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Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education

Release Date:

05/19/2015

... The structured curricula that exist for most students in engineering fields create a checklist approach to ... the industrial North and concerns about threats to public health from the growth in...

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Insights

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Education

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The Teagle Foundation

27 Nov 2018

From Anecdotes to Facts: Let’s Talk Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Public health measures over the years typically testify to great strides in social progress. However, in maternal mortality and ... we have seen a marked downward trend, with growing ...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

Evelynn M. Hammonds Joins Arcus Board of Directors

Release Date:

08/22/2013

... Hammonds joined the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2002 after teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of ... founding Director of the Center for the Study of Diversity in Science, Technology and...

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Arcus Foundation

John E. Craig, Jr. to Step Down as Chair of NPCC Board

Release Date:

10/13/2014

... has served as NPCC’s board chair for the past 28 years. In addition to departing NPCC’s board December 1, he will ... and serves as its treasurer and corporate secretary. In addition to chairing the NPCC board...

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Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of NY

Ford Foundation Appoints Rakesh Rajani as the New Director of Democratic Participation and Governance

Release Date:

10/21/2014

... to promote government transparency and accountability. In three years, 65 countries have joined the Partnership and ... research with humor, and satire to engage citizens in education reform. He has authored...

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Community Development

Public Policy

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Ford Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints John W. Bernstein as Chief Operating Officer

Release Date:

11/07/2014

... foundation, succeeding Nicholas Gabriel, who will retire in January 2015 after 32 years of distinguished service. ... institutions and their financial and operational health and effectiveness. Since 2004, he...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Leon Levy Foundation

Ford Foundation

Eileen Wiseman Joins The Tow Foundation as Director of Strategic Initiatives

Release Date:

06/09/2015

... as Director of Strategic Initiatives on August 3, 2015. In this newly created role, Wiseman will manage the ... portfolio, which includes programmatic investments in cultural institutions, higher education,...

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Arts

Community Development

Education

Justice Reform

Ford Foundation Appoints Bess Rothenberg as Director of New Office of Strategy & Learning

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01/08/2016

... as it refines its approach to challenging inequality in all its forms. Based at the foundation’s headquarters in New York City, Rothenberg’s efforts to strengthen ... program officer for Africa at the...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Ned Wight, UU Veatch Program Executive Director, Plans to Retire in July 2016

Release Date:

03/02/2016

... UU Veatch Program Executive Director, Plans to Retire in July 2016 Ned Wight, who has served as Executive Director ... Program at Shelter Rock for nearly a decade, will retire in July 2016. Board Chair Katie...

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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

North Star Fund’s Hugh Hogan to be Executive Director of van Ameringen Foundation

Release Date:

04/21/2016

... has supported prevention, education, and direct care in the mental health field, with a particular focus on low-income ... The North Star Fund board had a solid succession plan in place prior...

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North Star Fund

Altman Foundation Promotes Deborah T. Velazquez to Associate Director

Release Date:

07/14/2016

... of the Foundation. Ms. Velazquez joined the Foundation in 2008 as Senior Program Officer. Ms. Velazquez’s core ... across multiple program areas and provides leadership in donor collaborative funds, including...

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Altman Foundation

Post Election: Can Philanthropy Move The Conversation On Gun Safety?

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... from PNY President Ronna Brown, originally published in the New York PhilanthroPost November 2016 president’s ... to use this work to support their missions. Continuing in that tradition, we will be screening...

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President's Message

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Arts

North Star Fund Welcomes New Executive Director Jennifer Ching

Release Date:

02/01/2017

... (QLS)—the largest community-based legal provider in the most diverse place in the world—she was integral in shaping the ... to build stronger financial literacy, investment, and ...

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North Star Fund

Peterson Center on Healthcare Names Jay Want, MD as New Executive Director

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... on a national scale. Dr. Want brings decades of experience in healthcare delivery, improvement science, data ... as a primary care physician further grounds the Center in its work to enable physicians,...

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Health

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

04 Oct 2017

Big Hunger with author Andy Fisher

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... and the “emergency food system” became an industry. In Big Hunger The Unholy Alliance Between Corporate America ... the Table Designed for All interested funders, especially in health ,...

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American Liver Foundation Elects Nicholas DeRoma as Chairman to its Board

Release Date:

10/13/2017

... the American Liver Foundation. “He has immersed himself in every aspect of our organization, and brings tremendous ... Company, an executive search firm, and prior to retirement in 2012, he served as the...

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Patrick Gaspard Named President of the Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

12/14/2017

... which support human rights, justice, and access to public health and education in more than 140 countries. “I am delighted to have Patrick ... “He has demonstrated enormous energy and commitment in...

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Open Society Foundations

29 Apr 2020

Financial Stewardship in Troubled Times: Managing Endowments and Spending Policies - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... balance the desire to meet the increased need of grantees in the near term with the reality of shrinking assets? In this webinar, we’ll discuss questions related to foundation financial health...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

17 Feb 2022

Building Your Legacy: Knowledge Management in the Age of Digital Records

Thursday, February 17, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

In an age when the building blocks of a foundation’s legacy ... information systems, PEAK Northeast and Southwest, in collaboration with Philanthropy New York, invite members ... , Archivist & Records Manager...