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The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Announces New Program Officer for Democracy, Hannah Furstenberg-Beckman

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08/31/2022

... democratic institutions. Hannah comes to the Trust from a consulting practice working with private foundation ... in the criminal legal system. Hannah holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MPA ...

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Sam Goldman Named 2014 Winner of Charles Bronfman Prize

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06/03/2014

Sam Goldman, founder and chief customer officer of the solar products company d.light design, was named the winner of The Charles Bronfman Prize, which comes with a $100,000 award.

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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TCC Group Welcomes Two New Partners

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09/15/2016

Virginia DelGaldo, Chief Financial Officer, and Julie Simpson, Director of Nonprofit Strategy and Capacity Building, have become Partners and Board members of TCC Group.

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01 Jun 2018

Overstepping? When Should Foundations Weigh In On Grantee Governance

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"We fund this organization, but I'm worried about their board." You've likely heard this sentiment uttered by a foundation program officer in the past. Maybe you've said it yourself.

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Kiisha Morrow Appointed as Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s First-ever Chief People and Culture Officer

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09/20/2022

... Morrow, who brings extensive expertise to the role from the legal and social impact sectors, will oversee all ... better. Kiisha will play a chief role in helping us emerge from this turbulent period stronger...

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Maricella Espinosa-Blohm

... is Philanthropy New York’s current co-op intern from Northeastern University. She works as an assistant to ... will continue to do so through December 2016. Maricella is from Davis, California but moved to...

Philanthropy Is the Go-To Partner for Risk

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04/18/2013

... is the hardest, and the risk of failure is greatest -- from spraying down an entire island to eliminate mosquitoes ... and artifacts across Europe to prevent Allied forces from bombing them during World War II...

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Hartford Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $6 Million to Improve Geriatric Care

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09/19/2013

The three grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation include an award of more ... grant to Community Catalyst, Inc. which augments an award from The Atlantic Philanthropies. In support of the John A. ...

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Applications Accepted for the William T. Grant Scholars Program

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03/13/2014

... Program, which supports promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines who are seeking to further develop ... Program supports promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines, who have...

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Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?

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05/13/2014

... the Child. The precise reasons for child marriage differ from one society to the next, but all too often the ... power and independence are the same. Produced with support from the foundation’s Youth Sexuality...

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Gender Justice

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Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions

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06/03/2014

... has announced grants totaling nearly $1.3 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a program ... COSI will work to increase student access to works of art from the Art Institute's...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

... Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with ... the foundation's grant: a significant number of graduates from the city's revamped...

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Smaller High Schools and Outside Funding Increase Graduation Rates, Test Scores and College Enrollment

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10/17/2014

... Rates, Test Scores and College Enrollment Findings from a new long-term study of small high schools in New York ... classroom lessons. Another key: outside funding, including from the Bill & Melinda Gates...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save Detroit

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11/10/2014

... groups, some with ties to the city, to help rescue Detroit from bankruptcy by donating hundreds of millions of dollars to spare retirees from deeper pension cuts and protect the city’s famed art ...

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Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post

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02/26/2015

... that struck me was how critically important people were, from teachers to school leaders, in terms of having an impact ... of the time that I've worked in education. I had also come from a highly...

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National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

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03/13/2015

... they represent in exchange for financial support from wealthy outside donors. The divide stems from a disagreement over whether new net-neutrality rules ...

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Technology

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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

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03/13/2015

... CDC Foundation has announced a two-year, $14 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to enable the U.S. Centers for ... of the CDC Global Tobacco Surveillance System. Results from the survey, which will be...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids

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03/24/2015

... unaccompanied, undocumented minor has kept 13 children from being deported as of February, new data provided to ... by the New York City Council following the flood of minors from Central America who made...

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Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants

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05/28/2015

... arrivals) status. Commitments of $15 million each from former Washington Post publisher Donald E. Graham and ... TheDream.us national partner colleges. The latest pledges from Graham and Ackman are in addition...

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