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Capacity Building Across Borders: Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network

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02/07/2012

By James O’Sullivan Director, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors On January 25th, the experiences of funders and grantees in Africa were used as a lens on funding organizational capacity as part of the first session of our...

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Strengthening our Framework to Maximize Impact

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06/01/2022

In a March 2022 report, the Bridgespan Group found that philanthropic funding to criminal legal reform efforts amounts to about $350 million. As the report points out, that number pales in comparison to the public and private investments in various...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Rodney Christopher Named First-time F.B. Heron Foundation Fellow

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03/01/2013

Rodney Christopher, Vice President of Advisory Services for the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), has become the F.B. Heron Foundation’s first Practice Innovation Fellow, starting March 4, 2013 for the period of one year.

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Wallace Foundation Names Jody Spiro, Ed.D., Director of Education Leadership

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02/01/2012

Will Miller, President of The Wallace Foundation, has announced the promotion of Jody Spiro, Ed.D., as Director of Education Leadership.

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Rauschenberg Foundation Appoints Risë Wilson First-Ever Director of Philanthropy

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09/16/2013

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has announced the appointment of Risë Wilson as their first-ever Director of Philanthropy. Wilson will join the senior staff of the Foundation and oversee all of its philanthropic programs, which support the...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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Ford Foundation

A Year of Service

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07/23/2014

Tim McClimon, vice president for corporate social responsibility at American Express and president of the American Express Foundation, writes about a new national effort that envisions a future in which young people spend a year in service to the...

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Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart

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05/15/2015

New York State Health Foundation President, James Knickman, explores the disparities in access to services between NYC neighborhoods.

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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New York Health Foundation

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ACHA Would Break Apart What Is Working in New York

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05/25/2017

United Hospital Fund President and PNY Health Working Group Co-Chair James Tallon says that, by any measure, the Affordable Care Act has been a success.

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The Lavelle Fund for the Blind Announces an Executive Director Transition

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11/07/2019

... care to the neediest are of special interest. www .lavellefund. org The Lavelle Fund for the Blind Announces an Executive ...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Responding to 3/11: Helping with the Japan Disaster

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05/12/2011

... New York’s dedicated webpage for the Japan disaster, www . philanthropynewyork . org /japan . James Gannon joined JCIE/USA in 2001, and he ...

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A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue, Part Two

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11/08/2017

... orientation with an example from Understood. org . Thinking outside of the typical grant-making playbook ... of PFF’s grant dollars. Through our work with Understood. org and The Workplace Initiative we have...

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Disabilities

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Dr. Fred Boltz as a Managing Director

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07/01/2013

Dr. Judith Rodin, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, has announced that Dr. Fred Boltz has been appointed to the role of Managing Director and will lead the Foundation's global work related to ecosystems. Dr. Boltz will be based in New York.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Ford Foundation Appoints Elizabeth Knup to Lead Its China Office

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06/03/2013

The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Elizabeth D. Knup as head of its office in China, based in Beijing.

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Ford Foundation Appoints Cara Mertes to Lead JustFilms

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06/03/2013

The Ford Foundation has also announced the appointment of Cara Mertes as Director of its JustFilms program. JustFilms has supported more than 80 documentary films in its first three years.

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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor-in-Chief of The Milbank Quarterly

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06/03/2013

Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., will become Editor-in-Chief of The Milbank Quarterly on October 1, 2013, succeeding Bradford H. Gray, Ph.D., Editor since 2000.

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