

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01/21/2016

... component of the GWEP platform administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. ... opportunities, mentoring, a centralized repository of resources for professional and...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Johnson Family Foundation Welcomes Dylan Hoos as the New Executive Director

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01/04/2023

... place-based and national grant-making programs, JFF works to develop healthy, vibrant, and just communities where ... Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City for 22 years, from 1986...

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23 Jun 2022

Beyond Listening: Ensuring Others are Heard - A Workshop

Thursday, June 23, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... How might we acknowledge power and purpose and best create what Rebecca Solnit calls a “democracy of equal audibility”? What will you learn? Tools and techniques for listening ... attend? All interested...

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