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Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership

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09/19/2017

A conversation with Williamson Foundation's ED Caroline Williams explores how the foundation uses adaptive leadership, the framework developed by Dr. Ronald Heifetz and colleagues at Harvard’s Kennedy School, as a form of reflective practice.

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New Release From NY Foundation's 'Engage to Change' Series on Neighbors Together

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09/19/2017

... Instead, a growing number of groups worked with their program participants as partners in making change in their ... Community Organizer & Amy Blumsack, Community Action Program Director at Neighbors...

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If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk

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09/21/2017

... funding for the national Children’s Health Insurance Program for five more years. The announcement, coming after ... marked the first step toward renewing funding for the program , which provides health...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

Andrus Family Fund appoints Edgar Villanueva, Vice President of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to its board.

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How Failure of the Obamacare Repeal Affects Consumers

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09/27/2017

... Republicans proposed this year called for subjecting the program to caps, so that idea seems unlikely to disappear. ...

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Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation

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09/28/2017

... printmaking and performance. (It also runs a residency program in Rauschenberg’s former home on Captiva Island, ... but because the house was damaged by Hurricane Irma, the program was postponed this year...

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Cuomo Says Special Session Might Be Necessary to Allocate Public Hospital Funding

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10/04/2017

... The funding is tied to the Disproportionate Share Hospital program , which covers hospitals' losses for treating Medicaid and uninsured patients. Cuts to the DSH program went into effect Oct. 1 and will...

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A Spectrum of Change: Why Is An Art Foundation Tackling Mass Incarceration?

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10/06/2017

... activist" philanthropy, launching its Artist as Activist program in 2012. A growing number of foundations, including A ... approach. Last year, it announced its Artist as Activist program would focus...

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William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education

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10/26/2017

Adam Gamoran spoke about the indecision about best practices for providing adequate educational opportunities for English language learners.

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Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards

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11/17/2017

... What Works Cities, a Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded program begun in April 2015, was named a 2017 Navigator Award ... into the development of a What Works Cities Certification program , something any city with...

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“Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste” Video From The Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit

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11/21/2017

... McClafferty, Director, Agriculture for Nutrition Global Program , Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition • Carina ...

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Surdna Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund

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01/05/2018

... framework assembled for NFG’s Democratizing Development Program by Martha Matsuoka at Occidental College. ... Surdna ...

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Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Former Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society

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02/01/2018

... New Ground, will join Foundation for a Just Society as a Program officer focusing on the US Southeast. Paulina is a ... that she coordinated the Southern regional youth activism program at the Highlander...

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Ralph Wilson Foundation Launches STEM Initiative in New York, Michigan

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03/20/2018

... and careers in STEM fields; and improve and sustain program quality by integrating best practices. To that end, ...

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Aetna Foundation’s Healthiest Communities Initiative Provides Insight into Social Determinants of Health

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03/26/2018

... Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge, an award program recognizing communities that can show measurable ... of Wisconsin on the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program , as well as the foundation-...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Citi Foundation Launches RFP for $4.5MM Youth Workforce Fund

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04/10/2018

The Citi Foundation invites leading youth-focused community organizations to submit their innovative ideas for connecting low-income young adults, ages 16-24, to workplace skills training and employment opportunities including full-time jobs,...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces 2018 Core Support for National Arts Service Organizations

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04/17/2018

... country receiving about $4 million total through the Arts Program ’s Core Support for National Arts Service ... with which they partner,” said Maurine Knighton, program director for the arts at DDCF. “They...

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Jerome Foundation Announces Inaugural Organization Grant Recipients

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06/18/2018

... offering of the foundation’s new Organization Grants Program . The two-stage application process attracted 254 ...

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Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact

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06/20/2018

In today’s increasingly complex world, businesses – and the visionary leaders behind them – are playing an important role in catalyzing the new, innovative and inclusive approaches needed to solve pressing global challenges and create more equitable...

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