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Ford Foundation Appoints Achmat Dangor to Lead Its South Africa Office

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04/01/2013

The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Achmat Dangor as head of its office for Southern Africa, which is based in Johannesburg and serves South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

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Teagle Foundation Announces Judith Shapiro as New President

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04/02/2013

The Board of Directors of the Teagle Foundation has voted unanimously to name Judith Shapiro as President of the Foundation to succeed Richard Morrill beginning July 2013.

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Melissa Bradley To Step Down As Tides CEO

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04/01/2013

Melissa Bradley, who has served Tides for more than seven years, first as a member of the board and most recently as the CEO, embodies the organization’s long-term commitment to racial and social justice and has opened new doors of opportunity as...

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New President Selected to Lead the William T. Grant Foundation

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03/01/2013

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Gamoran as its new president.

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Ford Foundation Appoints Innocent Chukwuma to Lead Its West Africa Office

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01/01/2013

The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Innocent Chukwuma as Representative for West Africa, serving Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Chukwuma will be based in the Ford Foundation’s office in Lagos and...

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United Nations Foundation Board of Directors Names Kathy Calvin Next President and CEO

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12/03/2012

The United Nations Foundation Board of Directors has named Kathy Calvin as the new President of the UN Foundation, effective February 1, 2013.

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

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06/04/2012

The Open Society Foundations has named Kenneth H. Zimmerman as the new Director of its U.S. Programs.

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Announces Inaugural Creative Director For Its Captiva Artists Residency

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05/01/2012

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (RRF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Kalajainen as the Creative Director of the Foundation’s Artists Residency program in Captiva, Florida.

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Council on Foundations Names Vikki N. Spruill President and CEO

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04/02/2012

Vikki Spruill will become President and CEO of the Council on Foundations effective July 1, 2012. Spruill is currently the President and CEO of Ocean Conservancy.

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Brigadier General (Ret.) William T. Bester Joins Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program

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04/02/2012

The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence is pleased to announce that Brigadier General (Ret.) William T. Bester has joined the Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program as Senior Advisor. Bester is the former Chief of the Army Nurse Corps.

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Ford Foundation Appoints Noha El-Mikawy to Lead Its Middle East and North Africa Office

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01/02/2012

The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Noha El-Mikawy to lead its Middle East and North Africa office, which focuses on Egypt.

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Stonewall Community Foundation Promotes Jarrett Lucas to Executive Director

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10/18/2013

The Board of Directors of the Stonewall Community Foundation is pleased to announce that Jarrett Lucas has been promoted to Executive Director.

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Ford Foundation Appoints Xavier de Souza Briggs as Vice President of Economic Opportunity and Assets

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11/01/2013

The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Xavier (“Xav”) de Souza Briggs as Vice President of the foundation's program on Economic Opportunity and Assets.

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Yifei Li Joins The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees

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11/01/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation, celebrating 100 years of global innovation, has announced the appointment of Chinese businesswoman Yifei Li to its Board of Trustees.

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Ford Foundation Announces Four Promotions

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04/03/2014

The Ford Foundation has appointed four team members- Fred Frelow, Alex Irwan, Anna Wadia and Lourdes Rivera- to the role of senior program officer. 

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American Express-Supported Awards Go to Michael Brown, CEO of City Year, and United We Dream’s Julieta Garibay

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11/02/2015

Independent Sector is pleased to award Michael Brown, co-founder and CEO of City Year, with the 2015 John W. Gardner Leadership Award and Julieta Garibay, campaigns director of United We Dream, with the 2015 American Express NGen Leadership Award...

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Equalizing the Power Dynamic in Philanthropy

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03/01/2018

Ana Oliveira, President & CEO, The New York Women’s Foundation writes about the importance of participatory grantmaking.

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler Writes Op-Ed on Activism Led by Young People of Color for The Nation

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03/28/2018

Gun control becomes only one part of the larger solution to violence in our communities.

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A Consequential Myth

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04/09/2019

Race is a fictive idea that holds real-life consequences. As a black man, who has a six-foot-and-three-inch-tall presence, I am intimately familiar with the tangibility of the myth. Although many anthropologist and geneticists have disproved any...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: Partnership for Healthy Cities Launches Online Platform to Support City Leaders Responding to COVID-19

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04/15/2020

The Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Center, part of Bloomberg Philanthropies' Global Coronavirus Response Initiative, connects a network of 70 cities to crucial technical assistance and peer-to-peer support.