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PNY Board Member Kenneth T. Monteiro Appointed General Counsel and Vice President of Ford Foundation

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09/08/2014

... Assistant Secretary and Deputy General Counsel. Prior to joining the Foundation in 1995, Monteiro was an Associate ...

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New Chair and Vice-Chair for Noyes Foundation Board

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02/11/2015

... emphasis on socially responsible investing in the firm’ s Sustainability Group. Her career began in Bozeman, MT, ... economics play in driving conservation policy, she decided to pursue a career in finance as...

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Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies

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03/04/2016

Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies The Doris ... of contemporary Muslim societies. Through DDFIA' s Building Bridges Program, eight nonprofit organizations in...

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Artstor President James Shulman Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow in Residence

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05/02/2016

... digital technologies can support institutional imperatives to be inclusive and effective. Shulman has served as the ... available to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities, and schools around...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Welcomes New Trustees to its Board

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07/15/2016

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Welcomes New Trustees to its Board Four candidates were elected at the Fund’ s annual meeting in June. Ambassador Ryan Crocker is the ... She is a member of the World Economic Forum’...

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Paula Luff Named New Director of Sustainability & Impact at the Inherent Group

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03/07/2017

... Group believes in the power of for-profit business models to address societal challenges—which drives their ... fighting global poverty. Luff holds a bachelor’ s degree from the University of Wisconsin and...

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Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research

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04/18/2017

... Ph.D., works in close partnership with Foundation staff to develop the evidence base necessary to support a proactive policy agenda that advances and magnifies outcomes in the Foundation’ s...

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U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Union Dues Case

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09/29/2017

U. S . Supreme Court Will Hear Union Dues Case ALBANY — Unions ... United Teachers and the AFL-CIO reacted angrily Thursday to news that the U. S . Supreme Court will revisit a case that could...

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Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

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01/09/2018

... structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like ... opioids.” The work was done in cell cultures in Roth’ s lab, and in the future researchers...

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Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors

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02/22/2018

... chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a sequential manner. The results in animal ... was surgically removed. “We’ve created a simple method to use chemotherapy while leveraging...

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Rachel Pardoe of The New York Community Trust is one of New York Non-Profit Media's 40 Under 40

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04/12/2018

... York Community Trust is one of New York Non-Profit Media' s 40 Under 40 Rachel D. Pardoe Program Officer The New York ... get jobs. Now she oversees The New York Community Trust’ s grants program for...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

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04/27/2018

... a new HD video streaming method that doesn’t need to be plugged in. Their prototype skips the power-hungry ... Shyam Gollakota, an associate professor in the UW’ s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Darius Graham as New Program Director

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06/20/2018

... Foundation welcomes Darius Graham as the Foundation’ s newest program director. Graham will be responsible for refining and communicating the Foundation' s place-based philanthropic strategy for Baltimore...

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Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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12/06/2018

Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with ... the paths cells take as they progress from one type to another. Scientists hope to one day be able...

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Open Society Foundations Announce New Director of Foreign Policy Advocacy

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09/04/2019

... D.C.—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce that Sarah Margon will lead the Foundations’ work to advance a progressive U. S . foreign policy, effective September 24. “Sarah is...

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts Welcomes New Senior Program Officer Brian Byrd

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02/16/2022

... FORE, he managed the New York State Health Foundation’ s Special Projects Fund, a $3 million grantmaking program ... health policies in New York. In 2021, he was appointed to the Community Advisory Group (CAG...

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes Brandon Cox as Director of Communications

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04/07/2022

... of Communications Philanthropy New York is thrilled to welcome Brandon Cox as PNY’ s new Director of Communications. In this role, Brandon ... efforts to strengthen Philanthropy New York’...

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Open Society Foundations Name Laura Carvalho as the New Global Director of Equity Following Organizational Transformation

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05/16/2022

... director of Equity, heading the Foundations’ global work to address a broad range of structural and economic ... as part of a broad transformation of Open Society’ s programs and operations. “Laura will work...

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