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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm People of Color

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm People of Color Brooklyn Community Foundation announced that it will formally divest from private prisons , gun manufacturers, and predatory lenders in ... I...

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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

... be granted on a first come, first served basis.* Cities of all sizes across the country are facing gentrification and ... renters experiencing housing instability. Public resources that are currently invested...

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Bloomberg Lured Donors for New York Programs

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11/29/2013

... tapping his own fortune to fill in gaps in the city’s resources , whether spending millions of dollars to renovate Gracie Mansion or keeping the kitchen ...

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Community Development

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Ford’s Darren Walker Writes About Why Foundations Need to Pay Attention to What Grantees Are Saying

Release Date:

12/07/2016

... committed to disrupting and dismantling inequality in all of its forms. Yet we constantly are confronted with an ... Foundations currently hold an inordinate amount of leverage in any grantmaker-grantee...

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Social Justice

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board Elects Vicki L. Fuller as New Trustee

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02/08/2023

... L. Fuller as New Trustee Princeton, N.J. — The Board of Trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) ... with serving as chief investment officer of the New York State...

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New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity

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09/23/2019

... segregation within a district is a very strong predictor of achievement gaps, school poverty – not the racial composition of schools – accounts for this effect. In other words, ... which reflect the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Education

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Former Bessemer Trust Board Chairman Dinny Phipps Remembered

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04/11/2016

... Dinny Phipps Remembered Danny Phipps, great-grandson of Henry Phipps, the partner of the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, died Wednesday night ... United States, with an estimated worth of $6.6...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supports Digital Democracy Platform

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02/07/2017

... for local government hearings, bolstered with a splash of artificial intelligence. Bots create transcripts of lawmakers’ every official utterance at the state house and use face recognition...

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Technology

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Chris Park to Retire from New York Life

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07/01/2013

Chris Park, the Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at New York Life Insurance Company and President of the New York Life Foundation , will be retiring from her ... volunteer within their communities, and...

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Open Society Foundations Appoint Gail Aidinoff Scovell as General Counsel

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07/01/2013

The Open Society Foundations has announced the appointment of Gail Aidinoff Scovell as General Counsel. Scovell joins ... search. She currently serves as Counsel to the President of Hunter College, City University...

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Janet Mock Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

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06/03/2013

... social justice activist, has joined the Foundation's Board of Directors. "Janet brings a tremendous set of experiences and unique perspective to the Arcus Board," ... and media criticisms aim to...

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

Release Date:

06/03/2013

... Community Foundation proudly announces the appointment of Gregory P. Demetriou, CEO of the Lorraine Gregory Corp., to its Board of Advisors. Demetriou, a former NYPD detective and 1981 ...

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The Century Foundation Adds Senior Fellow Barton Gellman

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04/01/2013

The Century Foundation , one of the nation’s oldest think tanks, announced the addition of Barton Gellman as Senior Fellow. Gellman is a critically ... Times Book Prize and was named a New York Times Best Book...

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Arcus Foundation Names Adrian Coman Director of International Human Rights

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02/01/2013

... issues, has announced Adrian Relu Coman as Director of its international human rights program. Coman will be ... International Human Rights Initiatives for the development of a global movement around sexual...

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Rauch Foundation Appoints Jennifer Marino Rojas as Vice President of Grants and Operations

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01/01/2013

... family foundation, has announced the appointment of Jennifer Marino Rojas as Vice President of Grants and Operations. In that capacity, she will manage ... Linda Landsman, who informed the Foundation...

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Jane Levikow Joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors as Director of Sponsored Projects

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12/03/2012

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors , one of the world’s leading nonprofit philanthropic consulting ... services, announced that Jane Levikow has joined its team of seasoned philanthropic consultants. Levikow, who...

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Arcus Foundation Names Kevin Jennings Executive Director

Release Date:

07/02/2012

... Jennings, a respected leader with a strong record of accomplishment in the nonprofit and public sectors, is currently CEO of Be the Change, Inc., where he was instrumental in ... worldwide working to advance...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Neill Coleman as Vice President, Global Communications

Release Date:

07/02/2012

Dr. Judith Rodin, President of The Rockefeller Foundation , has announced that Neill ... to The Rockefeller Foundation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he serves as Chief ... said...

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