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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Names Leisle Lin and William B. Petersen as New Senior Vice Presidents

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02/01/2012
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is pleased to announce the promotion of Leisle Lin to the position of Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations and William B. Petersen to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer.

Andy Warhol Foundation Joins Growing Number of Organizations Condemning University of Kansas Over Its Removal of Josephine Meckseper’s Flag

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07/25/2018
The work by German artist Josephine Meckseper was commissioned by the New York–based nonprofit Creative Time as part of its “Pledge of Allegiance” series. The initiative invited sixteen artists to make flags in response to contemporary political...
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Monument to Commemorate Destroyed African American Land in Central Park Funded by Ford Foundation, JPB Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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10/20/2019
A new sculpture will honor the Lyons family, black activists and property owners who once lived in Seneca Village, a community destroyed by the creation of the park.

Perpetuity, continued

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04/24/2014
Tony Proscio of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy keeps the conversation going around the question: What Is the Case for Foundations Living in Perpetuity? This topic was the...
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22 Mar 2019

Navigating Uncertain Terrain – Trends and Strategies in International Grantmaking

Friday, March 22, 2019 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
International grantmakers frequently encounter laws, regulations and political environments that are unwelcoming to philanthropy and civil society, and create grantmaking conditions that are challenging to navigate. At the same time, however,...
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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Morgan Stanley Launches Program to Provide 60 Students with Full-Four Year Scholarships to Howard University, Morehouse College and Spelman College

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10/21/2020
... in an effective and meaningful way.” The participating schools include Howard University, Morehouse College and ... Spelman College – with the hope of expanding to other schools in the future. The program will...
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The Rockefeller Foundation Launches $30M Advance Market Commitment with Thermo Fisher Scientific to Ramp Up Procurement and Distribution of Covid-19 Testing

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01/14/2021
... (AMC) to scale up pandemic testing needs and safely reopen schools , communities, and the economy. The investment serves ... between states, and help us deploy rapid tests straight to schools , nursing homes,...
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25 Feb 2021

Navigating Uncertain Terrain - Updates From The Global Philanthropy Tracker

Thursday, February 25, 2021 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network presents this discussion as a follow up to our annual “Navigating Uncertain Terrain” program. In this session, experts from the The International Center for Nonprofit Law and The 2020 Global...

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