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Susan G. Komen Names Dr. Judith Salerno as President and Chief Executive Officer

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... mission,” said Komen Board Chairperson Linda Custard. “ We are delighted that she will be heading our leadership team ... and CEO, and I am looking forward to her leadership as we continue to seek cures for...

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Gender Justice

Measuring What Matters

Release Date:

04/24/2019

... to ask a bigger question of my work: how and whether we were having a larger systemic impact on the issues we funded. Funders often ask grantees to have ... reports! That’s just one of a number of ideas that...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations Names Kenneth H. Zimmerman as New Director of U.S. Programs

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... offers a remarkable vehicle to combine vision and resources to further our country’s core principles of ... funding policy to promote more equitable distribution of resources throughout the educational system...

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Human Services

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Open Society Foundations

Ford Foundation Announces Four Promotions

Release Date:

04/03/2014

... of the most significant intractable challenges for natural resources governance in the global South. Lourdes Rivera , in ...

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Ford Foundation

13 Aug 2015

Passing the "Mirror Test": Ethics and Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, August 13, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... for Family Foundations . Presenter Michael Rion, Founder, Resources for Ethics and Management Designed for The National ...

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Family Foundation

Private Foundation

Board & Trustees

10 May 2012

Strengthening All Families: Spotlight on LGBT Families of Color

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... and co-sponsored by the Gill Foundation and Funders for LGBTQ Issues . Presenters Jennifer Chrisler - Executive ...

The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Jeanette Vega as Managing Director; Martin L. Leibowitz and Monica Lozano Join The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees

Release Date:

04/02/2012

... and storied history in the field of public health, and as we approach our centennial year, I look forward to working ... during a pivotal time in the history of the Foundation, as we are about to embark on our...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York Welcomes Three New Trustees

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06/22/2020

... on by the pandemic and the outcry over racial injustice, we are grateful for the expertise that our three new trustees ... that is educating the next generation of leaders in West Africa ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Ten Grants at COP27 to Scale Indigenous and Regenerative Agriculture Practices Globally

Release Date:

11/09/2022

... to carbon-market financing of smallholder farmers in Africa and elsewhere. “Regenerative agriculture offers a ... technologies available to smallholder farmers in Africa , and to understand the price of carbon...

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Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Introduces New Board Trustees and Staff

Release Date:

07/02/2012

... Brooklyn Community Foundation President Marilyn Gelber. “ We ’re amplifying our efforts, building our leadership, and ... get more Brooklynites to ‘do good right here.’ We look forward to the invaluable insight...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

Release Date:

08/22/2013

... Directors. Both will join the Board in November 2013. “ We are very fortunate to have Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens ... said Commonwealth Fund President David Blumenthal, M.D. “ We are very pleased to be able...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Benjamin Chu Elected Commonwealth Fund Chairman; Mark Smith Elected to Board

Release Date:

12/10/2014

... Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. “ We are extremely fortunate that Ben Chu has agreed to lead ... during this time of health system transformation, and as we continue our work to enhance the...

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Aging

Education

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

07 Nov 2013

"MEDIACRACY" - A Dialogue with Experts on the Troubled Intersection of Media and Democracy

Thursday, November 7, 2013 -

12:45pm to 4:00pm

... to information and guarantees of free expression. While we have a growing array of communications choices at our fingertips, what we read, watch, hear and see is increasingly created and ...

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Issue-Based

17 Oct 2018

Comprehensive, Long-Term Supports for NYC Foster Youth: Part III of “Helping Foster Youth Succeed” Series

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... areas of coaching, education, employment, and housing. We will hear from some remarkable young people, provider ... Please note: To ensure fairness among our members, we reserve the right to limit the number...

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Panel

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Housing and Homelessness

Patricia L. Francy and Susan Butler Plum Join Guttman Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

01/01/2013

The Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation is pleased to welcome Patricia L. Francy and Susan Butler Plum to the Board of Directors.

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Booth Ferris Foundation

Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

Botwinick Wolfensohn Foundation

New Chair and Vice-Chair for Noyes Foundation Board

Release Date:

02/11/2015

Wendy Holding and Brook Beardsley have been elected Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively.

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Children, Youth and Families

Social Justice

Gender Justice

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

17 Sep 2015

How U.S. Funders Can Respond to the Current Global Refugee Crisis - Webinar

Thursday, September 17, 2015 -

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Wars and violence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central America, and elsewhere across the globe have driven a record-high 60 million people from their homes.

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Immigration

International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

Children, Youth and Families

The Century Foundation Welcomes New Trustees Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers

Release Date:

09/25/2015

Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers will be joining The Century Foundation board of trustees. Together they bring decades of rich experience in public service, social innovation, and economics to TCF.

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Community Development

Economic Security

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Health

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The Century Foundation

30 Mar 2016

Shedding Light on Long Island: Learning Tour for Grantmakers

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 9:00am to Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 5:00pm

Join grantmakers from across New York State committed to learning more about how the social, economic, and political landscapes of the state’s fascinating and diverse regions connect to statewide grassroots campaigns & policies. Long Island’s...