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Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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01/15/2019

... is the Chairman of General Atlantic LLC, a firm he joined in 1980 at its founding and helped to establish as a leading ... non- profit and educational institutions. He is active in helping social entrepreneurs...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Larry Bloom named Vice President, Global Operations and Finance at EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

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03/20/2019

... Bloom joined EMpower – The Emerging Markets Foundation in February 2019 as Vice President, Global Operations and Finance of EMpower. In this role, Larry has responsibility for the oversight of ... to joining...

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Nominate Your Colleagues for the PNY Board of Directors

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12/11/2013

... for our Board of Directors. We have two slots to fill in May 2014, and five slots coming up the following year (May 2015 ). We hope that you will consider and recommend ...

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Citi Foundation Expands Summer Jobs Connect to New Cities

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03/05/2015

... education and appropriate financial services. Launched in 2014 in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, and San ... jobs for young people in seven cities over the summer of 2015...

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After Implementing New Strategic Approach, Andrus Announces First Round of Grants

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07/17/2015

... which led to a new vision and mission. For the first time in over a decade the organization had an open call for ... as diverse as the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, California to help them...

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30 Sep 2015

New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... together to discuss what we see as the pressing issues in the field so as to inform our subsequent discussions for ... network with colleagues, and help set the agenda for 2015 -16 New York Grantmakers ...

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Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director

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11/16/2015

... of David Spergel as its director. The next set of advances in astronomy will require understanding complex multi-scale ... team), and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics ( 2015 ). He is a member of the...

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The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down

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01/15/2016

... on foundations whose endowments were heavily invested in a deteriorating stock market. For the Robert Bowne ... executive director. “The most we ever had was back in around 2000, and it was about $22 million...

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New Board Members for Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

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01/26/2016

... director of the Latino Community Foundation of Colorado. In addition, Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter, senior research ... and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund who will serve another year in that position. Leslie Dorosin...

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Immigration

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Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda

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03/30/2016

... Grammy Award-winning composer, lyricist, performer, and 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award recipient, as part of its Educating for Justice Gala on Monday, May 23. In addition, Peter J. Beshar, Vice President and...

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Justice Reform

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Ford, Rockefeller Offer Templates for Guiding CEO Transitions at Big Foundations

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03/07/2017

... gig as the president of the Rockefeller Foundation in March, taking the reins from Judith Rodin. She has led ... of notable leadership turnover at foundations operating in the international development arena...

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Aetna Joins Corporate Effort to Save Hartford Financial and Psychological Slump

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03/15/2017

... Slump Connecticut may be the wealthiest state in the nation, but you wouldn't know that by visiting its capital, Hartford. The city is in the middle of a financial and psychological slump. ... of the...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Fact Checks NYTimes on Climate Change

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03/20/2017

... United States to meet Mr. Obama’s commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement” on climate change. In fact, thanks to the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign ...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare

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04/28/2017

Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare Patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical ... was the result of a survey of Critical Access Hospitals in the Rural Healthcare Program’s seven-...

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Commonwealth Fund, NY State Health Foundation, Peterson Center Noted as the Funders Behind the Movement for Open Notes

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05/16/2017

... movement thinks it can and, today, millions of patients in 37 states have access to notes in their medical records. If you've ever been at a doctor's ... Medical Center for work to develop OpenNotes...

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New York Health Foundation

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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems

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05/17/2017

... Brothers Fund has left its mark on America. Founded in 1940 by five sons of John D. Rockefeller Jr.–John 3rd, ... JDR 3rd and Winthrop chaired the board) , a national park in the Virgin Islands (where Laurence...

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Indian Child Welfare at Casey Family Programs is Highlight for Native American Students in Crisis

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08/02/2017

... Family Programs is Highlight for Native American Students in Crisis Inside a double-wide trailer on the warm springs reservation in central Oregon, nearly two dozen American Indian ... 12th grades were...

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Mayor de Blasio Signs Sweeping Legislation to Curb Smoking, Tobacco Usage

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08/29/2017

... a series of bills to help reduce the number of smokers in New York City by 160,000 by 2020. While smoking rates in New York City have declined from 21.5 percent in 2002 to 14.3 percent...

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When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis

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09/07/2017

When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis In a year of big stories, the opioid crisis has become one of ... been a problem since the early 2000s. Around then, people in Kentucky, West Virginia, and...

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