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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Names New Executive Director

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01/15/2014

... executive director, David Nee , retires after 20 years in the position. Addams is now the Executive Director of the ... success at leading independent high schools and colleges. In prior years, he has served...

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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

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Education

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Changing the Conversation about Inequality

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09/23/2014

... it? Although inequality is widespread and on the rise in the United States, we know there are effective ways to ... as family-school engagement programs and small class sizes in the early elementary grades can...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

More than Test Scores: What Young People Need to Succeed

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03/23/2015

... The Wallace Foundation Since emerging as a national funder in the 1990s, The Wallace Foundation has supported efforts to ... afterschool for disadvantaged children and teens in urban areas across the country...

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Education

Celebrating Black Philanthropy Month and Our Collective History

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08/09/2016

... within the Diaspora to do the same. As an African American child growing up in Texas, I was raised with a very clear and powerful ... means or had no family to share and pray with them. Yet in...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Violence Against Women Is Not Only a Local Issue

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03/22/2017

... Scholar This past January, I had the chance to study in Morocco. Morocco was on my travel list for a long period, ... and I have always wanted to visit there to be immersed in the Moroccan traditions. While I...

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Gender Justice

16 May 2019

Philanthropy New York's 40th Annual Meeting

Thursday, May 16, 2019 -

1:30pm to 7:00pm

... PolicyLink 2:50-3:55 PM In Conversation (Please note: This session will not be ... is required by May 14th. RSVP is required to attend in person. Trivia Answers Week Two Which of these ... find out who else...

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United Hospital Fund Supports Guide on Basic Care Techniques for PICC Lines

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03/17/2017

... care patients and their family caregivers that explains in straightforward text and graphics how to safely maintain a ... do not have the training or access to easy-to-understand resources to safely maintain...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Cassius Johnson, Education Policy Expert, Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York

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06/04/2012

... that use people, time, money and technology differently in K-16 education. The Corporation’s New Designs program ... people," said Johnson. Johnson joined Jobs for the Future in 2005 and played a key role...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Public Policy

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Education

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Ford Foundation Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Representative in New Delhi

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06/04/2012

... the appointment of Kavita N. Ramdas as Representative in its New Delhi office, serving India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. ... named the President of Warren Wilson College. Founded in 1952, the New Delhi office has...

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Our Common Purpose: The Struggle for True Democracy and Equal Rights

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10/03/2014

... The Clements Foundation The Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United, McCutcheon, Hobby Lobby , and related ... local self-determination and community; our food; our health ; voting rights; education, and...

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Collective Impact: From Concept to Reality

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11/13/2014

... been aligned across programs, too many organizations work in silos to achieve their missions. Collective Impact brings people together in a structured way to achieve social change (1) . This ... workforce...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Dr. Francine Berman to Board of Trustees

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01/22/2015

... Berman is the Edward P. Hamilton Distinguished Professor in Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a ... Directorate at the National Science Foundation. “ In addition to being a cutting edge...

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CEP Announces First Director of Advisory Services

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02/24/2015

... Leonard comes to CEP with more than 30 years of experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She will lead ... foundation leaders. Leonard’s hiring marks a new era in CEP’s 14-year history of...

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

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News Junkies Wanted for Editorial Board

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09/16/2015

... or monthly New York PhilanthroPost got a little bit longer in August. I am thrilled to report that, after surveying PNY members earlier in the year on the topics they would most like us to cover, ... ...

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PNY News

18 Mar 2016

Learning from FEGS: Are Your Grantees at Risk?

Friday, March 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... seasoned nonprofit human services executives, experts in nonprofit financial management and oversight, ... academics and others with unique perspectives in an effort to understand the growing insecurity of the...

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Asked and Answered, With Implications for Philanthropy

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12/16/2015

... 2015 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. In this column last June, I wondered “Is Overhead Having ... Since then, there have been important developments here in New York that tell us, yes,...

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PNY News

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Leadership Doesn’t Just Happen

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05/12/2016

... would be chair as members got to see what we’d be doing in our new space at 1500 Broadway. I do feel very fortunate to have been chair in this extraordinarily dynamic time for PNY as it has made ... Issue-...

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