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

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03/07/2017

In a relatively short period of time, there have been some high-level changes at important philanthropy organizations, leading to questions of both why this is occurring, and what’s involved today with managing a CEO or president transition at a...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Paula Luff Named New Director of Sustainability & Impact at the Inherent Group

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03/07/2017

Board member Paula Luff has a new job as Director of Sustainability & Impact at the Inherent Group.

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Viso Strategies Corporation

Report Commissioned by NY Women's Foundation Provides In-Depth Exploration of Women in the Justice System

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03/08/2017

While New York City has embarked on a series of reforms to divert people from jails and prisons and provide community supervision and community rehabilitation, reforms have primarily focused on men.

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Aetna Joins Corporate Effort to Save Hartford Financial and Psychological Slump

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03/15/2017

Connecticut may be the wealthiest state in the nation, but you wouldn't know that by visiting its capital, Hartford. Aetna, The Hartford, and Travelers—announced that they would come to the city’s aid with a $50 million collective commitment.

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Bloomberg Fact Checks NYTimes on Climate Change

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03/20/2017

Thanks to the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign (which I have supported through my foundation), we have already achieved two-thirds of the emissions reductions envisioned by President Obama’s yet-to-be-implemented power plant regulations.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Nicky McIntyre Begins Tenure as CEO of Foundation for a Just Society

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07/03/2017

Nicky McIntyre joins FJS after ten years as the executive director of Mama Cash in the Netherlands, where she oversaw one of the world’s largest public funds that supports the rights of women, girls, and transgender people around the world and was a...

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Foundation for a Just Society

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Social Justice

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Vivian Tseng Promoted to Senior Vice President, Program of The William T. Grant Foundation

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03/29/2017

Vivian Tseng has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Program, of the William T. Grant Foundation. In this role, she will work closely with the President and Board to shape the Foundation’s strategic directions.

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Rachel Block Joins Milbank Memorial Fund as Program Officer

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04/03/2017

An independent consultant who worked for the Fund and other organizations focusing on federal and state health policy issues, she has served in numerous executive roles in the public and private sectors, most recently spearheading development of New...

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Tony Haile, Former CEO of Chartbeat, Joins Media Development Investment Fund Board of Directors

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04/12/2017

Tony brings more than a decade of experience at the cutting edge of digital media, in both analytics and content, to help guide MDIF’s investments in independent news businesses in countries with challenging media environments.

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Media Development Investment Fund

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Communications/Media

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Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize

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04/14/2017

... please visit The J.M. Kaplan Fund website: www.jmkfund. org . We're grateful for your continued help in spreading the .....

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Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research

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04/18/2017

In this newly created position, Dr. Zezza will focus on developing the evidence base to support and advance the Foundation's role as a changemaker.

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New York Health Foundation

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Surdna-Funded Study Calls for Targeted Federal Policies to Create Quality Jobs

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05/09/2017

To reverse economic trends that have left many American workers behind, smart, targeted public policies that encourage private-sector investment in the creation of quality jobs are needed, a report from Pacific Community Ventures finds.

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Economic Security

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Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

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05/09/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation's Prachi Patankar talks about what it really takes to build a movement.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Addressing 'Silent Killer' - Drowning Deaths

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05/15/2017

While deaths by drowning have fallen steadily since the 1970s in the United States, especially for children, the same trend is not visible in poorer countries around the world. Many of these deaths are preventable with common sense strategies of...

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As Schools Adopt Social-Emotional Programs, A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help

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05/17/2017

A new guide, Navigating Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out, published by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and commissioned by the Wallace Foundation, aims to steer school districts through the thicket of social...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Peterson-Kaiser Dashboard Provides Key Data on U.S. Health System Quality, Spending, Access, Outcomes

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05/25/2017

A new feature launched this week on the redesigned Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker website provides quick and easy access to the latest key data measuring quality, spending, access and outcomes in the U.S. health system.

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Names Meghan Jambor Interim Informed Communities Program Officer

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07/12/2017

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is pleased to announce that Meghan Jambor has been named interim Informed Communities Program Officer and Communications Director.

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Civic Engagement

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Brooklyn’s Crown Heights Residents Direct $100,000 for Inclusive Public Spaces via Brooklyn Community Foundation

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07/13/2017

... report at http://neighborhoods.brooklyncommunityfoundation. org “The Neighborhood Strength initiative embodies our ... report at www.neighborhoods.brooklyncommunityfoundation. org . Brooklyn’s Crown Heights...

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Community Development

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Barbara and Donald Jonas Receive Honorary Doctorates from Frontier Nursing University

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08/01/2017

In honor of their extensive support and contributions to the advancement of nursing, Frontier Nursing University awarded honorary doctorate degrees to philanthropists Barbara and Donald Jonas.

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