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07 Jan 2014

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 7:00am to Friday, January 10, 2014 - 6:00pm

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to grantmaking and philanthropy for program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector.

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Capacity Building Begins At Home

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06/04/2009

... we should ask is “what is the best use of foundation resources ?” The whole independent sector would be better served if foundations invested resources more wisely in their own capacity to do a more .....

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Two New Program Directors

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03/01/2013

... Group of the Opportunity Charter School in New York City , served on the Philanthropy New York Gulf Coast Recovery ... he also has had a private practice in clinical psychology, working with children,...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders

Release Date:

05/19/2016

... in the immigrant rights’ movement can help build bridges across political differences and create intersectional ... multiple levels: internally; within their organizations; across the whole movement; and from...

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Gender Justice

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Unbound Philanthropy

Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College

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10/21/2015

... philanthropy do not produce that result." Bringing together scholars, practitioners and policy makers, the Forum .....

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NYS Health 10th Anniversary Awards to Recognize Leaders Improving State Health

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05/03/2016

... a total of ten influential organizations and/or leaders working to improve health in New York State. NYSHealth ... new partners for NYSHealth. They may come from a range of sectors that affect New Yorkers...

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Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast

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04/21/2016

... Featuring dozens of characters and set in locations across the globe, Oslo is both a political thriller and the ... personal story of a small band of women and men struggling together -and fighting each other-...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or ... Dialogues, a multi-year initiative that engaged societies across the world in the quest for a...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Thousands March For Black Women And Racial Justice In D.C., Around The Country

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10/02/2017

... in Washington, D.C. and rallied at 15 sister marches across the country, demanding an end to race-based ... at parks near the Capitol before converging to march together to the Department of Justice before...

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Gender Justice

Helmsley Charitable Trust and Partners Announce Funding of Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Purchased from Pharmacies in the U.S.

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10/11/2018

... Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (Helmsley) together announce the awarding of funding to the University ... potency of insulin that is purchased at retail pharmacies across the United States...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million for Sandy Relief

Release Date:

08/07/2013

... and individuals committed to supporting local nonprofits working in communities affected by Superstorm Sandy. The New ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Ford Foundation Hires Michelle Obama’s Aide

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04/17/2015

... president. She begins on May 4. Ms. Jarvis began working with the Obamas in 2005, when she joined the office ...

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Rockefeller Leads Initiative to Help Young People Without College Degrees Land First Job

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09/21/2016

Abigail Carlton, managing director at the Rockefeller Foundation, leads the U.S. Youth Employment Initiative, which aims to find jobs for young people with limited education and work experience.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Jonas Center Announces Partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs

Release Date:

11/15/2016

... of nurse researchers, clinical experts and educators working to improve healthcare services for our nation’s 22 ...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Kress Foundation Accepting Proposals for Conservation Grants

Release Date:

12/21/2016

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation supports projects that illuminate European works of art and architecture from antiquity to the early 19th century.

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RFPs Etc

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Arts

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

William T. Grant and Sloan Foundations Support Study That Finds Good Sleep Promotes Postive Experiences, Less Conflict

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02/17/2017

Researchers in the Department of Biobehavioral Health (BBH) at Penn State found that sleep quality and quantity at night is affected by that day's stressors, and sleep hours and quality affect daily stressors the next day.

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Mertz Gilmore Foundation and Others Support DANCE NOW FESTIVAL 2018

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06/08/2018

DANCE NOW, acclaimed for its adventurous short-takes format, presents a diverse array of works by some of today's most exciting dance makers.

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Arts

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Staff at Open Society Foundations Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing?

Release Date:

07/22/2016

... was to create a more professional foundation that is “ working with a meaningful budget” designed to advance “a ...

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Open Society Foundations President Names Nicole Wilett as New Chief of Staff

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07/16/2019

Patrick Gaspard taps Nicole Wilett, a former U.S. Department of State and National Security Council official, to top role advising on advocacy and new programmatic initiatives.

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