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... of New York 1991–1993 Anita Nager, Grants Administrator, Fund for the City of New York 1993–1995 David S . Ford, Vice President & Director of Philanthropy, The Chase ... Jane Englebardt, Executive Director...
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PHI Founder Steven Dawson Joins Pinkerton as a Visiting Fellow
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... two years ago to bring fresh insights to the Foundation’ s staff and the organizations it supports. The first Visiting ... leader in global philanthropy, focused on the Foundation’ s outreach to the rapidly...
Russell Sage's New Book: More Poor Live in Suburbs than Cities
Release Date:
06/21/2017
Russell Sage' s New Book: More Poor Live in Suburbs than Cities The suburbs ... and affluent—they are home to millions of America’ s invisible poor. That’ s the provocative argument of the...
Loren Harris of the Nathan Cummings Foundation and Don Chen at Ford, Weigh In On The 7 Deadly Sins of Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/15/2018
... comes from researchers in a dominant cultural model that’ s university based and uses very Western ideas and ... are increasingly few places in the country where there’ s not going to be significant racial and...
NYT Feature: George Soros Bet Big on Liberal Democracy, Now He Fear He's Losing.
Release Date:
07/17/2018
... Soros Bet Big on Liberal Democracy, Now He Fears He' s Losing. n a clammy Tuesday morning in Paris at the end of May, George Soros, the world’ s second-most-vilified New York billionaire (but worth many...
Cheryl C. Effron Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation
Release Date:
01/16/2020
... Management, known for its contributions to New York City’ s emerging neighborhoods—including for its creation of ... and corporate) solutions for urban issues. “Cheryl’ s expertise and proven success in...
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $5 Million to Evaluate Virtual Diabetes Specialty Clinic Model
Release Date:
08/10/2020
... due to geography, many people with diabetes in the U. S . lack access to an endocrinologist who can provide expert ... In January 2019, Helmsley funded the Jaeb Center' s pilot study to assess whether CGM...
Morgan Stanley Announces $1.3 Million Grant to Columbia University Department of Psychiatry
Release Date:
11/16/2020
... College of Physicians and Surgeons to advance children’ s mental health research in an effort to raise awareness, ... actions. This funding will support Columbia University’ s scientific research to better...
Philanthropy New York Signs Joint Statement Condemning Political Violence and Calls on Leaders to Protect Democracy
Release Date:
01/13/2021
... to condemn political violence and call on the nation' s leaders to protect democracy and get back to the people' s business. As representatives of nonpartisan ... nation, we condemn the violence that...
Ford Foundation Appoints Catalina Devandas Aguilar to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/15/2022
... such as the World Bank, the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund , and the United Nations Department of Economic and ... with her and our existing board members to advance Ford’ s vision of social justice and...
Luz Liebeskind Named CFO of UJA-Federation of New York
Release Date:
11/29/2022
... in the role. Ms. Liebeskind will report to UJA CEO Eric S . Goldstein. “UJA-Federation’ s long history of strong financial controls and transparent ... Ms. Liebeskind serves on the board of the Baruch College...
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Chair Peter O. Lawson-Johnston Passes Gavel to Longtime Board Member Peter Lawson-Johnston II
Release Date:
06/21/2023
... of the Foundation, which was initially focused on “man’ s relation to man.” During his long and successful ... of countries. Under Lawson-Johnston, the Foundation’ s sponsored research has evolved from studies...
Jonas Awarded Dean's Medal for Distinguished Service by UPenn
Release Date:
05/19/2014
Barbara and Donald Jonas Awarded Dean' s Medal for Distinguished Service by The University of ... and Veterans Healthcare (Jonas Center) , with the Dean' s Medal for Distinguished Service in recognition...
Palau to Sign National Marine Sanctuary Into Law; Bloomberg and Tiffany-supported Global Ocean Legacy Campaign Win
Release Date:
10/22/2015
... Sanctuary Act, which will establish one of the world' s largest protected areas of ocean in the Pacific island nation' s waters. President Tommy E. Remengesau Jr. said he would ... creating the...
American Express-Supported NYFA Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Participants Named
Release Date:
02/18/2016
... cohort of arts administrators has been selected. NYFA’ s Emerging Leaders Boot Camp is a free leadership development ...
Infrastructure Design as Innovation
Release Date:
04/02/2019
... design that fuels and supports a foundation’ s innovation. Good organizational infrastructure design is comprised of a foundation’ s governance, grants management and grant making, and ... and processes that...
Internal Communications for Philanthropy: Maintaining Community in a Time of Isolation
Release Date:
03/31/2020
... and global community to reassess what normal is, it’ s important to be mindful not only of the challenges facing ... in turn, become an individual concern for many of us. It’ s been heartening to watch...
Mellon Foundation Appoints Farah Jasmine Griffin and Clint Smith as 2021 Fellows in Residence
Release Date:
07/26/2021
... leadership and staff. “Farah Jasmine Griffin’ s brilliant scholarship and academic leadership and Clint Smith’ s remarkable poetry and nonfiction continue to transform the ... director and actor S...
JPMorgan Chase Announces $75 Million Commitment to Help Close the Racial Wealth Divide in Greater Washington
Release Date:
01/25/2022
... are drawn from critical lessons learned from the firm’ s business growth and community investments in the ... Richmond, Virginia. This new commitment brings the firm’ s total investments focused on Black,...
Moving to An Earned Knowledge Model of Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/24/2020
... Stephen Heintz, President and CEO, Rockefeller Brothers Fund In October 2019, the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund travelled to the U. S . South for a deep dive into our Democratic...