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It's Time for More Foundations to Fund Democracy - Here's How

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12/10/2020

... diverse as the country itself, yet here is one thing all in common: each suffers when our democracy fails. Imagine a ... funders,” a small minority of the foundation sector , support efforts such as expanding...

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04 Nov 2019

The Divest/Invest Framework: What Does It Mean for Funders Working in Housing and Homelessness? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Monday, November 4, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... renters experiencing housing instability. Public resources that are currently invested in policies and laws that target and criminalize people ... help build more just, thriving communities by investing...

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The Heavier Baggage of Immigrating while Black

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10/06/2017

... for removal. The Pew Research Center reports that, in 2016, 32 percent of all refugees that came to the United ... they are disproportionately targeted for removal. A report by the Black Alliance for Just...

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Tech industry booming in New York

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04/28/2014

Tech industry booming in New York, with growth outpacing overall city economy: state controller The tech sector in New York added 25,000 jobs from 2009 to 2013 — a ... compared with 8% for the...

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Celeste Ford Appointed Chief Communications Officer of Carnegie Corporation of New York

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07/24/2023

... and award-winning journalist with 30 years of experience in the journalism and nonprofit sectors, including 10 years with the Corporation. ... including serving on the advisory board of the Hechinger ...

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Open Society Foundations Appoint Gail Aidinoff Scovell as General Counsel

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07/01/2013

... the leadership team at Open Society at this important time in the organization’s development,” said Scovell. “I ... was General Counsel at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, where she had oversight...

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Janet Mock Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

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06/03/2013

... impressive, and we are thrilled to have her participation in guiding Arcus at this very exciting time for the ... and reclaim the stories of those most marginalized in the LGBTQ movement. She worked as a staff...

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LIBN’s 2013 Outstanding CEO Gregory Demetriou Appointed to Long Island Community Foundation Foundation Board of Advisors

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06/03/2013

... and purchased Bi-County Mailing, a small mailing company in Bethpage, N.Y. in 1992. Demetriou has piloted the growth and expansion of the company to its current place in the Long Island...

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Arcus Foundation Names Adrian Coman Director of International Human Rights

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02/01/2013

... strategy, Arcus will work closely with organizations in or close to countries where human rights and protections ... Adrian is the ideal person to spearhead Arcus’ work in the global human rights arena,” said...

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Gilman Louie Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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12/03/2012

... venture capital firm. "Gilman Louie has been a pioneer in this country's technology economy. His vast experience ... technology." Louie is the Founder and former CEO of In -Q-Tel, a strategic...

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William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes New Board Member

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03/01/2012

... Statistics Unit. She also serves as a research professor in the Department of Psychology and an adjunct professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and as an...

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Evelynn M. Hammonds Joins Arcus Board of Directors

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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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Pat Jenny To Oversee Grants at The New York Community Trust

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09/06/2013

Pat Jenny , a leading expert in grantmaking, has been named Vice President for Grants at ... annual grants of more than $130 million to organizations in New York City and the suburbs as well as several national...

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Dale C. Christensen, Jr. Elected to Board of United Hospital Fund

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11/01/2013

Dale C. Christensen, Jr. , a partner in Seward & Kissel’s Litigation Group and a trustee of ... Fund. “Mr. Christensen has a distinguished reputation in the legal world, is active in both the...

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Andrea G. Cohen Joins United Hospital Fund as New Senior Vice President for Program

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04/02/2014

... An attorney with extensive legal and policy experience in the health care world, Cohen comes to the Fund from the ... as well as to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In her new role, Cohen will...

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LaVerne Evans Srinivasan named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corporation

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03/25/2014

... and school leaders are recruited, prepared, and supported in an era of higher standards for all students. She will ... of supporting and reinvigorating teaching and learning in order to do what he called...

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Weinberg Foundation Names Jonathan D. Hook Their First Chief Investment Officer

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04/17/2014

... Foundation , one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has named Jonathan D. Hook as its first ... "As the Weinberg Foundation's assets continue to grow in size and complexity, it...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Don Chen New Director of Metropolitan Opportunity

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01/05/2015

... leads the foundation's work on equitable urban development in the U.S. and developing world. Chen is a global thought ... He oversaw the implementation of the first two initiatives in the San Francisco...

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Brandee McHale Named President of the Citi Foundation and Director of Corporate Citizenship for Citi

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01/26/2015

... promote economic progress and improve the lives of people in low-income communities around the world. In 2014 alone, the Citi Foundation enabled 1.1 million people in 85 countries to work...

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Cristle Collins Judd Named Senior Program Officer at Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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04/10/2015

... of Cristle Collins Judd as a Senior Program Officer in Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities. Judd will join the Foundation on September ... music performance at Rice University and earned a PhD...

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